Ronald Laxer, Frcpc

Dr. Ronald Laxer is an active staff physician in the Division of Rheumatology, and was an inaugural Division Head at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. He is internationally recognized in the field of autoinflammatory disease and has been a part of genetic discoveries of several new autoinflammatory diseases. In addition to co-editing the Textbook of Pediatric Rheumatology, he is a co-editor of the Textbook of Autoinflammation. His recent achievements include receiving the American...See more

Dr. Ronald Laxer is an active staff physician in the Division of Rheumatology, and was an inaugural Division Head at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. He is internationally recognized in the field of autoinflammatory disease and has been a part of genetic discoveries of several new autoinflammatory diseases. In addition to co-editing the Textbook of Pediatric Rheumatology, he is a co-editor of the Textbook of Autoinflammation. His recent achievements include receiving the American College of Rheumatology Master Designation Award from the American College of Rheumatology and the CRA Master Award from the Canadian Rheumatology Association. In 2020, he was appointed to the Covid-19 Government of Canada Task Force addressing gaps related to care for children. See less