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PERSONAL INFORMATION Age: 54 Languages: English - French Citizenship: Canada and Côte d’Ivoire Work place: CISSS des Laurentides (www.santelaurentides.gouv.qc.ca) Function: Chief of biomedical engineering department – Asset Management Email: zoablig@hotmail.com Personal Web site: http://www.zoabli.com

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND Institution: University Paris Dauphine PSL City: Paris, France Web site: https://dauphine.psl.eu/en Diploma: Executive MBA

Thesis: Optimizing the performance of the organization by managing staff loyalty

Years : ‘18-‘20 Institution: ESG UQÀM City: Montréal, Canada Web site: https://esg.uqam.ca/en Diploma: Executive MBA

Thesis: Optimizing the performance of the organization by managing staff loyalty

Years : ‘18-‘20 Institution: University of Montreal City: Montréal, Canada Web site: http://www.umontreal.ca Diploma: Doctor (Ph.D.) in biomedical engineering

Thesis: Imaging of upper limbs and spine muscles using MRI (thesis in FR) Years : ‘00-‘06 Institution : École polytechnique City : Montréal, Canada Web site: http://www.polymtl.ca/ Diploma: Masters (M.Eng.) in biomedical engineering Thesis: Cardiac SPECT in nuclear medicine: comparison between

different acquisition techniques Years: ‘93-‘95 Institution: National Polytechnic Institute City: Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire Web site: www.inphb.edu.ci Diploma: Engineer in electronics & communications Thesis: Remote maintenance of Siemens PABX Years: ’90-‘92

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Institution: National Polytechnic Institute City: Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire Web site: www.inphb.edu.ci Diploma: University Diploma of technology in electronics Thesis: Transformation of an oscilloscope into a word processor display Years: ‘86-‘89

DISTINCTION Santa Cabrini Hospital 2007-2008 Méritas Award

Category «Professional influence and Innovation» (JPG) Recognition program of the École polytechnique de Montréal (2005-2012 Period)

Internship Star Supervisor – undergraduate and graduate students (PDF1, JPG1, JPG2, JPG3, PDF2 (page 7)) CMBES 2018 Outstanding Canadian Biomedical Engineer Award

Ingénieur biomédical de l’année au Canada en 2018 (JPG1, JPG2)

PROFESSIONNAL ASSOCIATIONS

Quebec Association of physicists and biomedical engineers (APIBQ ) - 1994 o Chair of the Terminology Committee : 2000-2004 o Counsellor of the President, Responsible for the membership : 2004-2008

o Vice President : 2008-2010

o President : 2010-2012

o Chair of the Continuing Education and Academic Affairs Committee: since December 4, 2017

Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Society (CMBES ) – 2000

o Co-Chair of 31st conference (June 11-13, 2008)

o Chair of Publications since June 13, 2008

o CMBES Publication Committee Research: Outreach and collaborations (Since July 8, 2015)

o CMBES Publication Committee Task Force Co-Chair (since December 22, 2015)

Quebec Board of Engineers «Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec» (OIQ ) - 2000 Société québécoise d’informatique biomédicale et de la santé (SoQibs ) – 2002

PROFESSIONNAL AD HOC RESPONSIBILITIES Chair of Single Use Device Monitoring Committee (Santa Cabrini Hospital) Multifunction pivot person for the sterilization in relation avec the Quebec

National Institute for public health Member of Quebec provincial regrouped purchasing committees as an Expert

o Volumetric ventilators– 2007-2008 o Magnetic resonance imaging – 2008-2009

Represents APIBQ as an expert in sterilization for the 2010 revision of the Quebec Health ministry national guidelines in CSR

ACTIVITIES RELATED TO CARDIOLOGY

Quebec Heart and Stroke Foundation: Area coordinator for Roxboro (2003-

2005) and Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue South (2006–2007)

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M. Ing. Thesis in clinical engineering (1995) : Cardiac SPECT in nuclear

medicine: comparison between different acquisition techniques

Design of a nuclear medicine cardiac phantom named Arthur (1994), Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital, Montréal

Design of a RLS and a LMS adaptative filter (1994) for the extraction of the

EMG of intercostals’ muscles. Project for the course ‘Medical application of informatics, Institute of biomedical engineering, University of Montreal.

