Dr. Amir Ginzburg

Dr. Amir Ginzburg is a specialist in Internal Medicine and Executive Vice President, Quality, Risk and Practice at Trillium Health Partners. His portfolio includes quality, risk, medical affairs, infection prevention and control, ethics, clinical systems, and clinical informatics. He previously served as Chief of Quality and Medical Director, Medical Affairs, as well as Program Chief and Medical Director for the Medicine Program. In addition, he serves as Clinical Quality Regional Lead for Ontario Health, supporting quality improvement initiatives across the Central Region.

A respected leader in healthcare quality and patient safety, Dr. Ginzburg has led improvement initiatives in critical incident management, interprofessional communication, avoidable hospitalizations, and the implementation of standardized order sets. His work has also included cross-sectoral quality improvement initiatives spanning primary care, community care, and long-term care.

Dr. Ginzburg holds academic appointments with the Department of Medicine and the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto. A dedicated educator, he has served as a Master Facilitator for the Canadian Patient Safety Institute’s Patient Safety Education Program Canada and has taught with CHA Learning’s Canadian Patient Safety Officer Program. He has also collaborated with the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada on faculty development in quality improvement and patient safety and contributed to the redesign of the 2015 CanMEDS framework.

In recognition of his leadership, Dr. Ginzburg was named one of the Canadian Patient Safety Institute’s key influencers in patient safety in 2013. He is passionate about helping healthcare professionals build safer systems through collaborative leadership, continuous improvement, and practical application of patient safety principles.