A passionate advocate for the needs of older persons, Dr Samir K. Sinha is the Director of Geriatrics at Mount Sinai and the University Health Network Hospitals in Toronto.
A Rhodes Scholar, after pursuing his undergraduate medical studies at the University of Western Ontario he obtained a Masters in Medical History and a Doctorate in Sociology at the University of Oxford's Institute of Ageing.
After returning to pursue postgraduate training in internal medicine at the University of Toronto, he went on to the US where he most recently served as the inaugural Erickson/Reynolds Fellow in Clinical Geriatrics, Education and Leadership at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Dr Sinha's breadth of training has contributed to his growing expertise in health policy and the delivery of services related to the care of the elderly.
Dr Sinha has consulted with hospitals and health authorities in Britain, Canada, the United States and China around the implementation and administration of unique, integrated and innovative models of geriatric care that reduce disease burden, improve access and capacity and ultimately promote health.
Dr Sinha presented at the Nuffield Trust’s 2012 Health Policy Summit.