Arnold Aberman is a Canadian physician who is a pioneer in

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and a medical administrator.

Early life

Aberman was born in Montreal Quebec and received his BSc (1965) from

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Medical career

Aberman obtained his MD from McGill University with specializations in internal medicine and pulmonary disease. He completed residencies at the Royal Victoria Hospital and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Aberman trained in California at the Cardiovascular Research Institute of

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and was a research fellow in the Shock Research Unit of the

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. Aberman returned to Canada in 1973 to become director of the Intensive Care Unit at Mt Sinai Hospital in Toronto, Ontario. From 1977 to 1987, he took on additional responsibilities as Physician-in-Chief at Mt Sinai Hospital. He became Professor of Medicine at the

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in 1980. In 1987, Aberman was appointed Physician-in-Chief of the Toronto Hospital, an amalgamation of Toronto General and Toronto Western Hospitals. Aberman's major mandate was to merge the two hospital departments clinically, academically, administratively, and financially. His extraordinary administrative abilities were then turned to the restructuring of Toronto's teaching hospitals. Aberman was appointed Dean of the

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of the University of Toronto in 1992. He stepped down as dean in 1999. Starting in 2002, Aberman facilitated the establishment of the

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. Aberman has over 60 publications in critical care. His citation for the Order of Canada in 2011 stated he "contributed to the advancement of medicine for more than 30 years."

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