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Andrew Boozary | |
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| Born | March 1986 (age 40) |
| Title | Assistant Professor |
| Awards | Governor General’s Innovation Award (2026) |
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| Discipline | Family medicine, social medicine, health policy |
Andrew Boozary (born March 1986) is a Canadian physician, health policy practitioner, and researcher. He is the founding executive director of the Gattuso Centre for Social Medicine at the University Health Network in Toronto. Boozary led the development of Dunn House,[1][2][3] Canada's first hospital-led social medicine supportive housing initiative, and received a Governor General's Innovation Award for the project in 2026.[4]
Biography
[edit]Education
[edit]Boozary holds an Honours Bachelor of Medical Sciences from Western University.[5] He completed medical school at the University of Ottawa, taking a one-year leave during his studies to earn a Master of Public Policy at Princeton University.[6] He subsequently completed his family medicine residency at the University of Toronto and a Master of Science at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, where he launched a new public health review journal.[5][6]
Career
[edit]Boozary is a part-time assistant professor holding the Dalla Lana Professorship in Policy Innovation at the University of Toronto's Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation.[5] His health policy roles have included director of policy for the Advisory Council on National Pharmacare and special advisor to Ontario's minister of health.[4] In 2025, Boozary was appointed Clinical Lead, Population Health at Ontario Health.[7]
Policy advocacy and political involvement
[edit]In 2015, Boozary co-authored a commentary article in JAMA with United States senators Joe Manchin and Roger Wicker, advocating for changes to Medicare's Hospital Readmissions Reduction program to account for patients' socioeconomic status when calculating hospital penalties for readmission.[8]
Boozary was among one of the nine Toronto-based physicians who founded Doctors for Defunding Police. In 2020, the group campaigned the Toronto City Council to shift spending away from policing towards mental health services and the creation of non-police crisis response teams.[9][10]
Following Bonnie Crombie’s resignation as leader of the Ontario Liberal Party in 2025, Boozary was reported as a potential candidate in the 2026 Ontario Liberal Party leadership election.[11][12] In February 2026, Boozary announced that he will not enter the race.[13]
References
[edit]- ↑ Boutin, Marielle (2026-04-20). "Dr. Andrew Boozary on Expanding Social Medicine Housing Model Dunn House". Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto. Retrieved 2026-09-14.
- ↑ Amad, Ali (2024-10-16). ""I've seen unhoused patients lose limbs": Physician Andrew Boozary on opening the country's first social medicine housing". Toronto Life. Retrieved 2026-09-17.
- ↑ Casey, Liam (2024-10-03). "Toronto hospital to open permanent supportive housing apartments for homeless people". CityNews Toronto. Retrieved 2026-09-17.
- 1 2 "Dunn House - Governor General's Innovation Awards". Governor General’s Innovation Awards. Archived from the original on 2026-09-08. Retrieved 2026-09-14.
- 1 2 3 "Andrew Boozary". Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation. Retrieved 2026-09-17.
- 1 2 Hall, Joseph (2017-07-09). "Why Dr. Andrew Boozary has been diagnosed as a superstar". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2026-09-17.
- ↑ "Keynote - Andrew Boozary". FMF. Retrieved 2026-09-17.
- ↑ Boozary, Andrew S.; Manchin, Joseph; Wicker, Roger F. (2015-07-28). "The Medicare Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program: Time for Reform". JAMA. 314 (4): 347. doi:10.1001/jama.2015.6507. ISSN 0098-7484.
- ↑ Chapter, DFDP Toronto. "Home". Doctors for Defunding Police. Retrieved 2026-09-14.
- ↑ Glauser, Wendy (2020-11-30). "Why some doctors want to defund the police". Canadian Medical Association Journal. 192 (48): E1644–E1645. doi:10.1503/cmaj.1095905. ISSN 0820-3946.
- ↑ Wilson, Jermaine (2025-10-19). "'Political outsider' leads Ontario Liberal leadership field, new poll suggests". CTVNews. Retrieved 2026-09-14.
- ↑ "Ontario Liberals prepare for another leadership election. Who's in? | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved 2026-09-14.
- ↑ Elbayoumi, Ahmad (2026-02-09). "Let the race begin". www.policorner.ca. Retrieved 2026-09-14.