Success Stories for Health & Medicine
Learn from the people who do business in Whitby and Durham Region. Select the PDF or video to learn what various organizations have to say about their Community of Choice?for Business.
Toreion
Marlin Doner, Vice President, Corporate Development
"Whitby offers a quick commute into Toronto for meetings with customers, particularly on the GO Train. One of the benefits of using the GO Train is its access to the Toronto Island Airport, which we use because it's a more convenient way to travel to the U.S. and in Canada."
Toreion Corporation specializes in e-Procurement solutions for connecting information in the enterprise supply chain. The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, for example, uses Toreion technology to manage millions of dollars in online transactions every year.
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Kela Medical
Arjun Kumar, CEO
Arjun Kumar is one of 30 young Canadian entrepreneurs selected by the Canadian Youth Business Foundation to join Team Canada at the G20 Young Entrepreneurs Summit (2011). He was also recognized by Profit Magazine in 2011 as a future entrepreneurial leader and received a FuEL award.
Kela Medical is a medical device and services company. They are also developers of the Personal Health Record CardTM, an advanced portable medical records product, with technology patented in a number of countries.
www.Kelamedical.com
University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT)
Dr. Carolyn McGregor, Research Chair in Health Informatics
Dr. Carolyn McGregor is UOIT's Canada Research Chair in Health Informatics. She's leading a first-of-a-kind research project (known as Artemis) in collaboration with IBM, Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children and other partners from around the globe.
University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT)
Dr. Bill Kapralos, Assistant Professor, specializing in training initiatives for health care professionals at UOIT. He's involved in a number of serious games initiatives, including those for the simulation training of accountants, community health nurses, critical care providers, and orthopedic surgeons.
Dr. Bill Kapralos is Assistant Professor, Game Development and Entrepreneurship Program.