Marvin Tile


Marvin Tile was a Canadian orthopedic surgeon, Chief of Surgery at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and University of Toronto professor, who was made a Member of the Order of Canada in 2009. Tile was co-founder of Sunnybrook Hospital Trauma Unit and founding president of the Ontario Orthopedic Association Born in Toronto, Ontario, Tile attended Harbord Collegiate Institute and the University of Toronto where he earned a B.Sc. and MD degrees in 1957. He received his FRCS in 1963 after which he studied in Europe as a Detweiler Traveling Fellow Tile authored two books and 59 manuscripts "pioneering the practice of orthopedics around the world".
Tile died on August 18, 2025, at the age of 92.

Books

  • Fractures of the Pelvis and Acetabulum, 2nd edition, Marvin Tile, published by Williams & Wilkins .
  • The Rationale of Operative Fracture Care, 3rd edition, Schatzker J and Tile, M,.