Andreas Laupacis MD, MSc, BA

Dr. Laupacis is the executive director of the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael’s Hospital. He is a general internist and currently practices palliative care. He is a professor at the University of Toronto in both the Department of Medicine and the Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation. His research interests are broad; he has published over 310 peer-reviewed articles, covering a variety of topics in clinical epidemiology, health services research, health technology assessment and health policy.

Recently he has become interested in engaging the public about health care issues (he founded the web sites Healthy Debate and Faces of Health Care), and he holds a Canada Research Chair in Health Policy and Citizen Engagement.

He has served on numerous academic and governmental advisory committees, including the board of Healthy Quality Ontario (2014-present), where he is the chair of the board. He also serves on the board of Cancer Care Ontario (2011-present), where he chairs the Strategic Planning, Performance & Risk Management Committee and the Alberta Health Services Board (2008-2010), where he chaired its Quality and Safety Committee.