Dr. Dominik Nowak is a family doctor and health leader with a longstanding commitment to strengthening health care in Ontario and beyond. In addition to his clinical practice, Dr. Nowak’s mission is to build teamwork across the health system and advance meaningful reform so patients and providers alike can thrive. He is a trusted advisor to provincial, national, and international organizations, championing a health system that is more kind, caring, and careful.
Dr. Nowak served as the 143rd President of the Ontario Medical Association (OMA), where he was the top advocacy voice for the province’s 43,000 doctors and a leading spokesperson with government, policymakers, and stakeholders on health system policy and reform. As OMA president, he led strategic initiatives to address Ontario’s health‑care crisis, including the Stop the Crisis campaign advocating for immediate government action on physician workforce shortages, rural and northern care access, emergency department sustainability, reduced wait times, digital health innovation, and strengthened primary care. He engaged directly with elected officials, delivered policy recommendations, and mobilized physicians and the public to elevate health care as a top political priority.
Dr. Nowak trained at McMaster University, where he specialized in family medicine and served as chief resident. He completed a Master of Health Administration at the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto and holds a Certified Health Executive designation from the Canadian College of Health Leaders. He is currently a faculty member in both the Dalla Lana School of Public Health and the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto. He is also a recipient of the College of Family Physicians of Canada Award of Excellence for his leadership in Canadian health care.