Bhavini Gohel

Dr. Bhavini Gohel is a Clinical Associate Professor at the Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, and a Hospitalist and Care of the Elderly Physician with Alberta Health Services (AHS). She serves as the Provincial Medical Lead for Professional Affairs at AHS, where she is involved in advancing physician governance, professionalism, and system-level processes.
She is the Founder and Lead of the Climate Health System Alliance at the O’Brien Institute for Public Health, University of Calgary, and serves as Director of International Partnerships and Health System Collaboration for the Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care. Her work focuses on transforming healthcare systems toward low-carbon, climate-resilient models.
Dr. Gohel has provided technical advisory support to the Climate Action Advisory Committee, as well as to climate resiliency and emergency disaster management technical committees with Health Standards Organization and Accreditation Canada. She has co-chaired World Health Organization technical teams on climate and healthcare leadership and collaborates closely with the WHO Health Professional Constituency.
Her research and leadership are centered on integrating sustainability, resilience, and equity into healthcare systems. She is also Co-Founder and Chair of the Brain Climate Equity Collaborative, a national initiative advancing the intersection of climate change, brain health, and equity. Dr. Gohel has global health experience in India and Pakistan and holds a Master’s in Global Health Leadership from Saïd Business School, University of Oxford.