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Joseph Choi

Co-founder, COO & Chief Medical Officer, Hypercare

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Joseph Choi is an emergency physician who co-founded Hypercare in Toronto with Albert Tai and Umar Azhar. He is the company's Co-Founder, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Medical Officer. Hypercare sells clinical communication software that replaces hospital pagers. Choi also holds an assistant professor appointment in emergency medicine at the University of Toronto.

Joseph hasn’t spoken on a TechTO, TechVancouver or TechWaterloo stage. This profile is here because Joseph co-founded Hypercare, which appears in 1 talk in the archive.

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Did Joseph Choi co-found Hypercare?

Yes. The University of Toronto Faculty of Information reported on November 19, 2019 that Albert Tai "teamed up with Dr. Joseph Choi … to co-found Hypercare," and its photo caption names "the co-founders of Hypercare: CTO Umar Azhar, CEO and Faculty of Information grad Albert Tai, and COO and emergency physician doctor, Joseph Choi." Hypercare's own leadership page, checked on 2026-09-22, lists him as "Co-Founder, Chief Operating Officer & Chief Medical Officer."

What does Joseph Choi do now?

Hypercare's own leadership page, checked on 2026-09-22, says he is "Hypercare's founding Chief Operating Officer and Chief Medical Officer," that he is "a practicing emergency physician in downtown Toronto," and that he "serves as an Assistant Professor in the Division of Emergency Medicine at the University of Toronto." UHN Emergency Medicine Research's undated biography of him likewise describes him as an attending physician in emergency medicine at University Health Network.

What is Hypercare?

Hypercare is a clinical communication and coordination platform for hospitals. The University of Toronto Faculty of Information piece of November 19, 2019 summarised its pitch to administrators as "No more pagers. No more phone tag." The MUSE Views podcast episode released on June 2, 2026 describes it as addressing "unreliable pagers, delayed responses, and difficulty reaching the right on-call provider" by "enabling real-time, secure communication" across care teams.

What did Joseph Choi do before Hypercare?

He trained and practised as an emergency physician. The University of Toronto Department of Medicine's announcement of his assistant-professor appointment says he "completed his residency in emergency medicine at McGill University" and, during his subspecialty year, "a one-year Master's of Public Health (MPH) at Harvard School of Public Health, with a focus in healthcare management and policy." UHN Emergency Medicine Research lists his credentials as MD, MPH, FRCPC.

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Maintained by TechTO · facts sourced and dated · last reviewed Sep 22, 2026