Spouse(s) Ilse Treurnicht Residence Toronto, Canada Role Physician | Name David Naylor | |
Full Name Christopher David Naylor Children Karline NaylorMax NaylorMelinda NaylorSam Naylor Alma mater University of TorontoUniversity of Oxford Website Office of the President Books Private practice, public payment Education University of Toronto, University of Oxford, Hertford College, Oxford | ||
Dr. David Naylor - Physicians as Stewards of Resources
Christopher David Naylor, OC FRCPC FRSC (born October 26, 1954) is a Canadian physician, medical researcher and former president of the University of Toronto.
Contents
- Dr David Naylor Physicians as Stewards of Resources
- Dr David Naylor 2018 Friesen Prize Lecture at U Ottawa November 6 2018
- Life and career
- References
Dr. David Naylor - 2018 Friesen Prize - Lecture at U Ottawa - November 6, 2018
Life and career
Naylor was born in Woodstock, Ontario. A Rhodes Scholar, Naylor received an MD from the University of Toronto in 1978, proceeding to Hertford College, Oxford, where he earned a D.Phil in 1983 in the Department of Social and Administrative Studies. He completed work in internal medicine and clinical epidemiology at the University of Western Ontario and Toronto and joined the academic staff of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto in 1987.
Naylor developed the proposal for the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences in 1991 and served as the Institute's President and Chief Executive Officer from its inception in 1992 until June 1998.
Naylor was appointed Dean of Medicine and Vice Provost, Relations with Health Care Institutions, of the University of Toronto in 1999. He was named Chair of the National Advisory Committee on SARS and Public Health, 2003, following the outbreak of SARS in Canada.
The appointment of Naylor as president of the University of Toronto was announced on 26 April 2005. He replaced acting president Vivek Goel who in turn had replaced interim president Frank Iacobucci, who himself took over after the departure of Robert Birgeneau. Naylor officially took office on October 1, 2005.
On July 25, 2006, it was announced that Naylor had been appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada. He was appointed on April 6, 2006, and his investiture took place on February 9, 2007.
On June 24, 2014, Naylor was appointed by Rona Ambrose, Minister of Health, as Chair of the Advisory Panel on Healthcare Innovation. The Panel's report, Unleashing Innovation: Excellence for Healthcare in Canada was delivered in July 2015.