Faculty Member
Michael Rachlis MD MSc FRCPC
- Email Address(es)
- michaelrachlis(at)rogers.com
- Office Phone
- 416-466-0093
- Office Address
- 13 :Langley Avenue Toronto, Ontario M4K1B4
- Website(s)
- Michael Rachlis MD
- Division(s)/Institute(s)
- Clinical Public Health Division
- Position
- Adjunct Professor
- SGS Status
- Associate Member
Research Interests
- health policy analysis
- health care quality
- population health
Education & Training History
Degree University Department Year
MD Manitoba Medicine 1975
MSc McMaster Clinical Epidemiology 1987
FRCPC Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada 1988
Other Affiliations
American Public Health Association
Canadian Doctors for Medicare
Canadian Physicians for Global Survival
Canadian Physicians for the Environment
Canadian Medical Association
Canadian Medical Protective Association
Canadian Public Health Association
Ontario Medical Association
Ontario Medical Reform Group
Ontario Public Health Association
Physicians for a Smoke Free Canada
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
Primary Teaching Responsibilities
- Community medicine residents — I teach a mini course in health policy analysis and offer electives and rotations
- Expert panelist in HAD 5010: Canada's health system and Health Policy
- Guest panelist in introduction to public health
- Guest lecturer in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering MIE561 Healthcare Systems
- Guest lecturer in SWK 4632H Advanced Social Work Practice in Health
- Guest lecturer in SW 4412 The Context of mental health and healthcare practice
Honours & Awards
- 1969-73 General Motors Scholarship, University of Manitoba
1982 Physicians’ Services (Ontario) Fellowship for two months study in Seattle
1984-1985 Ontario Ministry of Health Fellowship to support postgraduate study in
clinical epidemiology at McMaster University
1995 Association of Ontario Health Centres Annual Award
2002 Queen’s Jubilee Medal
2009 President’s Award from the National Specialty Society for Community
Medicine for CPD development
2009 University of Toronto Dalla Lana School of Public Health
Community Medicine Residency Program Faculty Educator Award
2010 Doctor of Laws degree (honoris causa) from the University of Manitoba
Faculty of Medicine
2012 JP Maclean lecturer University of Manitoba
2012 Emmett Hall Lecturer Canadian Association of Health Services and Policy
Research
Current Research Projects
Representative Publications
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Dooling K, Rachlis M. Vancouver’s supervised injection facility challenges Canada’s drug laws. Canadian Medical Association Journal. 2010;182:1440 – 1444.
The Second Stage of Medicare in: Medicare: Facts, Myths, Problems, Promise
Edited by Greg Marchildon and Bruce Campbell. Published by James Lorimer and Company Ltd. Toronto 2007.
Priest A, Rachlis MM, Cohen M. Why Wait? B.C. and other Canadian Examples of Public Solutions to Surgical Wait Lists. Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. May, 2007. Vancouver
Rachlis MM. Privatized health care won’t deliver. Wellesley Institute. September 2007. Toronto.
Rachlis MM. Delivering on Equity: Community based models of access and integration in Ontario’s health system. Wellesley Institute. November 2007. Toronto.
Rachlis MM. Moving forward with public health in Canada. Canadian Journal of Public Health. 2004:95:405-406.
Rachlis MM. Medicare: Innovation is the Key to Sustainability. Healthcare Management Forum. 2005;18(2):