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President & Chief Executive Officer Biography
Dr. Stephen Duckett has spent his professional life working in leadership, policy and education roles in health care. Most of his experience prior to assuming his current role as President and Chief Executive Officer of Alberta Health Services in March 2009 was in Australia, occupying leadership roles in two states (Victoria, as a Regional Director and Director of Acute Health and Queensland, as Chief Executive of the Centre for Healthcare Improvement) and at the national level as Secretary (equivalent to Canada's Deputy Minister) of the Commonwealth Health Department (1994-1996). In addition he has provided consulting advice in Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand and New Zealand.
In education, Dr. Duckett has also served as Professor of Health Policy, Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences and Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Learning and Teaching, at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia.
Trained as an economist, he has doctoral degrees in health administration (PhD, University of New South Wales), health policy (DSc, University of New South Wales) and higher education management (DBA, University of Bath).
Publications & Speeches
- Governance and Relationships: Systems, Incentives and Polarities
- Opening of East Edmonton Health Centre
- Robbins Chapel Consecration Dinner
- Promoting Innovation in the Delivery of Health Care: Presented to the Alberta Health Industry Association
- Activity Based Funding: Presented to the 3rd Annual Medical Students’ Association’s Health Policy Symposium
- Alberta Children’s Hospital Foundation Patrons’ Council Dinner
- Home Care Strategic Development Session: Presented to the Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital
- IHE Spring Innovation Forum IV: Economics & Innovation
- What is Health Workforce Productivity Really About?: Presented to the Health Workplace Productivity Workshop
- Workforce Issues and Transformation in Alberta: Presented to the UBC Centre for Health Services
and Policy Research Annual Conference - The Right Care in the Right Place – Alberta's Seniors' Health Strategy: Presented to the Alberta Senior Citizens' Housing Association
- Board of Directors Strategic Planning Session, Alberta Shock Trauma Air Rescue Society (STARS) and Stars Foundation
- Welcoming Dinner and Briefing Session, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry Research Assessment Initiative
- Planning to Action: The Provincewide Evolution of Alberta Health Services Presented to the Northern Alberta Elected Leaders in Grande Prairie, Alberta
- Karmel, R., P. Anderson, et al. (2010). ‘Empirical aspects of record linkage across multiple data sets using statistical linkage keys: the experience of the PIAC cohort study’. BMC Health Services Research 10: 41.
- 8th Annual Quality Improvement Forum 2010 “Future Directions for Simulation, Interprofessional Education and Quality Improvement in Alberta," Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary
- Remarks to the Alberta Health Services' Facilities, Maintenance and Engineering Staff
- Resource Utilization Groups (RUG) Knowledge Transfer Day
- 2009 Publications & Speeches
Messages from Dr. Duckett's Staff Blog
Dr. Duckett Appointment Agreement
Performance Targets
