What lead to your leap from anaesthesiology to CMA presidency? | Dr. Alika Lafontaine @SpeakersSpotlight
What lead to your leap from anaesthesiology to CMA presidency? | Dr. Alika Lafontaine  @SpeakersSpotlight
Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
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Named Maclean’s top Healthcare Innovator, Dr. Alika Lafontaine has been at the epicentre of healthcare system transformation for almost two decades. He is the first Indigenous physician and the youngest doctor to lead the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) in its 156-year history, and the first Indigenous physician to be listed on The Medical Post’s 50 Most Powerful Doctors. An experienced health leader known for driving major policy and system changes in collaboration with multilateral partners, Lafontaine speaks eloquently and passionately on the forces reshaping healthcare and society, with a focus on AI and health system transformation, leadership through crisis, reconciliation and Indigenous health, and the emotional and structural dynamics that rebuild trust and drive meaningful change.


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