Biography

Michael M. Rachlis MD MSc FRCPC
Health Policy Analysis

Dr. Michael Rachlis was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1951 and graduated from the University of Manitoba medical school in 1975. He interned at McMaster University in Hamilton and then practiced family medicine from 1976 to 1984 at the South Riverdale Community Health Centre in Toronto. He completed specialty training in Community Medicine at McMaster University from 1984 to 1988.

Dr. Rachlis practices as a private consultant in health policy analysis. He has consulted to the federal government, all ten provincial governments, and two royal commissions. He also holds associate professor appointments (part-time) with the University of Toronto Department of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation and the Dalla Lana School of Public Health.

Dr. Rachlis has lectured widely on health care issues. He has been invited to make presentations to committees of the Canadian House of Commons and the Canadian Senate as well as the United States House of Representatives and Senate. He is a frequent media commentator on health policy issues and the author of three national bestsellers about Canada's health care system. HarperCollins published his third book, Prescription for Excellence: How Innovation is Saving Canada's Health Care System, in paperback in March 2005. In his free time, Dr. Rachlis enjoys running and duplicate bridge. He lives in Toronto with his wife and two children.

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