Professional Staff Organization

There are three elected members representing LHSC and three elected members representing St. Joseph's that form the Joint Professional Staff Organization (PSO) Executive.  For the 2009/2010-year, the Executive Members are:

The purpose of the Professional Staff Organization, in addition to fulfilling the responsibilities established by the laws of Ontario is:

• to provide a structure whereby members participate in the Hospital’s planning, policy setting and decision making; and
  to serve as a quality assurance system for medical/dental care rendered to patients by Professional Staff (physicians, dentists and midwives) and to ensure the continuing improvement of the quality of medical/dental care.

Membership of the Professional Staff Organization (PSO)
The PSO is comprised of physicians, dentists and midwives from London Health Sciences and St. Joseph’s Health Care, London.  Voting members hold an Active or Modified Active appointment.

Membership of the PSO Executive
Only members of the Active and Modified Active staff may be elected to any position of office of the PSO.  The PSO Executive meets jointly to represent the Professional Staff.  Members of the Executive are the voice of Professional Staff on the Medical Advisory Committee (MAC) and the Hospital Board. 

Executive Members are elected for three, one-year terms. They begin their respective terms in office as Secretary. Through subsequent confirmation at annual meetings, they are eventually elected into the office of the Vice-President of the PSO, and then the President of the PSO. Upon the expiry of the President’s term of office, he/she becomes ex-officio Past President of the PSO.

Medical Affairs provides administration of PSO Executive meetings and regular meetings of the PSO membership.