Vivek Goel CM OOnt is a Canadian physician and academic who is the current President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Waterloo.

[2] He is recognized in Canada and internationally as a public health researcher and expert in health-services evaluation.

[2] Goel left the University of Toronto, in 2008, to serve as the first president and CEO of Public Health Ontario until 2014.

Goel returned to the university in 2015 to serve as its Vice-President of Research and Innovation, and Strategic Initiatives, holding the office until 2020.

[3] Goel serves on numerous boards and committees including the Canadian Institute for Health Information, Grand River Hospital, and the Business + Higher Education Roundtable.