Michael W. Carter, PhD

Professional Activities

Date Association Capacity
2008 Operations Research in Applied Health Services (ORAHS) Annual Conference - Toronto General Chair
2007 Interfaces Special Issue on “Applications of Management Science and Operations Research Models and Methods to Problem in Health Care” Co-editor
2006- Regenstrief Centre Healthcare Engineering – Perdue University Advisory Board Member
2006- Ministry of Health and Long Term Care: Sustainability Through Supply Management Editorial Board Committee Member
2006- Provincial Waitlist Initiative Surgical Process Analysis & Improvement Expert Panel Member
2006 Research Workshop on Emergency Department Operations Co-organizer
2006 INFORMS-Health Applications Section Chair
2006- Health Systems and Planning Program theme group at the Institute for Clinical and Evaluative Sciences (ICES) Member
2006 CORS annual conference Healthcare Stream Organizer
2006 PATAT ‘06 Program Committee
2006 CORS Grad Workshop - Montreal Organizer
2006 Operations Research in Applied Health Services – ORAHS – Wroclaw, Poland Member
2006 Research Workshop on Emergency Department Operations - Montreal Co-organizer
2004 PATAT '04 Member of Program Committee
2003 Project Hope One week course in Health Care Quality for Hospital Middle Management: Czech Republic
2003 Project Hope One week course in Health Care Quality for Hospital Middle Management: Hungary
2002 PATAT '02 Member of Program Committee
2002 Canadian Operational Research Society (CORS) Program Chair for National Meeting
2002 Project Hope One week course in Health Care Quality for Hospital Middle Management: Latvia
2002 Project Hope One week course in Health Care Quality for Hospital Middle Management: Estonia
2001-2004 Centre for Applied Health Informatics; Sunnybrook & Women’s College Health Science Centre Associate Director
2001-present Health Care, Technology and Place Training Program Mentor Team Member
2000 HealNET Health Informatics R&D Curriculum Development Working Group
2000 PATAT '00 Member of Program Committee
1999-present EURO: ORAHS (Operations Research in Applied Health Services) Canadian Representative
1998-present Journal of Health Care Management Sciences Member of Editorial Board
1997-present Nursing Effectiveness, Utilization and Outcomes Research Unit Co-Investigator
1997-present Journal of Scheduling Member of Editorial Board
1996-97 PATAT '97 Conference – Toronto General Chair
1995-present PATAT (Practice and Theory of Automated Timetabling) Steering Committee
1995 ICPTAT '95 Conference – Edinburgh, Scotland Member of the Program Committee
1990 Canadian Scheduling Workshop – U of Toronto Organizer
1987-91 Operations Research Associate Editor
1987-present Canadian Operational Research Society (CORS) Toronto Student Chapter Faculty Advisor
1987-89 Canadian Operational Research Society (CORS) Elected Member of the National Council
1986 Canadian Operational Research Society (CORS) Program Chair for the National Meeting
1982-present INFORMS (Operations Research and Management Science) Member
1982-present Canadian Operational Research Society (CORS) Member