Christopher David Naylor (born October 26, 1954) is a Canadian physician, medical researcher and former president of the University of Toronto.

A Rhodes Scholar, Naylor received an MD from the University of Toronto in 1978, proceeding to Hertford College, Oxford, where he earned a D.Phil in 1983 in the Department of Social and Administrative Studies.

Naylor was appointed Dean of Medicine and Vice Provost, Relations with Health Care Institutions of the University of Toronto in 1999.

[5] On June 24, 2014, Naylor was appointed by Rona Ambrose, Minister of Health, as Chair of the Advisory Panel on Healthcare Innovation.

[6] In June 2016, Dr. Naylor was appointed the chair of The Advisory panel for the report INVESTING IN CANADA’S FUTURE: Strengthening the Foundations of Canadian Research by the federal Minister of Science, Dr. Kirsty Duncan.