Chandrakant Shah, OOnt, is a Canadian doctor, researcher and social activist. Shah is the clinical coordinator of Anishnawbe Health Toronto in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Shah has been a staff physician since 1996, providing primary health care to Toronto's indigenous community as well as people who have been marginalized, such as the homeless, the unemployed and children living in poverty. He is also a consultant with Peel Public Health, Honorary Staff of

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, and Courtesy Staff at the

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. He is professor emeritus of the

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at the School of Medicine,

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. His textbook, now in its 6th edition ''Public Health and Preventive Medicine in Canada'', is widely used by Canadian undergraduate and graduate students from a range of health disciplines. He is recipient of several awards including the

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and the Outstanding Physicians of Ontario award (2007) by the Council of the

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for excellence and coming closest to meeting society's vision of an "ideal physician."Dr. Chandrakant Shah presented with Council Award, policy updates, Physician Resources Task Force revived, Noteworthy now available.
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Aboriginal Health and Wellness

Shah is most well known for his research and activism in the Aboriginal Health and Wellness space.

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University of Toronto
{{DEFAULTSORT:Shah, Chandrakant Living people Canadian general practitioners Canadian public health doctors Members of the Order of Ontario Activists from Toronto Physicians from Toronto Indian emigrants to Canada 1936 births University of Toronto alumni Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health alumni