Health Toronto
Health Toronto: Exploring Innovation and Impact in Healthcare
Health Toronto is where innovation, impact, and collaboration converge to shape the future of healthcare. Join us for an evening that brings together the city’s brightest minds in healthtech, biotech, life sciences, and care delivery. From startup founders and clinicians to investors and policy leaders, this event gathers a diverse community passionate about solving the most pressing challenges in health.
Through insightful talks, founder stories, and curated networking, we’ll explore how emerging technologies, data, and design are transforming how we access, experience, and deliver care. Whether you're building the next breakthrough medical solution, investing in health innovation, or rethinking care systems.
TechTO is more than just great content - it’s a community. Expect plenty of networking opportunities to meet like-minded peers, exchange ideas, and spark collaborations that could take your business or career to the next level.
Join us for an evening of inspiration, learning, and connection — and walk away fired up to achieve unstoppable growth.
Agenda
6:00–7:00PM | Doors open and networking
7:00–8:30PM | Community open mic, speakers presentations
8:30-9:00PM | Resume networking
9:00PM | End of event
Hosts & Community Leads
Amr Galal is the Benefits & Savings Program Consultant at Bridgewell Financial in Toronto. With over a decade at Medcan, he brings extensive expertise in employee benefits, preventive healthcare, diagnostics, and wellness programs. A strategic thinker driven by results, Amr excels at uncovering new revenue opportunities and delivering creative, client-focused solutions. Awarded the “Rising Star” at the 2025 Benefits Alliance Spark Conference, he’s celebrated for his commitment to elevating group benefits and overall health and wellbeing
Vijesh Vijayan is a dynamic Tech Consultant and Product Executive who specializes in building and scaling tech ecosystems across health, AI, and financial services. As Head of Partnerships and Media at Scalpels & Spreadsheets, he’s led impactful events across North America, bringing together innovators, founders, VCs, and ecosystem builders. As Director of Product at GenXys, Vijesh combines strategic vision with hands-on execution for launching and growing products in healthcare. He’s passionate about curating collaborations that propel healthtech innovation forward.
Aman Desai is the Founder and CEOFounder and CEO at Dossier Health. He is a Medical Doctor turned strategy consultant with a unique combination of clinical expertise and business acumen. He has lived and worked in several regions around the globe, giving him a unique perspective on international business and contrasting healthcare systems in different countries. Since graduating from the London Business School, Aman has brought his clinical experience, business acumen and international perspectives in his work across strategy, M&A and financial management primarily in the healthcare and life sciences industry in North America, EMEA and Asia.
Featured Speakers:
Anne Forsyth is Director of Clinical Applications and Decision Support at Women’s College Hospital, where she leads digital health and data initiatives to advance equitable, sustainable healthcare. With expertise in program development, strategy, and operations, she thrives on leveraging technology to solve complex challenges and drive continuous improvement. Anne is passionate about inspiring teams, simplifying complexity, and creating systems that deliver meaningful outcomes for patients, families, and providers.
Mary Aglipay is the Co-Founder at Pippen AI, she is a clinic owner and PhD Candidate in epidemiology with an emphasis on data science and AI. Mary brings expertise in machine learning, large datasets, and clinical epidemiology. Mary built Pippen to provide a rigorous, evidence based approach to the real-life application of AI in family medicine.
Aastha Sahni is the Chief Operating Officer at Advica Health, where she leads efforts to help Canadians access personalized and timely healthcare solutions. She brings expertise in developmental psychology, education, and health navigation, and is dedicated to building systems that enable longer, healthier, and happier lives.
Katie Herbert is the CEO and Co-founder of Healthkind, where she builds AI-powered communication tools to improve patient–clinic interactions. She brings deep expertise in digital health, virtual care, and product leadership, having previously scaled Akira Health and TELUS Health Virtual Care to serve millions of Canadians.
Matt Zukowski is the Chief Technology Officer at Healthkind, where he leads the development of scalable, human-centered healthcare systems. He brings deep expertise in AI, telemedicine, and platform architecture, having previously built and scaled Akira Health’s technology and led virtual care integration at TELUS Health.
Olga Cruz is the Director of Thrive Lab at BDC Capital, where she leads early-stage investments in women-led Canadian companies. She brings deep expertise in impact investing, strategy, and venture scaling, with experience supporting healthcare and mission-driven ventures across global ecosystems.