Sharon Smyth Okana

Ms. Smyth Okana has over 30 years of experience in clinical services management and nursing. She was Director of Surgical Services at the Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont UHC and then Regional Director of the Network’s Surgical Services (32 sectors) and Medical Device Reprocessing Departments for over a decade. She thus has an in-depth understanding of the issues facing the Network.

Over the course of her career, Ms. Smyth Okana has been heavily involved in the integration and harmonization of clinical services and programs and in the modernization of Surgical Services and Medical Device Reprocessing Departments. Her new role will be dedicated to the management and harmonization of services and to tackling the Network’s current challenges in the areas of staffing and modernization of care.

Ms. Smyth Okana holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and a Certificate in Health Ethics, Human Rights and Moral Philosophy from the Université de Moncton. She has also taken Lean training. She has received a number of awards, including the Award of Excellence for Patient Safety in 2013, the Award of Excellence for Patient Care: Preoperative Clinic Implementation in 2008 and the Award of Excellence for Nursing Management in 1999. She has also served as a member of the Discipline Committee of the Nurses Association of New Brunswick. She likes spending her free time with her family and doing outdoor activities.