Some physicians make their mark in clinical care settings, in research, in health policy, in education or in the operating room. Dr. Hugh Scully, Professor of Surgery and Health Policy at the University of Toronto and former Chief of-Staff, Deputy Surgeon-in-Chief and a Senior Cardiac Surgeon at UHN-Toronto General Hospital, has done all of the above—and then some.

He is the only physician to have served as president of a provincial medical association (OMA), of a major specialty society (CCS), as a member of Council of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, as president of the Canadian Medical Association and as a member of Council (Board-representing Canada) of the World Medical Association. As Co-chair of the National
Task Force on the Physician Workforce, he contributed to increased enrolment in medical schools across Canada.

He is the only non-American on the Health Policy and Advocacy Group of the American College of Surgeons, where he is also a Governor.

In the high-performance field of motor sport, Scully's contributions to improving safety are well documented. Formerly Medical Director of Formula One Races in Canada (1968-1992), he has been Medical Director for all INDY Car Races in Toronto and three in Edmonton. He is a Founding Fellow of the FIA Institute for Motor Sport Safety (Paris), serves on the FIA Medical Commission
(Paris) and is Chairman of the International Council of Motorsport Sciences (Indianapolis). He was the first of only two physicians elected to the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame.