One of Time magazine’s 2021 Next Generation Leaders and named to Maclean’s Power 50 List, CHIKA STACY ORIUWA, MD, is a medical trailblazer spearheading change in health care and beyond. Currently a resident doctor in psychiatry at the University of Toronto, Oriuwa is a graduate of the school’s Temerty Faculty of Medicine, where she was valedictorian of her year and concurrently earned a master’s degree in health systems leadership and innovation. She has served on a variety of boards, has helped to curate spaces of wellness and resilience, and was honoured by Mattel with a one-of-a-kind Barbie doll to recognize her contributions as a frontline health care worker. Oriuwa established the Dr. Chika Oriuwa Award for the Advancement of Black Health at Temerty Medicine, which is awarded annually to a graduating medical student who has demonstrated their dedication to advancing health in the Black community.

Dr. Oriuwa lives in Toronto with her husband, Dale, and their two young children, Ezenna and Nkiruka.