John Philpott, B Eng.
Executive Director and CEO

John, a native of Newfoundland and Labrador, founded CanAm while living in Ohio, USA in 1997. John recognized very early that the best channel to search, attract and recruit highly trained physicians from around the world was to harness the power of the worldwide web. That vision has now positioned CanAm as one of the largest and a leader as an international medical recruitment firm. CanAm's unique interactive online database currently connects with thousands of physician clients from more than 50 countries worldwide. As we move into a new millennia, a new generation of technologically astute professionals are entering the medical professions. John's visionary leadership and systems expertise are now guiding the reengineering of CanAm's customer service technologies to position our organization to meet the professional and lifestyle needs of these new age clients.

Contact John at 1-866-467-4544 (toll free) or email to discuss your recruiting needs.

Phil A. Jost, HSM, MBA
Vice President, Operations and Regional Manager

Phil is CanAm's VP Operations and Regional Manager for New Brunswick and PEI.
Phil started his health career in 1985 and has held various senior management positions in both Nova Scotia and PEI. He concluded his successful public health sector career as CEO of the West Prince Regional Health Authority in PEI in 2006, when he joined the CanAm team.

During his career Phil served as Chair of the Health Association of PEI, as a member of the PEI Physician Resource Planning Committee, as a Board Member of the Canadian Healthcare Association (CHA), as a member of the CHA National Roundtable on Health System Effectiveness, participated on numerous inter-provincial and national healthcare committees, and was invited to present his views on Canadian health reform to the Romanow Commission in 2002. He also authored a major paper entitled "Integrated eHealth Management: Canadian Health Care Renewal the Right Way", which went to national publication in 2007.

Phil sees his role with CanAm as another powerful channel to contribute to the betterment of the Canadian healthcare system by playing a pro-active role in the improvement of access to high quality physician services for Canadians.

Phil, a proud Maritimer, has three grown children and now lives with his wife Sandra, a Geriatric Nurse Specialist, in the city of Summerside, PEI.

Contact Phil at (902) 439-3400 or email to discuss your recruiting needs.





Hedi Cameron
Manager and Medical Recruiter, Ontario

This marks a significant milestone in CanAm's national strategic growth initiative by strengthening the firm's presence in the Ontario medical recruitment market.

Ms. Cameron is an accomplished sales and marketing professional who has had a very successful career as a senior manager in some of Canada's largest communication companies. Her unique background, along with 20 years working in the Ontario business market will help to solidify CanAm's position as the leading physician recruitment company in Canada. Hedi lives north of Toronto.

Contact Hedi at (647) 883-7185 or email to discuss your recruiting needs.