The Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences is one of the constituent faculties of

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. It was established in 1829 after the Montreal Medical Institution was incorporated into McGill College as the college's first faculty; it was the first medical faculty to be established in

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. The Faculty awarded McGill's first degree, and Canada's first medical degree to William Leslie Logie in 1833. McGill's Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences is one of the most well-regarded medical schools in the world. Many researchers, physicians, clinicians, and pioneers within their respective fields have graduated from or have been affiliated with the faculty. Its graduates have gone on to found the

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and the

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. There have been at least two

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laureates who have completed their entire education at McGill University including MD at the McGill University Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences including

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(Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1977) and

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(Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1981).

History

The Montreal Medical Institution, was established in 1823 by four physicians,

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, John Stephenson, William Caldwell and William Robertson, all of whom had been trained at the

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, and were involved in the foundation of the

Montreal General Hospital The Montreal General Hospital (MGH) (french: Hôpital Général de Montréal) is a hospital in Montreal, Quebec, Canada established in the years 1818-1820. The hospital received its charter in 1823. It is currently part of the McGill University ...

. In 1829 it was incorporated into McGill College as the new College's first faculty; it thus became the first Faculty of Medicine in Canada. A highly didactic approach to medical education called the "Edinburgh curriculum", which consisted of two six-month courses of basic science lectures and two years of "walking the wards" at The Montreal General Hospital, was instituted. From 1833 to 1877 the Faculty followed the pattern set by the University of Edinburgh and required graduating students to submit an 'inaugural dissertation' - a database of these is available. Sir William Dawson, the principal of McGill, was instrumental in garnering resources for the faculty and pioneering contributions from Thomas Roddick, Francis Shepherd, George Ross and

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helped to transform the Victorian era medical school into a leader in modern medical education. Osler graduated from the MDCM program at McGill University Faculty of Medicine in 1872, and co-founded the present-day

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in 1893. In 1905, the

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Medical Faculty Montreal who established in Montreal in 1871 closed and amalgamated with McGill University to create the new McGill University Faculty of Medicine, where BU graduates such as

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, one of the Canada's earliest female medical graduates transferred to work for McGill as the Curator of the McGill Medical Museum. The McGill University Health Centre was part of a $2.355 billion Redevelopment Project on three sites - the Glen, the Montreal General and Lachine hospitals. A new $1.300 billion MUHC Glen site fully integrated super-hospital complex opened in 2015. A new satellite campus for McGill Medicine for a French stream MD, CM program was established in 2020 for the

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region with a graduating class size of 24 and total of 96 in the program. The establishment of the program is part of a $32.5-million construction project of the Groupe de médecine familiale universitaire (GMF-U) de Gatineau. In September 2020, the Faculty of Medicine changed its name to the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences to reflect the growth of interprofessionalism and the diversity in the Faculty of Medicine. McIntyre Medical Building - panoramio

Education

The faculty offers a four-year

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degree in medicine and surgery. The Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences also offers joint degree programs with other disciplines including business (M.D.-

M.B.A. A Master of Business Administration (MBA; also Master's in Business Administration) is a postgraduate degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration such as account ...

) and science/engineering (M.D.-

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). There is also an accelerated program for selected graduates of the Quebec college system (PRE-MED-ADM or MED-P) that combines one year of science curriculum with the four-year M.D., C.M. degrees. It is closely affiliated with the

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. Students of dentistry receive instruction together with their medical student colleagues for the first 18 months of their professional training. The faculty includes six schools: the School of Medicine, the Ingram School of Nursing, the School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, the School of Population & Global Health and the School of Biomedical Sciences. It also includes several research centres involved in studies on, for example,

pain Pain is a distressing feeling often caused by intense or damaging stimuli. The International Association for the Study of Pain defines pain as "an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with, or resembling that associated with, ...

neuroscience Neuroscience is the scientific study of the nervous system (the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nervous system), its functions and disorders. It is a multidisciplinary science that combines physiology, anatomy, molecular biology, development ...

, and

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. Most of the non-clinical parts of the faculty are housed in the

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("The Beer Can", “McMed”), situated on McGill's downtown campus on the south side of

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between Avenue des Pins and Avenue Docteur-Penfield. The McGill University Faculty of Medicine was the first medical school in Canada to institute a joint MD-MBA program in 1997 in collaboration with the

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. This program allowed students to complete both degrees in five years.

Affiliations

McGill University Health Centre

*GLEN super hospital ** