Dr. Andrew Boozary
Dr. Andrew Boozary is a primary care physician, policy practitioner, researcher, and founding executive director of the Gattuso Centre for Social Medicine at the University Health Network in Toronto. As the driving force behind Dunn House, Canada’s first social medicine housing initiative, he is a leader in integrating health care and housing to address the social determinants of health and advance health equity.
He completed his medical training at the University of Toronto and health policy training at Princeton and Harvard, and has advised policymakers across all levels of government on primary care reform and pharmacare. He is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the Harvard Public Health Review and holds the Dalla Lana Professorship in Policy Innovation at the University of Toronto.
Dr. Boozary is a Clarkson Laureate for Public Service and recipient of the Louise Lemieux-Charles Health System Leadership Award, the 2026 Governor General’s Innovation Award, and the Stanley H. Knowles Humanitarian Award from the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU/SEFPO). In 2025 he was appointed Clinical Lead, Population Health, at Ontario Health, continuing to drive innovation at the intersection of health systems and social policy.