Charles Tator

Dr. Tator graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at The University of Toronto in 1961. He performed graduate studies in Neuropathology from 1961 – 1965 receiving his Masters and Ph.D. Degrees from the University of Toronto before entering the Neurosurgery Training program in 1965. He became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in 1969. Dr. Tator joined the Neurosurgical Staff at Sunnybrook Medical Centre in 1969. Having served as Neurosurgeon-in-Chief at Sunnybrook from 1974-1984, Dr. Tator moved to The Toronto Western Hospital where he became Neurosurgeon-in-Chief from 1985-1988. He was appointed Chairman of the Division of Neurosurgery at the University of Toronto for a 10 year term beginning 1989. He is currently Professor in the Department of Surgery at The University of Toronto. His main clinical interests are in the neurosurgery of spinal diseases and acoustic neuromas. His research laboratory is dedicated to the study of acute spinal injury models.