Lecturer/Assistant/Associate or Full Professor - Academic Physiatrist, Hand, Sports and Spine Rehab
University of Toronto
Lecturer/Assistant/Associate or Full Professor - Academic Physiatrist, Hand, Sports and Spine Rehab
Date Posted: 11/24/2025
Closing Date: 12/29/2025, 11:59PM ET
Req ID: 46127
Job Category: Faculty - Clinical
Faculty/Division: Temerty Faculty of Medicine
Department: Dept of Medicine
Hospital Affiliation: UHN - Toronto Western Hospital
Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)
Description:
The Department of Medicine, University of Toronto and the Department of Post-Acute Care & Rehabilitation at Toronto Rehabilitation Institute University Health Network (UHN) are seeking a full-time academic physiatrist. The successful candidate will be an academic clinician who can demonstrate scholarly achievement and clinical excellence. The successful applicant must be eligible for a Full-time Clinical Academic appointment at the rank of Lecturer, Assistant Professor, or Associate Professor at the University of Toronto and will be expected to work as outlined in the academic position description of Clinician Investigator, Clinician in Quality and Innovation or Clinician Teacher. Effective start date is April 1, 2026, or as soon as possible.
We are seeking a dynamic and compassionate clinician who would like to grow with our program with a strong commitment to hand rehabilitation, sports and spine medicine, musculoskeletal rehabilitation, regenerative medicine, and fluoroscopic/ultrasound-guided procedures. Additionally, focused capabilities in the hand, wrist, and electrodiagnostic medicine is an important asset for this role. The successful candidate will contribute to the development and delivery of integrated models of care across acute, outpatient, and interdisciplinary rehabilitation settings, with opportunities to collaborate across UHN sites such as Toronto Rehab, Toronto Western Hospital, and Mount Sinai Hospital.
Key clinical responsibilities include providing comprehensive outpatient rehabilitation care for patients with spine, sports, hand, and musculoskeletal injuries. The role also involves performing ultrasound- and fluoroscopic-guided procedures, conducting electrodiagnostic assessments, and leading educational and research initiatives in ultrasound, regenerative medicine, and interventional physiatry.
The successful candidates must hold an MD degree. The successful candidates must have, or be eligible for, both Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada certification and fellowship in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and licensure by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. The successful candidate should have completed or be prepared to complete advanced training with Masters or equivalent in the areas of innovation, quality improvement, research or teaching, or be willing to complete the aforementioned training. Advanced Fellowship training in interventional pain management, Sports and Spine Medicine is considered an important preparation for this role.
Estimated remuneration includes base support from the Alternative Funding Program plus fee-for-clinical-service income, and will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. Applications will be accepted until December 29, 2025, or until position is filled.
Should you be interested in this opportunity, please forward your covering letter, curriculum vitae, and the names and addresses of three referees to:
Dr. Mark Bayley
Physiatrist-in-Chief & Program Medical Director
c/o Sarah Cote
Executive Assistant
Toronto Rehabilitation Institute
550 University Avenue, Suite 3-102-11
Toronto ON
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A recent review of research productivity, i.e., publications, citations and grant funding, placed UHN-Toronto Rehabilitation Institute (Toronto Rehab) as the leading rehabilitation research hospital in the world. Toronto Rehab has an extraordinarily multidisciplinary environment. For more information please visit our website at https://www.uhn.ca/TorontoRehab.
For more information about the Department of Medicine at the University of Toronto, please visit our website at http://www.deptmedicine.utoronto.ca. The Department of Medicine’s academic position descriptions can be viewed on this webpage: http://www.deptmedicine.utoronto.ca/academic-position-descriptions#AcademicPositionDescriptions.
All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.
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