Neil Seeman
| Neil Seeman | |
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| Born |
November 14, 1970 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Education | BA, JD, and MPH |
| Alma mater | Upper Canada College, Queen's University, University of Toronto, and Harvard University |
| Occupation | businessperson, author and healthcare policy authority |
| Known for | Founder and CEO of The RIWI Corporation |
| Title | Past CEO of the University of Toronto’s Health Strategy Innovation Cell |
| Spouse(s) | Sarit Goldman (2003 - ) |
| Awards | Shortlisted for 2012 Donner Prize Winner (RIWI), 2013 IIeX North America Insights Innovation Exchange, 2014 NGMR Disruptive Innovation Award |
Neil Seeman is a Canadian businessperson, author and healthcare policy authority.
Seeman is a 1988 graduate of the high-school Upper Canada College and currently serves as a member of the Upper Canada College Association Council. Seeman has a BA in English and Political Science from Queen's University in 1992 and a JD in 1995 from the University of Toronto Faculty of Law. Following his legal education, Seeman received a Masters in Public Health (MPH) from Harvard University.
At the end of the 1990s Seeman began working on the editorial staff of the American magazine the National Review. His research work in the United States also extended into the field of youth violence. He also served as in-house counsel for the National Citizens' Coalition under the leadership of Stephen Harper, the former Prime Minister of Canada. Seeman was a Research Fellow at the Fraser Institute, and founding director of the Institute's CANSTATS Project. Seeman was also a founding member of the editorial board at the National Post in 1998 and a contributor to the Financial Post. In 2001 he became a member of the editorial board of the National Review Online.
Prior to the new healthcare laws in the United States, Seeman was quoted discussing the need for disruptive innovation, more attention to financial variables, and other new ideas in the healthcare industry. In 1998, Seeman was a pre-IPO investor in the successful NASDAQ-listed Internet (JCOM) software and technology company, J2 Global, specializing in cloud services for businesses and multi-messaging. In the late 2000s, following research positions at the Hospital Report Research Collaborative at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, and at IBM, Seeman founded and became the CEO of the University of Toronto’s Health Strategy Innovation Cell, focusing on low-cost Internet-based solutions in healthcare. Seeman has published in academic journals including Healthcare Quarterly, Health Care Management Review, Healthcare Policy, Electronic Healthcare, Journal of Participatory Medicine, Synapse, Nature, Journal of Affective Disorders, Psychiatric Times, Canadian Medical Association Journal, and Journal of Psychiatric Practice. He is currently an Adjunct Professor at the University of Toronto in the Institute for Health Policy, Management & Evaluation and at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health Policy and Senior Fellow at Massey College, University of Toronto, as well as an Adjunct Professor at Ryerson University. In 2008 he published an article in HealthcarePapers, where he coined the term post-partisanship. In 2014, he was voted one of “20 Global Researchers to Watch” by Survey Magazine.
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