WRC Faculty Announcement: Digital Health Lead

The Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University – Waterloo Regional Campus (WRC), is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Mohamed Alarakhia as the Digital Health Lead, Waterloo Regional Campus effective May 1, 2020.  Dr. Alarakhia is a Family Physician, and the Managing Director of the eHealth Centre of Excellence.

Dr. Alarakhia will be responsible to coordinate teaching and learning opportunities for the development of competencies in digital health for medical learners, as well as investigating digital health solutions to assist research projects. He will develop and foster partnerships with community organizations related to technology research and development, including health-tech start-ups and scale-ups, and EMR development.