As a palliative care physician and health justice advocate, Dr. Naheed Dosani is dedicated to advancing equitable access to health care for people experiencing structural vulnerabilities like poverty and homelessness. These efforts include founding and leading the Palliative Education and Care for the Homeless (PEACH) Program at Inner City Health Associates in downtown Toronto and serving as the medical director of Kensington Hospice at Kensington Health, the health equity lead at Kensington Health, a health equity expert advisor at the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer and a palliative care physician at St. Michael’s Hospital at Unity Health Toronto.
Raised in Scarborough, Ontario, Dr. Dosani completed his medical school training at McMaster University, followed by residency training in both family medicine and palliative care at the University of Toronto.
Dr. Dosani shares his passion for primary care, palliative care and health equity with learners as an assistant professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto. His research interests include advancing access to equity-oriented care for structurally vulnerable populations and culturally diverse communities.
Dr. Dosani has received many prestigious honours for his trailblazing work, including the Meritorious Service Cross for Humanitarianism from Canada’s Governor General in 2018, a humanitarian award from the Canadian Society of Palliative Care Physicians in 2019 and an Award for Young Leaders for early-career physicians from the CMA in 2020. He received an honorary degree (doctor of laws) from Ontario Tech University in 2022.