2011 Humanitarian Award Winner: Taylor K. Smith, MD

San Francisco Orthopaedic Surgeon, Taylor K. Smith, MD, Honored for 45 Years of Humanitarian Efforts

Dr. Smith, age 74, has been involved in humanitarian activities for the past 45 years. Having been on approximately 30 missions in the last 25 years, he has provided free orthopaedic surgical care and education to patients in underserved areas of developing countries. Since 1978, Dr. Smith has traveled to impoverished areas of the world treating disfigured children and adults. He founded the orthopaedic division of Operation Rainbow in 1990 so that he and its team of volunteers would be able to provide free orthopaedic and plastic surgical care — Dr. Smith currently continues to serve as the director of orthopaedic surgery.