Dr. Andy Basi

Dr. Andy Basi

Biography:

Dr. Andy Basi has an EdD Doctorate in Educational Leadership (Higher Education Leadership) from Simon Fraser University and an MBA from City University.

He is a Sessional Faculty member at University Canada West teaching Leadership in the Global Context.

Experience and Expertise

Dr. Basi is an experienced healthcare executive with more than 30 years’ leadership experience. Trained as a Registered Medical Laboratory Technologist in England and past Associate Dean in the School of the Health Sciences at BCIT, Dr. Basi’s healthcare career has taken him across a spectrum of leadership roles in different settings throughout BC’s Lower Mainland.

Along with time as the Manager Department Laboratory Medicine at the BC Cancer Agency he broadened his administrative skills in a variety of roles, first at the Workers Compensation Board of BC and then as Administrative Manager of the Newborn Care Program and Neonatal Special Care Unit at BC Children’s Hospital.

Most recently he worked as Manager Physician Quality Program at Vancouver Coastal Health Authority, and previously as the Executive Lead Practice Support Program at Doctors of BC.

Publications and Scholarly Activity

  • Thesis: A case study of the decision making process that led to the closing of the Medical Laboratory Science Program at BCIT in 1996 and its reopening in 1999. http://summit.sfu.ca/item/10099 January 15, 2014 Simon Fraser University Library.
  • Job searching in today’s economy and the importance of resiliency. Clinical Laboratory Management Review: 2012, CLMA 26 (2):16-19.
  • Reimbursement Changes in the British Columbia Laboratory Service System Poeggel ( An interview with Andy Basi) CLMA Vantage Point, December 2003, vol 7, Nos. 21/22
  • As we see it. When your job is in jeopardy. A Basi, J Lien, E Goetzman, G Matousek , Clinical Laboratory Management Review: CLMA 13(2):107-11.
  • Developing an LIS-Clinic interface, A.Basi, Medical Laboratory Observer March 1989, 81-82

Certifications and Affiliations

  • Certified Health Executive, Canadian College of Health Service Executives
  • Certified Health Executive, American College of Healthcare Executives
  • Advanced Certification in Hematology, Canadian Society of Laboratory Technologists
  • Emergency Medical Responder, Justice Institute of BC
  • Director, Vancouver International Bhangra Celebration Society Advisory Board
  • Director, Clinical Laboratory Management Association (CLMA) International Board
  • Director, Canadian Association of Allied Health Programs Board
  • Director, Delta Hospital Foundation Board
  • Director & Community Leader Diversity, Canadian Cancer Society Board BC & Yukon Division

Awards

A testament to the work he does, he is the recipient of several awards recognizing his exemplary achievements and service to both the local community and to Canada as a whole.

  • 2022 Governor General of Canada Sovereign’s Medal for Volunteers
  • 2012 Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal
  • 2002 Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal

Contact him through LinkedIn.