ACTIVITIES RELATED TO DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING

Magnetic Resonance Imaging specialist for the regrouped purchase of 4 MRI system (Quebec Health Ministry)

PACS-RIS-Dictation Project Manager (Santa Cabrini Hospital, Go-Live May 1st 2009)

ACTIVITIES RELATED TO MEDICAL WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY

Mobile DASH monitoring systems interconnected with a IEEE 802.11a/b/g network (since 2006) : Santa Cabrini Hospital, Montréal (see publication)

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PROFESSIONNAL EXPERIENCE June 15, 2015 to present : Chief of biomedical engineering department – Asset Management

ENTERPRISE : CISSS des Laurentides Fonction: Responsible for defining the orientations, objectives and priorities of the activities in order to provide continuous, integrated and quality services. Responsibilities: Administer and monitor activities, ensure the management of human, material, financial and information resources throughout the territory.

November 2009 – June 14, 2015: Chief of biomedical engineering department

ENTREPRISE: CSSS du Lac-des-Deux-Montagnes (http://www.moncsss.com ) Function 1: Responsible for all activities related to clinical engineering Responsibilities: • Plan, organize, manage and control the administrative activities and operations, professional and technical service activities including consulting engineering, maintenance activities of medical equipment and the activities of health technology assessment • act as an expert in medical technology and carry out any ad hoc mandate

Ongoing challenges in 2009-2010 • Review the service offering and operation of the biomedical engineering department to optimize the management of preventive and corrective maintenance of medical equipment • Support services within the construction project for the purchase of medical equipment of about 9,000,000 CAD.

May 2003 – December 2009: Chief of biomedical engineering department

ENTREPRISE: Santa Cabrini Hospital (http://www.santacabrini.qc.ca) Function 1: Responsible of the management of specialized medical equipments Responsibilities: • Schedule, coordinate and control of the activities of the department as an expert in biomedical technologies in the organization.

Establish, in collaboration with the clinical and medical staff, the priorization of the replacement or acquisition of medical equipments;

Implantation and maintenance of a process of preventive and corrective maintenance;

Collaborate with the purchasing department to the choice and installation of the equipments;

Elaboration and implantation of a patient safety system and investigation of any incident or accident related to equipments dysfunction.

September 2002 to May 2003: Consultant in biomedical engineering

ENTERPRISE: Corporation d’hébergement du Québec (CHQ , www.chq.gouv.qc.ca ) Function 1: Professional and technical support to hospitals for equipments’ inventory (SIGARSSS Project) Responsibilities: Technical support for the installation of the SIGARSSS inventory software

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Technical support to hospitals for using the new inventory platform Validation of the inventories prior to their upload to CHQ database

May 2001 to May 2003: Research associate

ENTREPRISE: Research centre, Sainte Justine Hospital, Montreal Function 1: Network administrator Responsibilities: 3D Modeling scoliosis laboratory (LIS3D , www.polymtl.ca/cigo-grdms ) Laboratory of biomedical modeling and computer assisted design (LMBCAO , www.polymtl.ca/cigo-grdms ) Function 2: Adviser in 3D modeling using medical imaging (MRI and CT) Responsibilities: Implementation of and industrial project (not allowed for publication)

September 2000 to July 2001: Consultant in biomedical engineering ENTREPRISE: Jewish General Hospital Sir Mortimer B. Davis (www.jgh.ca)

Function: Consultant in biomedical engineering Responsibilities: Interim of the chief of the biomedical engineering department Acquisition of specialized biomedical equipments

January 2000 to December 2001: Consultant in biomedical engineering ENTREPRISE: Scen Canada International Function: Consultant in biomedical engineering Responsibilities: Acquisition of specialized biomedical equipments (digital radio fluoroscopy system) Feasibility study for inter-facility telemedicine

November 1999 to January 2000: Year 2000 adaptation plan ENTREPRISE: Teen-Haven Function: Consultant in biomedical informatics Responsibilities: Adaptation Plan, Contingency plan, Regional database update (Montreal Health and Social Services Agency)

February 1998 – November 1999: Counsellor in biomedical engineering

ENTREPRISE: specialized biomedical equipments Inc (EBS , www.ebsinc.qc.ca ) Function: Counsellor in biomedical engineering Responsibilities: Acquisition of specialized biomedical equipment; management or year 2000 Projects: correction of hospital inventories (nomenclature), research of Y2K conformity, update of the provincial database, conformity tests, training of the end-users.

