Sudbury's Health Sciences North (HSN) has announced that Dr. Natalie Aubin, a long serving member of the hospital staff, is being appointed as the new Regional VP Cancer and VP Social Accountability at HSN.
The hospital said the appointment will take place in April. Aubin is replacing Maureen McLelland, who will be retiring after a distinguished 36-year career, said a news release from HSN.
Aubin is well-known at HSN having previously served as administrative director of the North East Cancer Centre at HSN from 2012 to 2015, and since 2015 as administrative director of the Mental Health and Addictions program
HSN President and CEO Dominic Giroux said the hospital was pleased with its selection.
“We are very excited about this appointment, promoting internal talent. Aubin was selected among 39 candidates by an 11-member selection committee including representation from Ontario Health, HSN board and leadership, partner hospitals, union leadership, and patient and
family advisors,” said Giroux.
The hospital said in the past 10 years Aubin had been administrative director of the two largest departments in HSN’s Social Accountability portfolio and supported the implementation of many priority initiatives such as the first cancer system Quality Based Procedures, the first Virtual Psychiatry Program for rural hospitals in the North, the Northern Outreach Program with Weeneebayko Area Health Authority, HSN’s Rapid Access Addiction Medicine Clinic, Addiction Medicine Consult Service, and a new 20-bed Addictions Medicine Unit.
Aubin said she considers it a privilege to lead the regional cancer program and to champion HSN's social accountability goals.
“My personal passion as well as my academic and professional career have always focused on addressing priority access and equity-related health concerns for our people in the North, whether this be for Francophone health, children and youth, seniors, Indigenous people or marginalized individuals such as those living with mental health and addictions or experiencing homelessness,” said Aubin.
