Brian Golden

Brian Golden is the academic director for The OCFP Leadership Academy and is the Sandra Rotman chaired professor in health sector strategy at the Rotman School of Management, The University of Toronto and The University Health Network. He is the founding academic director of The Sandra Rotman Centre for Health Sector Strategy, a policy, research and leadership development institute. His research has informed policy around collaborative leadership, system design, funding models and primary care.

As an adviser and director of leadership development programs, Golden has worked with a variety of organizations, including the Canadian Medical Association, provincial and territorial medical associations, Canadian provincial governments, Britain’s National Health Service, several Local Integration Health Networks and hospitals and agencies, including the Hospital for Sick Children, UHN, Hamilton Health Sciences, London Health Science Centre, Sunnybrook College Health Sciences Centre, the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Cancer Care Ontario, the King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Baylor Medical Center. Private-sector clients include Tieto (Finland), General Electric and Baxter. He is the founding academic director of the Rotman School’s Advanced Health Leadership Program and the Global Executive MBA in Healthcare and Life sciences. Golden was the founding director of the Judy Project, Canada’s premier program for senior women leaders in the private and public sectors.