Tara Kiran

Current academic appointment/faculty rank: Associate Professor

Affiliations:  

• Staff Physician, St. Michael’s Hospital Academic Family Health Team 

• Fidani Chair of Improvement and Innovation, University of Toronto 

• Scientist, MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions, St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto  

• Adjunct Senior Scientist, ICES  

Research Summary:

Dr. Tara Kiran is a family physician and a health systems researcher with nationally and internationally recognized expertise in primary care policy, quality improvement, and health system evaluation. Dr. Kiran’s research focuses on understanding and addressing gaps in access, equity, and quality in primary care, with recent work examining shifts in the physician workforce, the impact of team-based care, and public priorities for reform. She has also led interventions to directly improve primary care practice including equity in cancer screening, opioid prescribing, treatment of Hepatitis C, and timely access. Dr. Kiran is the founder and national lead of OurCare, Canada’s largest public engagement initiative on the future of primary care, which has shaped policy direction in multiple provinces and informed Ontario’s Primary Care Act. She also hosts Primary Focus, a podcast that explores how Canada and other countries can build stronger primary care systems. Dr. Kiran holds the Fidani Chair of Improvement and Innovation at the University of Toronto. She practices family medicine at St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto where she is also a Scientist at the MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions. Throughout her work, she is motivated by a deep commitment to improving access to high-quality, equitable, and patient-centred care.