Gill Kazevman was raised in Israel.
In a 2018 interview published on the University of Toronto’s (U of T) MD Program website, Kazevman said, “After graduating from high school in Israel, I was drafted to the army for three years of mandatory service. When I was done my military service, I decided to move to Canada and pursue a career in health care. I spent the next year working and saving money for my move. I arrived in Canada and settled in Saint John, New Brunswick, where I completed a joint program at the University of New Brunswick. I graduated with a Bachelor of Health Sciences as a Howard Douglas scholar, and I received a diploma in Nuclear Medicine. I’ve spent the past two years working as a Nuclear Medicine Technologist in Toronto, performing diagnostic and therapeutic procedures on patients with the use of radioactive materials.”
In response to being asked why he wanted to be a doctor, Kazevman said, “‘During my military service, I was exposed to the great work that medical teams provide. Seeing them being able to help people and leave lasting positive impact really inspired me to pursue a career in health care. My current role in the system is quite focused, and I only get to see patients at one point of their care. As a physician, I hope to be part of the “bigger picture” – building lasting relationships with patients, following up with them and have a bigger impact on their well-being.’”
Kazevman’s LinkedIn profile states that he finished his MD at U of T in 2022, and then worked as a family medicine resident at Michael Garron Hospital in Toronto from June 2022 to June 2024. His profile now lists him as a “general internal medicine fellow” at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto.
Kazevman was featured in an August 2024 National Post article titled “‘I went into hiding’: Young doctor found antisemitism flourishes at Canadian medical schools.” The interview focused on Kazevman’s experience in medical school, and was prompted by an article he published in the Canadian Medical Education Journal a few days prior on the same topic.
He told the National Post: “When I graduated medical school and got accepted to a residency program at the U of T, I had to think long and hard about which hospitals I could work at, based on the response of those hospitals to antisemitic acts and how active people working in that hospital have been on social media. There were a few hospitals that were my safe havens, and a few I was afraid to work in.”
