Digital Health Founders: Dr. Mohamed Alarakhia, Amplify Care

Digital Health Founders: Dr. Mohamed Alarakhia, Amplify Care

June 15, 2026 · 31 min · Episode 50

About this episode

Dr. Mohamed Alarakhia discusses the evolution of Amplify Care and the future of digital health in Canada.

Digital Health Founders is a Santis Health series featuring one-on-one conversations with leaders from across Canada’s digital health ecosystem. From transformative startups to public sector changemakers, these episodes explore how innovators are shaping the future of care through collaboration, technology and bold thinking. In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Mohamed Alarakhia, Founder and CEO of Amplify Care, a leading not-for-profit organization dedicated to driving bold digital health and AI adoption across the healthcare system. Dr. Alarakhia shares the story of Amplify Care’s founding and evolution, how his firsthand experience as a practicing family doctor shapes his approach to technology, his passion for co-designing solutions with clinicians and patients to reduce administrative burden, and where he sees the Canadian digital health landscape going in the future. -- Dr. Mohamed Alarakhia, Chief Executive Officer, Amplify Care Dr. Mohamed Alarakhia is the founder of and visionary force behind Amplify Care (formerly the eHealth Centre of Excellence), where his extensive experience in primary care as a practicing family doctor at the Centre for Family Medicine FHT and…

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