month. I plan to watch the surfers tackle the famous North Shore waves but have no plans to tempt fate and try it myself. This post has no tag About the author Mike Nader As a chief operating officer for Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH), Mike Nader oversees the delivery of acute and community health services in Richmond. Prior to this role, Mike served as Executive Director of the consolidated medical imaging service at Vancouver Coastal Health, Providence Health Care, Fraser Health, and the Provincial Health Services Authority. Before that, he was VCH's Executive Director for Clinical Support Services, with responsibility for Medical Imaging, Laboratory Medicine, Pharmacy, and Health Care Technology Management across 11 urban and rural locations. Mike has held numerous other leadership positions within the health authority including Regional Director of Medical Imaging, Regional Director of Laboratory Medicine Redesign, and Director of Value Improvement Network. He has also served as Director of Business Affairs for Facilities Planning and Operations with Vancouver/Richmond Health Board, and Manager of Strategic Planning and Policy Development with the Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre. After completing a Bachelor of Science in 1994, Mike taught for a year in Zimbabwe and established the first rural computer education program in Southern Africa. He then returned to the University of British Columbia to obtain his Master of Business Administration in Strategic Management in 1998. In 2005, he obtained a Master of Arts in Health Care Leadership and Training from Royal Roads University. Mike has also received his