# Nancy Baxter

> Nancy Baxter is a Canadian surgeon and academic who is Vice-President and Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences at McMaster University. She was previously the Deputy Executive Dean of the University of Sydney's Faculty of Medicine and Health from 2024 to 2026, Head of Melbourne University's School of Population and Global Health from 2020 to 2024 and continues to maintain her appointment as Professor of Surgery in the Department of Surgery and the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto. She is a scientist with the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute and is a senior scientist in the Cancer Theme Group with the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES). Baxter has board certifications through the American Board of Surgery (2000) and the American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery (2002). She is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

*Canadian surgeon and researcher*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Doctor ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Doctors
- **Country:** Canada
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

Nancy Baxter is a Canadian surgeon and academic who is Vice-President and Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences at McMaster University. She was previously the Deputy Executive Dean of the University of Sydney's Faculty of Medicine and Health from 2024 to 2026, Head of Melbourne University's School of Population and Global Health from 2020 to 2024 and continues to maintain her appointment as Professor of Surgery in the Department of Surgery and the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto. She is a scientist with the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute and is a senior scientist in the Cancer Theme Group with the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES). Baxter has board certifications through the American Board of Surgery (2000) and the American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery (2002). She is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 37.7
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## Sources
- [Nancy Baxter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Baxter)
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27653588)

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