St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton

Also filed as St. Joseph's Health Care, Hamilton (2003), St. Joseph's Hlthcare, Hamilton (2000), St. Joseph S Hospital, Hamilton (1999) and St. Joseph's Hospital, Hamilton (1996–1998).

Ontario Sunshine List 2025 · 1,623 employees earning $100K+

Hospitals & Boards of Public Health

At a Glance
2025

Employee Count

1,623

2025 Sunshine List

Total Compensation

$202.9M

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$124,618

2025 Sunshine List

Median Salary

$116,626

Half earn more, half less

Who makes the most at St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton in 2025?

Michael Heenan, President and Chief Executive Officer, was paid $609,055 in 2025 — the highest total compensation among 1,623 St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton employees on the Sunshine List; the median salary there was $116,626.

How has St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton's Sunshine List changed?

St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton listed 10 people in 1996 and 1,623 in 2025 — 162× as many; payroll on the list went from $1.5M to $202.9M, and the median salary moved from $143,285 to $116,626.

How many St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton employees earn over $150,000? →

Salary Trend

Median salary by yearLine chart of 29 yearly values of median salary, from $143,285 in 1996 to $116,626 in 2025. No data for 2002.$100K$120K$140K$160K199620042008201520192025
Median salary, 1996–2025. Axis starts at $100,000, the Sunshine List disclosure threshold. That threshold has never been indexed to inflation, so this line can fall over time simply because more people newly cross it — not necessarily because pay fell.

Top Employees
2025

#1Michael Heenan
$609,055
President and Chief Executive Officer
#2Samih Salama
$424,882
Pathologist
#3Carrie Fletcher
$389,620
Executive Vice President
#4Pooja Vasudev
$378,516
Pathologist
#5Amir Salehi
$376,056
Pathologist
#6Jean Claude Cutz
$375,956
Pathologist
#7Xiao Xia Shao
$374,698
Pathologist
#8Brooke Cowell
$374,119
Executive Vice President and Chief Nursing Executive
#9Asghar Naqvi
$372,462
Pathologist
#10Ihab El Shinnawy
$372,207
Pathologist
#11Michael Bonert
$372,047
Pathologist
#12Tariq Aziz
$371,491
Pathologist
#13Harpreet Rai
$366,343
Pathologist
#14Maryam Monajemzadeh
$358,980
Pathologist
#15Franca Vavaroutsos
$355,874
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
#16Elizabeth Buller
$347,526
President and Chief Executive Officer
#17Sarah Jarmain
$303,734
Executive Vice President
#18Tara Coxon
$296,743
Vice President and Cyber Security Officer
#19Rick Badzioch
$282,841
Vice President
#20Randi Mccabe
$274,246
Vice President
#21Karen Langstaff
$266,414
Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer
#22Andriana Lukich
$263,945
Vice President
#23Michele Lawford
$263,698
Chief Risk, Privacy Officer and General Counsel
#24Christopher Lamain
$261,775
Nurse Practitioner
#25Carly Weeks
$258,557
Vice President

See all 1,623 employees in 2025 →

Download CSV (2025) →Released by the Government of Ontario under the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996. Compiled by SunshineList.

Biggest Year-over-Year Increases
2024 → 2025

Brooke Cowell at St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton had the largest increase in disclosed pay on the 2025 Sunshine List: $240,262 to $366,119, up 52.4%.

Brooke Cowell+52.4%
Executive Vice President and Chief Nursing Executive
$240,262 → $366,119
Erin Doherty+39.6%
Director
$157,140 → $219,295
Franca Vavaroutsos+21.9%
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
$283,503 → $345,495
Christopher Lamain+22.0%
Nurse Practitioner
$214,186 → $261,413
Jean Claude Cutz+13.4%
Pathologist
$331,155 → $375,446

A year-over-year increase or decrease in disclosed pay can include overtime, a retroactive payment, a vacation payout or severance, not only a change in base pay, rate, or role — the Sunshine List discloses total salary paid that year, not a pay rate. This list is ranked by the dollar increase, not by the percentage shown.

316 people were new to St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton's list in 2025; 375 who were on it in 2024 were not. See the full 2025 roster →

See all pay increases at St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton →

By Year
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Top Positions
2025 · 5 or more people