Brian Goldman

ER Medical Doctor & CBC Host, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Brian Goldman, MD, is a veteran emergency physician at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto. He is also the host of the CBC‘s award-winning radio show White Coat, Black Art, where he takes listeners behind the scenes of hospitals and doctor’s offices. Goldman is on a lifelong campaign to confront medical errors and create a culture of safety for patients. He has proven unafraid of using his own medical mistakes for examples on how doctors can improve. His TEDtalk – “Doctors Make Mistakes. Can We Talk About That?” has been watched by close to a million viewers.

Dr. Goldman is the author of several bestselling books, including The Night Shift: Real Life in the ER, The Secret Language of Doctors and most recently, The Power of Kindness, his cri de coeur for greater empathy in healthcare and in the rest of the world.