Carl Arthur Goresky,
OC (August 25, 1932 – March 21, 1996) was a
Canadian
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physician
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and scientist at the
Montreal General Hospital
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. His theoretical treatment of the transport of substances through intact
organs
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, which formed the basis of his
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thesis, led the basis for the understanding of events within the
microvasculature
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.
In November 1995, Goresky was inducted into the
Order of Canada
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as Officer.
Selected publications
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References
1932 births
1996 deaths
Canadian medical researchers
Canadian physiologists
Officers of the Order of Canada
Academic staff of McGill University
Anglophone Quebec people
Physicians of Montreal General Hospital
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