Dr. Bryce Taylor
Associate Chair, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, and previous Surgeon-in-Chief & Director of Surgical Services, University Health Network; Medical Director, International Patients Program, University Health Network; Professor and Associate Chair, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto

Dr. Bryce Taylor obtained his medical degree from the University of Toronto (U of T) and completed postgraduate surgical training at U of T followed by research training in London, England.

He returned to Toronto Western Hospital where he practiced general surgery and endoscopy and was Coordinator of Undergraduate Education. Shortly thereafter, he moved to the Toronto General Hospital where he and his colleagues initiated a hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery program including transplantation with clinical, educational, and research objectives.

Dr. Taylor has had a long interest in undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing medical education. Throughout the 1980s he was Director of Post-graduate Education in the Department of Surgery at U of T, and went on to become University Chair of the Division of General Surgery through the 1990s. Since 1999, Dr. Taylor has held the positions of Associate Chair of the Department of Surgery U of T, Surgeon-in-Chief and Director of Surgical Services at UHN, and the James Wallace McCutcheon Chair in Surgery at UHN.

His clinical interests have continued in hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery and surgical oncology and he remains active in the training of students, residents and fellows at all levels in General Surgery. The majority of his time is spent in administering the largest and most academically productive Department of Surgery in Canada.   In 2008 and 2009 in addition to his usual commitments, he has devoted significant time and effort to the safe surgery checklist and its adoption throughout Canada. His recent book entitled ‘Effective Medical Leadership’ was released in the summer of 2010.

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