Arthur Porter (physician)
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Arthur Thomas Porter IV PC (June 11, 1956 – June 30, 2015) was a Canadian physician and hospital administrator.[1]
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Arthur Porter | |
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Born | (1956-06-11)June 11, 1956 |
Died | June 30, 2015(2015-06-30) (aged 59) |
Nationality | Canadian, American |
Occupation | Physician |
Spouse | Pamela Mattock Porter |
Parent | Arthur Porter III |
In February 2004, Porter was appointed to replace Hugh Scott as the Director General and CEO of the McGill University Health Centre in Montreal, Quebec, one of Canada's largest academic health centres.[2] He left that position in December 2011.[3]
Porter also served as chair of the Canadian Security Intelligence Review Committee, which reviews the activities of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, Canada's spy agency. He was appointed to that committee by Prime Minister Stephen Harper on September 3, 2008, and along with that appointment, was made a privy councillor.[4]
On May 27, 2013, Porter was arrested in Panama on fraud charges, which alleged that he took part in a $22.5 million kick-back scheme related to the construction of McGill University Health Centre's new $1.3 billion hospital.[5] The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation called it the biggest fraud investigation in Canadian history.[1] Porter denied any wrongdoing.
Porter composed his memoirs, The Man Behind the Bow Tie: Arthur Porter on Business, Politics and Intrigue, with writer and biographer T. R. Todd, and the book was released on September 12, 2014.[6]
Porter died just before midnight on June 30, 2015, at a cancer hospital in Panama.[7] His death was announced on July 1, 2015.