Dr. Kannin Osei-Tutu

Senior Associate Dean

Health Equity And Systems Transformation Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary

Dr. Osei-Tutu is the inaugural senior associate dean - Health Equity and Systems Transformation at the Cumming School of Medicine having previously served as associate director student advising and wellness in UME, and as director of resident support at PGME. He is well established as a provincial and national leader in change transformation. Dr. Osei-Tutu is the founder and president of the Black Physicians’ Association of Alberta, a member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta’s Anti- racism Anti-discrimination Action Committee, and chair of the inaugural AFMC Black Health, Innovation and Advancement Committee. He informs the development of policies, educational programs and curricula that are inclusive and has established partnerships with regulatory and licensing bodies to advance health equity.

Dr. Osei-Tutu is at the forefront of emerging concepts in anti-racist, anti-oppressive and culturally safe medical education, and he approaches his work through the lens of intersectionality and compassion. He is a member of the CanMEDS 2025 Steering Committee and was selected to co-chair the CanMEDS 2025 anti-racism expert working group on which he plays a lead role in scholarship and co-creation of new physician competencies related to equity, diversity, inclusion, anti-racism, anti-oppression and social justice. He has many recent published works and co-supervised a national research project exploring the ‘sense of belonging’ of equity deserving students in Canadian medical schools.

Dr. Osei-Tutu earned a degree in Kinesiology from McMaster University, followed by a Master of Science and medical degree at Dalhousie University. He completed a Family Medicine residency at the University of Toronto. He is the recipient of many awards including the 2023 National Leadership Award from the Black Physicians of Canada, the 2022 Donald I. Rice Award from the Foundation for Advancing Family Medicine, the 2022 John Ware Fellowship from the DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University, the 2022 Resident Doctors of Canada Puddester Award for Resident Wellness, the 2022 Calgary Black Achievement Award in Medicine and Health and the 2021 Foothills Medical Centre Medical Staff Association Diversity and Inclusion Award.

Dr. Osei-Tutu is a hospitalist and associate professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the Cumming School of Medicine, in the University of Calgary.