2 - Wednesday, November 25, 1987 - North Shore News

ROBERT SMITH SELECTED

FOLLOWING AN intensive three-month search, the selec- tion committee for the Lions Gate Hospital Board has chosen a new president and chief executive officer for the

700-bed hospital.

Robert Smith, the current depu- ty director of the Cancer Control Agency of B.C., will officially take over April ] the position vacated by John Borthwick, who retired at the end of September after serving as LGH’s president for the previous !! years.

Chairman of the board's six- member selection committee Hilary .Clark said Smith was selected from 55 applicants from across Canada.

ROBERT Smith...chosen to be new president and chief executive officer for Lions Gate Hospital.

“it was a very difficult choice,”’ Clark said, ‘‘because most of the candidates were so excellent. But he (Smith) was the most outstan- ding of an outstanding group.”

The initial field of 55 was pared down to a short list of 15, then to seven final applicants who were all interviewed by the committee, which was made up of three LGH board members, two hospital staff and one doctor.

The high quality of the appli- cants was especially gratifying for the selection committee, Clark said, because it ‘‘shows the high regard with which Lions Gate Hospital is held all across Canada. It is seen as an innovative, warm and humane hospital that is in- credibly well run. Many of the candidates said they applied for the position because of the hospi- tal’s reputation, and that is really pleasing to me.”

Clark described Smith as a “very humane, caring .person”’ who is ‘‘organized, motivated, in- novative... and believes that pa- tient care comes first.”

Married with three daughters, Smith, 43, is a certified member of

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the Canadian College of Health Service Executives and has served as executive director of the Ar- thritis Society, director of the Health Labour Relations Associa- tion and B.C. Health Association chairman of the board.

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“Tes pretty exciting,’ said Smith, who was notified of the selection committee’s decision last week. ‘‘Everybody wants to work at Lions Gate, so the competition was pretty fierce. It’s a real per- sonal thrill.”

Smith said because of the hospi- tal’s excellent track record and its ability to deliver top-flight medical

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Among the major concerns fac- ing the hospital and B.C. health care in generai, Smith said, is the future of provincial government funding and how it will be affected by the government’s perception that too much of its budget is be- ing consumed by health care costs.

Smith said he hopes the gov- ernment will provide sufficient health care funds, ‘“‘but if the present squeeze continues, alter- native sources of revenue hxve to be examined.’*

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He added that he strongly believes in the cultivation of coop- eration, in pooling services and expertise, among health care facili- ties.

Smith, who has worked with Borthwick on various committees, said he holds his predecessor in high regard, ‘‘so it’s an honor to follow him. He was a man who truly left his mark on the North Shore, but I’m not going to try to be John Borthwick.”’

Annual salary for an LGH president is just over $75,000.

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