North York General Hospital (NYGH) is one of Toronto's many hospitals and serves the area of north central Toronto (formerly North York). It is well respected as one of the leading community teaching hospitals in Canada, affiliated with the University of Toronto. It is one of the 3 constituent hospitals of the Peters-Boyd Academy of the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine. It has one of the busiest emergency departments in the country. The current President & CEO is Dr. Tim Rutledge. The current Chief of Medicine is Dr. David Baron.
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