One of the first acts STARS air ambulance service will undertake in the new year is to welcome a new president and CEO. STARS has announced that Dr. John Froh will be stepping into the role of president and CEO of STARS effective Jan. 20, 2025.
A release from STARS says that Dr. Froh has been a leader at STARS since 2012, currently as the organization’s chief medical officer. He has decades of practice as an emergency medicine physician and will graduate with a Master of Business Administration from Cornell University in Spring 2025.
“Medicine and our clinical practice are at the centre of our mission at STARS,” said Curtis Stange, co-chair of STARS’ volunteer board of directors. “With his 13 years of experience at STARS and many years of serving our community in emergency care and clinical leadership, Dr. Froh is very well poised to deliver on our mission of critical care, anywhere.”
“We have the utmost confidence in Dr. Froh’s experience and ability to lead the STARS team and grow the organization as a world-class critical care provider,” said Helen Kasdorf, STARS board co-chair.
The release continues outlining STARS 40 years of operation across the prairie provinces with a strong and stable position of long-term government support.
“Keeping our patients at the centre of all we do will continue to be the guiding light for STARS. I am honoured to step into this important role that serves vulnerable patients in rural and remote areas of our provinces,” said Dr. Froh.
With over 60,000 life-saving missions completed since its inception, STARS will continue to provide its life-saving services to Canadians far into the future.