MONTREAL, Jan. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - LMS Medical Systems , a healthcare technology company and developer of the CALM(TM) system (Computer Assisted Labor Management), announced today the appointment of Dr Arthur T. Porter, MA, MD, MBA, DMRT, FRCPC, FACR, FACRO, FAAMA, as a member of its Board of Directors.
Dr Porter is Director General and CEO of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC), Montreal, Canada. The MUHC is one of the most comprehensive academic health centers in North America comprising five teaching hospitals, over 1,300 clinicians and some 13,000 health care professionals, researchers and personnel. In September 2005, the Minister of Health of Quebec appointed Dr Porter as President of the McGill Integrated University Health Network, a health delivery network serving 1.6 million people.
Dr Porter’s extensive international health background includes medical practice in radiation oncology, business and academic leadership positions in Canada, Europe, Africa and the United States. He also served as a consultant to the World Health Organization and has worked to establish international medical research and treatment programs in a number of countries.
From 1999 to 2004, Dr Porter held the position of CEO of the Detroit Medical Center, a US$1.6 billion health system in one of the United States’ largest urban areas. In addition, Dr Porter is on the Editorial Board of 13 scientific journals and has to his credit numerous scholarly works in peer- reviewed journals, chapters in books and in proceedings of conferences. In September 2001, U.S. President George W. Bush appointed Dr. Porter to the Presidential commission charged with reviewing the health care provided by the Department of Defense and the Veterans’ Administration. Dr Porter is, amongst others, a member of the Board of Directors and the Audit Committee of the Munder Funds, as well as a board member of Adherex, a publicly traded biotechnology company, and chairs its Compensation Committee.
“Dr Porter’s approach to accelerate the introduction of innovation in healthcare, from “bench to bed”, is stimulating for LMS, our Company being a direct product of McGill University research,” said Mr. Benoit LaSalle, Chairman of the Board of LMS. “He represents a valuable addition to the board at a time when the Company is poised to re-engineer various aspects of medical practice in obstetrics.”
About LMS: LMS Medical Systems is a leader in the application of advanced mathematical modeling and neural networks for medical use. The LMS Computer Assisted Labor Management product suite provides physicians, nursing staff and risk managers with innovative obstetrical decision support and risk management tools integrated into robust clinical information systems designed to improve outcomes and patient care for mothers and their infants during labor and delivery.
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