Message from the President and CEO

My name is Cheryl Harrison and I am excited to lead the Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare (MAHC) team as President and CEO.

Over the past 14 years, I have been working in North Simcoe Muskoka where I have been privileged to work in partnership with MAHC in my previous role at Orillia Soldiers' Memorial Hospital.

I have witnessed firsthand the high-quality health care that MAHC delivers by the outstanding team members — team members including staff, credentialed staff, volunteers and Board Directors who demonstrate the MAHC values of accountability, respect, optimism, leadership and engagement every day.  It is clear they are committed to MAHC’s mission to work together to provide outstanding integrated health care to our communities and deliver best patient outcomes with exemplary care and compassion.

So let me introduce myself a bit… As a proud registered nurse, with a Master’s degree in Health Policy, Evaluation & Management, I have worked in hospitals my entire career.  My clinical and leadership experience has been largely in medium size, rural community hospitals in Ontario.  My husband and I live in Severn Bridge at our cottage turned home, where we enjoy family time with our three daughters and three delightful grandchildren.  The last two years of the pandemic have tremendously affected health care services and we are all looking forward to recovery, recalibration and revitalization. 

I am grateful to get to know the team and work alongside the community to continue delivering quality health care to area residents and those from beyond the region.  You can count on me to work with all of you and our community partners to continue to move MAHC forward in the future.

I am excited to start a new chapter in the CEO Blog, and encourage you to keep up with everything we do by frequenting our website and following our Facebook, Twitter and Instagram social channels @MAHCHospitals.  Stay safe and well!