Message from the Chair

Welcome all to the Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology!

I am very proud to be a member of this exceptional ob-gyn community. Across the Greater Toronto Area, our 300 faculty members serve a vast and diverse population, delivering top-tier patient care and training the next generation of leaders in obstetrics and gynaecology. We are a committed research hub, with many faculty members recognized nationally and internationally for their practice-changing research.

We impact and train the largest percentage of ob-gyns and subspecialists in Canada — a great privilege but also a great responsibility. This pushes us to make our training programs world-class, offering a comprehensive balance of experiences throughout the university and community hospitals that comprise the Toronto Academic Health Science Network, or TAHSN.

We treasure our collaboration with our sister hospital in Eldoret, Kenya — Moi University Medical School and its Teaching and Referral Hospital — which provides educational opportunities for trainees and faculty members from both institutions, enriching career and life journeys. This global health partnership brings together Kenyans and Canadians to address the long-standing challenges many Kenyans face, such as pregnancy and perinatal mortality and morbidity, and treatment and prevention of gynaecologic cancers.

Closer to home, we have recently partnered with Northern Ontario School of Medicine, giving our trainees an opportunity to explore different aspects of ob-gyn in a multicultural urban and rural population.

Equity, diversity and inclusion are cornerstones of everything we do. Our strength and our inspiration come from the diverse perspectives of our community and the individuals who work tirelessly for their patients, for the obstetrics and gynaecologic field, and for the department.

A bright and exciting future is ahead. I am honoured to have the opportunity to lead us there.

With best wishes, 
Dr. Kellie E. Murphy 
Gordon C. Leitch Chair, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology 
Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto