Helen Zipes is an experienced healthcare leader and consultant who has worked in many facets of the healthcare continuum.

Helen Zipes is a former Physiotherapist with more than 35 years’ experience working in the healthcare continuum of Quebec and Ontario. Ms. Zipes obtained her B.Sc. (P.T.) from McGill University and her M.B.A. from the University of Ottawa. She spent 28 years at The Ottawa Hospital (TOH), including the Civic and Riverside Hospitals prior to amalgamation; Her career at TOH culminated in the Senior Management Team role of Clinical Director of Rehabilitation and the Academic Family Health Team.  Ms. Zipes currently works as a consultant in healthcare management and is a part-time professor at The University of Ottawa, in the Telfer School of Management, MHA Program. Ms. Zipes has chaired and participated on numerous regional, provincial, and federal committees and is a former member of the Fitness to Practice and Discipline Committee of The College of Physiotherapists of Ontario. She currently serves on the Kemptville District Hospital and FOCUS Accreditation Boards. She is passionate about quality and safe healthcare.