Dr. David Carr

Dr. David Carr is an Associate Professor in the Division of Emergency Medicine at the University of Toronto. He is an Emergency Physician and Clinical Investigator at the University Health Network and Mackenzie Health Hospital. He is also the Continuing Professional Development Lead in the Tri-Division of Emergency Medicine at the University of Toronto. He is a Senior Medical Consultant at the Medcan Clinic. He has extensive experience as an expert witness with the CMPA and various Plaintiff firms, having reviewed over 200 files.

He was the keynote speaker at the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association 2020 Malpractice conference. He has been the recipient of multiple Undergraduate and Post Graduate Clinical Teaching awards. During the Baseball season, he works at the Rogers Centre as the Medical director of Stadium Medicine for the Toronto Blue Jays. In 2010, he pursued his passions serving as an ER physician in the Athletes' Village for the Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

Dr. Carr is also a world recognized speaker and leading medical resource. Dr. Carr has been a keynote speaker to the largest medical conferences in Australia, Europe. Asia and North America to audiences upwards of 3500 physicians. In the early stages of the Covid pandemic, he became the voice and face to many through his countless media appearances. In the early stages, Dr. Carr teamed up with NBA Hall-of-famer Steve Nash and translated knowledge on a practical level for the world to digest.

He has been on the front lines as an emergency physician, and a father of three teenagers. He can help your organization answer the burning questions: How do we become resilient? How do we deal with burn out? How does one seek and become a mentor? These questions be answered through his personal narratives about surviving twenty years of practice as an Emergency Physician in Canada’s top-rated hospital.

Borrowing from over 2 decades of making high stakes decisions, Dr. Carr shares his wisdom on making decisions, approaching conflict, managing expectations and the power of humility and kindness at work.

He is also available to talk to your employees about how to get their families re-integrated after the Covid-19 lockdown, what is the emotional toll of Covid and what are the mental health aspects that have and will follow? How do we reintegrate in the business space? How does the economy open-up?

Dr. David Carr is available to speak to your employees on a virtual platform.