Marc Toppings

Mr. Toppings is the Vice President and Chief Legal Officer for the University Health Network (UHN), an academic health sciences centre and Canada’s largest research hospital comprising Toronto General Hospital, Toronto Western Hospital, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, and the Michener Institute of Education. In his role, Mr. Toppings has accountability for the strategic leadership, oversight and performance of the legal, compliance, privacy, enterprise risk, security, fire and life safety, and corporate secretarial functions of UHN.

Mr. Toppings has dedicated his career to the legal and business issues affecting healthcare organizations.  Prior to joining UHN in 2019, he served as the Vice President, Legal and Corporate Governance and Chief Legal Officer to Sinai Health System, as the Director, Legal Affairs and General Counsel to Baycrest Health Sciences, and as the inaugural Corporate Counsel to St. Michael’s Hospital. Mr. Toppings began his legal career with the firm McCarthy Tétrault LLP in Toronto where his practice focused on professional negligence claims and complex commercial litigation.

Mr. Toppings has a Bachelor of Science from Queen’s University, a Master of Science from McGill University (Human Genetics), and a law degree from Osgoode Hall Law School.  He has received an award from the OHA’s Governance Centre of Excellence and his in-house contributions were recently recognized when he was named as a finalist at the 2022 Canadian General Counsel Awards in the category of Canadian General Counsel of the Year.