Leadership Profile: Karima Velji, Winner 2009 Margret Comack Award of Excellence in Nursing Leadership
Karima Velji is vice president of patient care and chief nursing executive at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute. In this role, she has operational responsibility for an $80-million budget, 575 beds and seven clinical programs and services in five geographical sites in the Greater Toronto Area. Velji is the senior leader for patient safety, clinical ethics, education (including interprofessional education) and best practice, and leads professional practice of 12 disciplines at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute.
Velji earned her doctoral degree from the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Nursing. She holds cross-appointments in the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Nursing and McMaster University. She teaches in the graduate program at the University of Toronto, and has been a visiting volunteer faculty and consultant to teaching hospitals in Canada, and to international sites in East Africa, Asia and the Middle East. She is an active volunteer with the Aga Khan Development Network and has undertaken voluntary projects in Afghanistan, Syria, Africa and Pakistan.
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