Hugh O'Brodovich MD, FRCP(C) attended the University of Manitoba where he received his medical degree and training in pediatrics and pulmonary diseases. After further research and clinical training at Columbia University he assumed his first faculty position in 1981 at McMaster University. In 1986 he moved to the University of Toronto/Hospital for Sick Children and held the positions of Chair of Pediatrics/Paediatrician-in-Chief from 1996-2006. During that time he participated in major initiatives to improve the coordination, integration and delivery of health care to children in Ontario, Canada and other countries. As Chair of Pediatrics at Stanford University and Physician-in-Chief at Lucile Packard Childrens Hospital Stanford from 2008-2016 he participated in health care and health care reform in the USA. Other experience includes membership on the Boards of relevant national and international medical societies. Until his retirement in 2016 he maintained an active research program and clinical practice. Currently he is a Professor Emeritus at Stanford University and serves on the Board of Directors of Cystic Fibrosis Canada and Headwaters Health Care Centre.