Fahad Razak

Fahad Razak is an internist at St Michael’s Hospital, Vice President for Vital Health System and Data Innovation at Unity Health Toronto, Faculty Affiliate at the Vector Institute, Provincial Clinical Lead at Ontario Health and Canada Research Chair in Data-Informed Health Care Improvement at the University of Toronto.

He co-founded GEMINI, the largest hospital research network in Canada, and has received over $310 million in funding as Principal Investigator. GEMINI is used by an active community of more than 1000 scientists, and health system leaders. He is co-leading the expansion of GEMINI to become pan-Canadian platform called “VITAL” that will cover >80% of the Canadian population through a landmark $210M investment from federal and provincial sources – the largest investment in Canadian history in health data innovation.

Dr. Razak completed a degree in Engineering Science and Medical Doctorate at the University of Toronto, and was the first physician appointed as the David E. Bell Fellow at Harvard University. He served as Scientific Director for the Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table and contributed to over 50 science and policy briefs that shaped Canada’s response to the pandemic. He was a member of the Federal Expert Panel on Science Advisory and Research convened by Health Canada – “the Walport Panel” – the only Federal review of the pandemic. He is Vice President for Research at the Canadian Society of Internal Medicine, inaugural Chair of the Advisory Committee for Science at the Public Health Agency of Canada, and on the advisory board of the BMJ.

Dr. Razak has received three major mentorship awards, include the inaugural Canadian Society for Internal Medicine National Award for Mentorship, and is a two-time recipient of the Teaching Award for Excellence from the University of Toronto. He is a Senior Fellow at Massey College and at the C.D. Howe Institute, and was appointed to the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists.

Dr. Razak is not taking any summer students.

Other Appointments & Affiliations

• Internist, St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto
• Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine & Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto
• Scientist, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute
• Provincial Lead, Quality Improvement in General Medicine, Ontario Health
• Canada Research Chair in Healthcare Data and Analytics, University of Toronto
• Senior Fellow, Massey College