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Jack Taunton is the Chief Medical Officer for Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. He previously served as the Chief Medical Officer for Canada at the Sydney Olympics, two Pan American and two World Student Games, and he has more than 25 years of experience providing medical support for Canadian national and professional sports teams and athletes. Dr. Taunton continues to have a clinical practice in sports medicine at the Allan McGavin Sports Medicine Centre, which he co-founded, and he is a Professor in the Faculty of Medicine and School of Human Kinetics at the University of British Columbia. Dr. Taunton is a past president of the Canadian Academy of Sport Medicine and SportMed BC, which he co-founded. In 2000, he was honored as the Canadian Sport Physician of the Year. |
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