Dr. William Cherniak
ER Physician, CEO & Founder of Rocket Doctor
Who We Are
Rocket Doctor is a rapidly growing digital health platform and marketplace that provides comprehensive care virtually, incorporating advanced at-home medical devices.
We connect patients with board-certified physicians of all disciplines through our proprietary technology platform. Founded in Toronto, the service has delivered over 225,000 visits across Canada and the United States.
Our Mission
Through our efficient and automated digital health platform, we’re making high-quality healthcare affordable, accessible, quick and convenient. Particularly for those living in underserved communities.
The Rocket Doctor Team, 2022
“Rocket Doctor was founded by doctors for doctors.
We started the company to empower independent physicians to improve the quality and access of care available to everyone.
Our digital health platform and marketplace connects doctors and patients in a unique way; bringing the world’s most advanced doctor’s office directly to patients.
The end result is faster, more convenient and more compassionate care. “
Dr. William Cherniak
ER Physician, CEO & Founder of Rocket Doctor
Who We Are
Rocket Doctor is a rapidly growing digital health marketplace that provides comprehensive patient care virtually. We connect patients with board-certified physicians of all disciplines through our proprietary tech platform. Founded in Toronto, the service has cared for over 30,000 patients. Our virtual clinic expands beyond Ontario to service Alberta, BC and most recently California, USA.
Our Mission
We believe healthcare is a basic human right and not a privilege for those with money and connections. Everyone should have access to affordable high-quality care. Rocket Doctor is on a mission to make high-quality healthcare affordable, accessible, quick and convenient for everyone, but especially those living in underserved communities. We do this by empowering doctors to run their own virtual practice through an efficient and automated platform, while extending the breadth of services offered by sending the most advanced doctor’s office directly to patients.Rocket Doctor was founded by doctors for doctors. We started the company to empower independent physicians to improve the quality and access of care available to everyone. Our digital health platform and marketplace connects doctors and patients in a unique way; bringing the world’s most advanced doctor’s office directly to patients. The end result is faster, more convenient and more compassionate care.
Dr. William Cherniak
Founder RocketDoctor, ER PHYSICIAN
Our Leadership Team
Dr. William Cherniak
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
MD, MPH, CCFP (EM), DABFM
Harry Cherniak
Co-Founder and Chief Operating
Officer / Privacy Officer, BA, JD, MSc
David Sigal
Engineering Lead
ex. Drop.com / Zignal Labs
Dave Mckay
Fractional CTO
Reliq Health / VitalHub / CyberSecurity Research Lab
Gene Sese
Director, Medical Support Staff & Patient Care
Doris Jean Pierre
Director, People & Culture
BHSa, MBA
Ex. Kaiser Permanente
Dr. Brian Geller
Director, Canadian Regional Medical
MD, MBA, CCFP
Lynn Moore
Director, US Billing and Client Services
Dr. Tae Kim
Director, US Regional Medical
MD, FACEP
Our Medical Leadership
Dr. Sam Montasser
MD Lead, Alberta
University of Calgary MD, CCFP
Dr. Jennifer Ashley O’Driscoll
MD Lead, Family Medicine
University of Toronto MD, CCFP
Dr. Shaan Pawa
MD Lead, British Columbia
McMaster University MD, CCFP (EM)
Dr. Brendan Miles
MD Lead, Alberta
University of Calgary, MD, MPA, CCFP
Dr. Matthew Sakumoto
MD Lead, Primary Care USA
Northwestern MD, Scripps Mercy FACP
Dr. Pamela Lai
Canadian Physician Success and Specialist Clinics Lead,
University of Ottawa MD, CCFP
Dr. Frank Myslik
MD Lead, Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)
Schulich School of Medicine MD, University of Ottawa CCFP (EM)
Dr. George Mastoras
MD Lead, Emergency Medicine
University of Calgary MD, University of Ottawa FRCPC
Dr. Febin Edwin
MD Lead, Psychiatry
University of Ottawa MD, FRCPC
Dr. Tae Kim
MD Lead, California
University of Michigan MD, FACEP
Dr. Malik Burnett
MD Lead, Addictions Medicine USA
Duke University MD MBA,
Johns Hopkins MPH, ABPM
Dr. Chris Byrne
MD Lead,
Substance Use Services
Western University MD, University of Toronto FRCPC
Our Story
Our Advisors
Harley Katz
PHD
Jonathan Wright, JD
Legal and Healthtech Advisor
Kelly Graziadei
General Partner F7 Ventures
Joanna Lee Shevelenko
General Partner F7 Ventures
Amol Deshpande
BS
Aaron Lee
BA, MA, PHD
Baskar Puvanathasan
BSc C. Eng
Jonathan Lochhaas
BA, MBA