Dr. Courtney Bean is VHA’s Vice President, Strategic Solutions & Partnerships and Chief Strategy & Growth Officer. Courtney joined VHA in 2009 in the role of Director, Rehab Services and became Director, Client Services in 2011. In January 2020, Courtney was named Vice President, Integrated Care, Partnerships, and Private Services which he rebranded in 2022. Courtney’s role now focuses on the development and implementation of strategic initiatives, enterprise health solutions and new business to advance integrated care delivery models and partnerships for VHA across Ontario.

Courtney is a licensed physiotherapist and graduate of the University of Toronto Temerty Faculty of Medicine where he is now an Adjunct Lecturer. He completed an orthopaedic residency in California through the Ola Grimsby Institute while working at Kaiser Permanente in Occupational Medicine and has also completed his clinical doctorate with the Institute. In addition, Courtney completed an executive healthcare innovation fellowship (EXTRA) with Healthcare Excellence Canada (formerly Canadian Foundation of Healthcare Innovation).

Courtney is the current President of the Ontario Physiotherapy Association (OPA) and is a founding member of the Black Physiotherapists Association (BPTA). He also sits as an active member on the Health Task Group of the Black Opportunity Fund.

Courtney is a dad of twins and at 5 a.m. each morning you can find him at the gym lifting heavy weights to get his day powered up. This developed power serves him well in the heavy lifting required in his role at VHA!