{"id":50025,"date":"2019-08-14T13:40:36","date_gmt":"2019-08-14T17:40:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/?p=50025"},"modified":"2019-10-03T08:23:48","modified_gmt":"2019-10-03T12:23:48","slug":"announcement-to-staff-from-dr-jack-kitts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/newsroom\/announcement-to-staff-from-dr-jack-kitts\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcement to staff from Dr. Jack Kitts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"740\" height=\"330\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Dr.Kitts-announcemnt-image.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Kitts\" class=\"wp-image-50026\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Dr.Kitts-announcemnt-image.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Dr.Kitts-announcemnt-image-600x268.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Dr.Kitts-announcemnt-image-300x134.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Dear all,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, you received a note from our Board\nChair indicating that I will be retiring as President and CEO of The Ottawa\nHospital in June 2020.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I want you to know it has been a privilege\nand an honour for me to be part of The Ottawa Hospital team for the past 30\nplus years. I joined the medical staff in 1988 and have enjoyed numerous roles\nprior to becoming President and CEO in October 2001.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am grateful for the many opportunities\nthat I\u2019ve had to lead and represent the hospital in our community, provincially\nand on a national level. I am also grateful to have worked with so many amazing\nstaff members, from administrators and managers to physicians, nurses, other\nhealth professionals, support staff and volunteers. Because of you, The Ottawa\nHospital is well positioned for the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Soon, the Board of Governors will conduct a\nsearch to find the next President and CEO, and I have committed to work with\nthem to ensure a smooth transition.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I look forward to working with you in\nmaking 2019\/2020 another great year for our hospital. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jack<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear all, Today, you received a note from our Board Chair indicating that I will be retiring as President and CEO of The Ottawa Hospital in June 2020.&nbsp; I want you to know it has been a privilege and an honour for me to be part of The Ottawa Hospital team for the past 30 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newsroom"],"acf":[],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50025"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50025\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}