In research, Toyota focuses on technologies used in neurosurgery.
Toyota earned his medical degree at McGill Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences in Quebec, Canada, and completed a residency in neurosurgery at Western University in Ontario, Canada. He completed a course in surgical leadership at Harvard University.
Toyota has served in numerous leadership roles, including president of the Canadian Neurosurgical Society; program director and division head for neurosurgery at the University of British Columbia; provincial chair of neuro-oncology and co-chair of the radiosurgery program at BC Cancer, a government agency providing cancer care in British Columbia; president of neurosurgery at Doctors of BC; and neurosurgery co-chair at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
Dr. Toyota is currently providing care for patients throughout the South Bay including at: Good Samaritan Hospital in San Jose; Regional Medical Center in San Jose; and Community Hospital of The Monterey Peninsula.