The Dr Andrew and Margaret Bruce Endowment for Visiting Scholars in Surgical Innovation | Department of Surgery | School of Medicine

Dr. Andrew Bruce is an alumnus of Queen’s University and as an entrepreneur he is a strong proponent of surgeons and their innovations. He approached the Faculty of Health Sciences and the Department of Surgery with a goal to translate innovation in Surgery by helping bring scholarly surgical expertise to Queen’s. This is now possible thanks to his generous endowed donation that was matched by the Department of Surgery. We are very fortunate to have Dr. Bruce back at Queen’s as a member of the Faculty of Health Sciences Dean's Advancement Cabinet and we are honored that Dr. Bruce and his late wife Margaret have made it their wish to make a major investment in Queen’s. With the establishment of the Dr. Andrew and Margaret Bruce Endowment for Visiting Scholars in Surgical Innovation, the Department of Surgery is able to host an annual lectureship for both the medical community as well as the general public.

The 10th Annual Dr. Andrew and Margaret Bruce Visiting Scholar in Surgical Innovation was held on Wednesday, November 12, 2025 in the Queen's Britton Smith Lecture Theater. This year's guest scholar was Dr. Russell H. Taylor, Professor in the Department of Computer Science with secondary appointments in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the School of Medicine's Departments of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Radiology and Radiogical Science, and Surgery from Johns Hopkins University.

In his public lecture entitled "Human-Machine Partnerships in Computer-Integrated Interventional Medicine: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow" Dr. Taylor will trace the evolution of human-machine collaboration in medicine and what's next for safer, smarter, and more personalized care.

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Image left to right: Dr. Andrew Bruce (donor), Dr. Russell H. Taylor, Dr. Ross Walker