Richard Reznick MD MEd FRCSC FACS FRCSEd (hon) FRCSI (hon) FRCS (hon)

Biography

Richard Reznick is married to Cheryl, and they have three children -- Joanna, Josh and Gabe. Born in Montreal, he received his undergraduate university education and medical degree from McGill University, followed by a general surgical residency at the University of Toronto. He spent two years in fellowship training, first obtaining a Masters’ degree in medical education from Southern Illinois University, followed by a fellowship in colorectal surgery at the University of Texas in Houston, Texas.

Since his first faculty appointment at the University of Toronto in 1987, Dr. Reznick has been active in both colorectal surgery and research in medical education. He was instrumental in developing a performance-based examination, which is now used for medical licensure in Canada. He ran a research program on assessment of technical competence for surgeons and supervised a fellowship program in surgical education.

At the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, he was the inaugural Director of the Faculty’s Centre for Research in Education at University Health Network (The Wilson Centre) from 1997 to 2002. In 1999 he was appointed Vice President of Education at University Health Network. He served eight years as the R. S. McLaughlin Professor and Chairman of the Department of Surgery at the University of Toronto from 2002-2010.

From 2010-2020, Dr. Reznick served as Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences at Queen’s University and Chief Executive Officer of the Southeastern Ontario Academic Medical Organization (SEAMO).

Dr. Reznick is currently President-Elect of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

Dr. Reznick has received numerous awards for his work in education, including the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada Medal in Surgery and the James H. Graham Award of Merit, the Association for Surgical Education Distinguished Educator Award, the National Board of Medical Examiners John P. Hubbard Award, the Daniel C. Tosteson Award for Leadership in Medical Education, the 2006 Inaugural University of Toronto President’s Teaching Award and the Karolinska Institutet Prize for Research in Medical Education. In 2015, he was the recipient of McGill University’s Medicine Alumni Global Award for Lifetime Achievement. Dr. Reznick is an honourary fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland, and the Royal College of Surgeons (England).

Dr. Reznick is the author of over 140 peer-reviewed publications and has delivered over 300 lectures to hospitals, universities and scientific organizations around the world.

Quote from the Winner

I have spent over thirty years devoted to conducting and promoting education research. Further, I have viewed part of my mandate as being a champion for those who have chosen scholarship in education as their principal academic focus. Over those thirty years, I have witnessed the gradual “adoption” of this subject area as a bona fide area of pursuit in our academic health professional faculties.

About the Award

The Charles Mickle Fellowship was established in 1921 and is awarded annually to a member of the medical profession anywhere in the world who has “done the most within the preceding 10 years to advance and promote sound knowledge of a practical kind in the medical art or science by careful and thorough work.