August 1995 – December 1997: chief of biomedical engineer department ENTREPRISE: Technical medical equipments (ETEM.CI) Côte d’Ivoire 01 BP 2536 Abidjan 01, CÔTE D'IVOIRE Function 1: Chief of the biomedical engineering department Personnel

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1 medical secretary 5 biomedical technicians 2 chauffeurs

Responsibilities: Management of the biomedical department Projects management

ADB – African development Bank (www.afdb.org ) - Sterilization equipments KFW – Germany - General equipments JAPON - Delocalization of Cocody university hospital & digitalization of medical archives (www.ucocody.ci )

Counsellor of the director general

Function 2: Principal Coordinator of the FOCOEX project (funded by Spain) Personnel of the coordination team

3 biomedical engineer of the ministry of health 1 architect of the BNETD (www.bnetd.ci ) 3 biomedical technician of ETEM.CI (ETEM.CI was the local representation of FOCOEX-IECSA, www.e-exterior.com) 1 financial director affected to the project by the ministry of health 2 chauffeurs (1 from the ministry and 1 from ETEM.CI)

Responsibilities: Study and realization of ready-to-use projects Phase 1 (10 milliards CFA ~ 25 millions $CAD):

42 dentistry cabinets 62 medical analysis Laboratories 1 ophthalmology cabinet 133 ambulances 3 mobiles medical assistance units

Phase 2 (2 milliards CFA ~5 millions $CAD):

FOCOEX-IECSA Rehabilitation and re-equipment of the Cardiology Institute of Abidjan

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AUDIT OF PROCESSES Quebec-City University Hospital Centre (CHUQ, http://www.chuq.qc.ca)

1- Administration 2- Information Technologies 3- Biomedical Engineering 4- Support Service 5- Suppliers 6- Y2K Contingency Plan 7- Communication

Quebec Red Cross (http://www.hema-quebec.qc.ca) 1- Biomedical Systems (Systems for Blood collection and Analysis) 2- Y2K Contingency Plan

SCIENTIFIQUES ACTIVITIES – PUBLICATIONS

2008

Zoabli, G., Mathieu, P. A., and Aubin, C. E. (2008), Magnetic resonance imaging of the erector spinae muscles in Duchenne muscular dystrophy: implication for scoliotic deformities Scoliosis, vol. 3, pp. 21. Zoabli, G., Knights J., Giguère, D., and Thomason, K. (2008) Interconnection of 802.11b wireless physiologic monitors with a 802.11a/b/g wireless VoIP network at Santa Cabrini Hospital’s emergency care unit. In Proceedings of The Canadian Medical and Biomedical Engineering Society (CMBES), Montreal, Vol. 31, June 2008.

2007

Zoabli, G., Entretien des équipements médicaux à l’Hôpital Santa Cabrini, Le Point en administration de la Santé (Journal du Ministère de la santé et des services sociaux du Québec), Cahier spécial – Technologies médicales, Vol. 1, p. 16-17, 2007

Zoabli, G., Mathieu, P.A., and Aubin, C.E. Back muscles biometry in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. Spine J. 7(3), 338-344, 2007.

2004

Zoabli, G., Mathieu, P.A., Miron, M.-C., Joncas, J., and Aubin, C.-E. Quantification of fat infiltration in spinal muscles in Duchenne muscular dystrophy. In International Research Society of Spinal Deformities, Symphosium 2004, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 327-330, 2004.

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2003

Nasa Star, Cybernetics, Artificial Intelligence and Robotics 41 (14), chap. 63, p.110, July 11, 2003. Zoabli, G., Mathieu, P.A. Étude de l'anatomie musculaire du membre supérieur à l'aide de l'IRM. Dans: L’informatique de la santé dans les soins intégrés: connaissances, application, évaluation. Grant, A.M., Fortin, J.P., Mathieu, L., rédacteurs. Soqibs édit. Qc, Chap. 7, pp.359-368, 2003. Zoabli, G., Mathieu, P.A., Beauséjour, M., Aubin, C.É. Étude de la distribution des masses musculaires du dos chez des sujets scoliotiques. Journée scientifique CIRRIS/CRIR, Répertoire des abrégés, p.31, Québec, 23 mai 2003. Zoabli, G., Mathieu, P.A., Beauséjour, M., Bellefleur, C., Labelle, H., Aubin, C.É. Normalisation de la courbure scoliotique pour la biométrie musculaire, Journées scientifiques du REPAR, Répertoire des abrégés, p.35-36, Québec, 23-24 mai 2003.

