Dr. Dante Morra
Medical Director, Centre for Innovation in Complex Care
Associate Director, Center for Inter-professional Education and Collaboration.
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto
Adjunct Professor- Rotman School of Management

Dante Morra completed his medical training in Toronto and served as Chief Medical Resident at UHN/MSH where he developed an interest in change management. This interest led him to complete his MBA at the Rotman School of Management while he worked as the Medical Director of Informatics at Mount Sinai Hospital from 2004-2006. During this time he was the clinical lead for the implementation of CPOE, clinical documentation and the redesign of the informatics program and was awarded the Karen McGibbon Award of excellence for his team’s contribution. Dante took a full time academic position at the University Health Network heavily involved in the ED GIM project implementing process improvement and lean theory in the organization. The project was later awarded the 3M national award for healthcare quality improvement and has led to the creation of the Centre for Innovation in Complex Care, which Dante is a Co-founder and the current medical director. He has been a leader in system re-design and improvement in hospital communication. Dante spends his professional time trying to move forward change and innovation and occasionally walking into sharp objects.

Dante has been leading the implementation of the informatics strategy for the Department of Medicine, which includes the implementation of the WebCV project for academic reporting. This project is recognized as one of the key strategic priorities for the Faculty of Medicine and Dante was recently recognized for his contribution to the University with the William Goldie Prize for leadership and Innovation.

In September 2007, he was appointed co-director of the manager theme for the faculty of medicine and was tasked with creating a curriculum to teach the role of the physician as a manager to undergraduate medical students.  Recently, Dante was appointed the associate director of the Center for Interprofessional Education and Collaboration at the University of Toronto. He is cross appointed to the Rotman School of Management and teaches change management and process improvement in the MBA program.

Dante has been on the Board of Directors of Patient Care Automotive Services -the pioneer of the Pharmatrust tele-healthcare platform since 2008- and has been heavily involved in stakeholder engagement and in technology development. Regionally and nationally he has worked closely with the Deloitte healthcare practice in leading process improvement in hospitals and in the integration of clinical services. His research focus is in hospital process improvement, healthcare innovation, and effective allocation of resources.  

He has the great pleasure of having three perfect kids (Caleb 6, Lucas 3.5 years and Rowan 3 months) and he firmly believes he has perfected the art of repetitive toy cleaning. By nature of his association with his fully appreciated and wonderful wife (Erin), who is a Vice President at Harbinger Communications in public relations, you can often hear Dante pretending to be an expert in dealing with the media and marketing of all sorts.

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