Dr. Ryan Meili is a family physician, tuberculosis consultant and former politician in Saskatoon with a focus on health equity and healthy public policy.

Ryan is a family physician and tuberculosis consultant in Saskatoon, SK, with a focus on health equity. A lifelong advocate for healthy public policy, he has practiced medicine in rural and Northern Saskatchewan, inner-city Saskatoon and Southern Africa.

In 2017, Ryan put the concept of politics as “medicine on a larger scale” into practice, running to become Member of the Legislative Assembly for Saskatoon Meewasin and serving as Leader of the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party and Leader of the Official Opposition in Saskatchewan from 2018-2022.

He is the author of two books: A Healthy Society: How a focus on health can revive Canadian democracy and A Healthy Future: Lessons from the Frontlines of a Crisis.

He holds a degree in medicine from the University of Saskatchewan.