April 5, 2024
In this presentation, Dr. Raza will provides a brief overview of the Canadian health care system, outlines how primary care and family medicine fit in, and explores the contemporary crisis and opportunities for reform.
Danyaal Raza is a family physician with Unity Health Toronto’s St. Michael’s Hospital, and Assistant Professor with the University of Toronto’s Department of Family & Community Medicine. He is the founding physician lead of the Sumac Creek Health Centre in Toronto’s Regent Park, the largest social/public housing community in Canada, and a member of the Decent Work & Health Network. Dr. Raza has also served as Chair of Canadian Doctors for Medicare, is a Fellow of the Broadbent Institute, and in 2021 was named to The Medical Post’s ‘Power List’ as an influential physician voice in Canadian health policy.