2002 Zoabli, G. and Mathieu, P.A. Étude de l'anatomie musculaire du membre supérieur a l'aide de l'imagerie par résonance magnétique. (Edited by Grant, A.M., Fortin, J.P., and Mathieu, L.). Actes de la 9ème journée francophone d'informatique médicale, SOQIBS, Québec, Pp. 359-368. Zoabli G, Beauséjour M, Bellefleur C, Mathieu PA, Beaudoin G, Choquette D, Aubin CÉ. MRI sequence evaluation for non invasive biometry of spinal structures, 27th CMBES conference CD-ROM, Ottawa, 2002-11. Zoabli, G., Mathieu, P.A. Muscular biometry of the upper limb using MRI: comparison with data collected from dissection, 27th CMBES Conf. CD-ROM, zoabli_2.pdf, Ottawa, 2002. Zoabli G, Mathieu PA, Beauséjour M, Aubin CÉ. Étude du volume des muscles du dos chez des sujets scoliotiques, Congrès du Réseau provincial de recherche en adaptation-réadaptation, 2002-05-31. Montréal (Québec), Canada. Zoabli G, Mathieu PA, Beaudoin G, Beauséjour M, Aubin CÉ. Parameters of MRI acquisitions for back muscles segmentation, International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 2002-05-18. Honolulu (Hawaii)

2001 Zoabli, G., Mathieu, P.A. Muscular biometry from magnetic resonance images , Abstract of the III Symposium on Motor Control, p. 105, Montréal, 2001. Zoabli, G., Mathieu, P.A., Aubin, C.E., Tinlot, A., Beausejour, M., Feipel, V., Malanda, A.

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Assesment of manual segmentation of magnetic resonance images of skeletal muscles , Proc. 23rd Ann. Int.Conf. IEEE/EMBS. Istanbul, Turkey, vol.3, 2685-2687, 2001. Zoabli, G., Mathieu, P.A., Malanda, A. Muscular biometry with magnetic resonance imaging, Proc. 23rd Ann. Int.Conf. IEEE/EMBS. Istanbul, Turkey, vol.3, 2338-2339, 2001.

2000 Zoabli, G., Mathieu, P.A, Mallouche, H., Bertrand, M.. Épaisseur de la peau au niveau du membre supérieur, Proc. 26th CMBEC, Halifax, N.S., 28-29, 2000.

EXPERIENCE IN TRAINING 2004-present Client: Montreal Polytechnique (www.polymtl.ca ) Employer: ZiMed (Independent consultant): Course: Introduction to medical imaging (CT, MRI) and image segmentation technique for biomechanical modeling 2003-2008 Client: Parish Marie-Reine-de-la-Paix, Roxboro, Qc Employer: Volunteer Course: Catecheses for grade 4 and 5 2001-2002 (fall and winter sessions) Client: Lalande primary school Employer: Volunteer Course: Initiation to computers – creation of the computer club - (maternal- grade 6) 1999 Client: Teen Haven, Verdun, Qc Employer: ZiMed: Y2K Adaptation Plan Course: Windows 98, Windows NT4.0, Microsoft Office 2000, Corel Office 2000 Seminar – 1995 Client: Resident physicians in nuclear medicine Employer: Maisonneuve-Rosemont university Hospital (http://www.maisonneuve-rosemont.org ) Course: Presentation of different acquisition techniques in cardiac SPECT for optimizing the usage of the new 2-Head gamma camera.

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EXPERIENCE IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY May 2001-May 2003 Network administrator (~40 PC & 4 SGI) Operating systems: DOS, Windows 9x/Me/NT/2000/XP, Unix Coding environment: Basic, Pascal, C, C++, Matlab & Simulink Office software: Microsoft Office 2000, Corel office 2000 Management: Microsoft Project Virtual reality: 3D modeling using medical imaging (CT, MRI)

VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES

• Director of 2006 Santa Cabrini Hospital Centraide campaign (http://www.centraide-

mtl.org )

• Executive Chair of APIBQ (www.apibq.org ) since June 2010 • Chair Publications of the CMBES (www.cmbes.ca) since June 2008

• Past President of the students committee at the Institute of biomedical

engineering (CEGBM)

• Past Editor in chief of the BiomedInfo Journal

• Coordinator of zone (Roxboro, and Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue South) – Quebec foundation for heart and stroke (ww2.fmcoeur.ca )

• Member of the parent’s participation organization (OPP) of the Lalande

primary school (Roxboro, Quebec) • Founder and president of the Computer club of Lalande primary school

• Catholic Catechetic (grade 4 and 5) at parish Marie-Reine-De-La-paix

(Roxboro) and parish St-David (Pierrefonds)

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CERTIFICATE FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SEQUENCE PROGRAMMING

SIEMENS MAGNETOM SYMPHONY