Dr. Gaetan Tardif
Physiatrist-in-Chief and Medical Program Director, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute | University Health Network
Toronto, ON, CANADA
Academic physiatrist and health care executive with leadership experience in several professional and not-for-profit organizations
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Biography
Dr. Gaetan Tardif is a full time health care executive with leadership
experience in several professional and not-for-profit organizations.
He is currently Medical Program Director – Toronto Rehab at the
University Health Network (UHN) where he co-manages a budget of
CDN$144M. He has been instrumental in developing one of the leading rehabilitation hospitals in the world since becoming its inaugural Vice-President and Chief Medical Officer in 1998.
Since joining the senior management team of the University Health Network in 2011 as a result of Toronto Rehab’s integration with Canada’s largest teaching and research hospital, Dr. Tardif has pursued further work in the development of seamless care transition from acute care to community reintegration. He is very active at the regional and provincial level on issues of system integration as it pertains to rehabilitation.
Dr. Tardif was President of the Canadian Society of Physician Executives from 2009 to 2011 where he spearheaded a certification program for physician executives in concert with the Canadian Medical Association. He is also a Fellow of the Canadian College of Health Services Executives. Dr. Tardif is also very involved in leadership development and is a faculty member at the Physician Management Institute of the Canadian Medical Association specializing in strategic thinking.
Outside of healthcare, Dr. Tardif has participated in each of the last eight Paralympic Games as a member of the mission team and was elected President and Chair of the Board of the Canadian Paralympic Committee in May 2013. He is a member of the Board of the Toronto 2015 Pan Am and Para Pan AM Games.
Industry Expertise (3)
Health Care - Providers
Health Care - Services
Health and Wellness
Areas of Expertise (7)
Rehabilitation and Post-Acute Care
Physical Medicine
Toronto Rehab
Rehabilitation Medicine
Paralympics
Electrodiagnostic Medicine
Sports Medicine
Education (1)
Université Laval: MD, Medicine
Affiliations (4)
- President and Chair of the Board of the Canadian Paralympic Committee
- Member of the Board of the Toronto 2015 Pan Am and Para Pan AM Games
- Fellow of the Canadian College of Health Services Executives
- Faculty member at the Physician Management Institute of the Canadian Medical Association
Media Appearances (1)
What is a physiatrist?
The Star online
2012-05-01
Physiatry is the branch of medicine that focuses on rehabilitating people with pain, illness or injuries related to musculoskeletal, neurological or cardio respiratory function. The sports medicine angle initially hooked Dr. Gaetan Tardif, physiatrist-in-chief at the Toronto Rehabilitation Centre and professor of medicine at the University of Toronto, to the field. Tardif now specializes in nerve injuries and his work has taken him to the Paralympic Games.
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