Former Bridgepoint CEO Marian Walsh awarded Meritorious Service Decoration

Marian was appointed President and CEO of Bridgepoint in 1998. She established a bold vision for Bridgepoint to be a world leader in delivering complex care. This vision led to the construction of a new 464-bed purpose-built hospital, opened in 2013. The state-of-the art facility was designed to inspire health and innovation and support healing for Bridgepoint’s rehabilitation and complex care patients.

During Marian’s tenure, Bridgepoint became a teaching hospital affiliated with the University of Toronto, established the Bridgepoint Collaboratory for Research and Innovation (now part of the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute), and in 2015, amalgamated with Mount Sinai Hospital to form Sinai Health.

Marian retired in 2016 and her legacy will be felt in the health-care system for many years to come.