Board of Directors

Michel Bilodeau
President and CEO, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO)

Michel Bilodeau, President and CEO, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO), holding a Licence in literature and history, as well as a Master’s degree in public administration, has occupied senior management positions in Quebec and Ontario hospitals for more than 30 years.  He had previously worked within the federal civil service in positions of increasing responsibility.  In 1993, he led the merger of the Elisabeth Bruyère Health Centre, Saint-Vincent Hospital, Villa Marguerite and Residence Saint-Louis to create the SCO Health Service (now Bruyère Continuing Care), of which he was the CEO until December 2003.  His main achievements during his tenure were:  a very successful merger, a balanced budget for the whole period; the transformation of SCO into a teaching hospital, the complete renovation of the 70 year old Saint-Vincent site, the creation of the Elisabeth Bruyère Research Institute and a ten fold increase in the fundraising capacity of the organization.  He was very active as a Board member of the Ontario Hospital Association, the Ontario Council of Teaching Hospitals, the SCO Health Service Foundation, the Elisabeth Bruyère Research Institute, and of the American Commission for Accreditation of Education Programs in Health Administration.  He also chaired, for several years, the Ottawa Academy of Hospital Executives and the OHA Regional Executive Committee.  From 2004 to 2006, he was on an extended sabbatical in Paris, France but remained attached to the Elisabeth Bruyère Research Institute as Emeritus Fellow, taught at the University of Ottawa MHA Program and surveyed in Canada and Saudi Arabia for the Canadian Council on Health Services Accreditation.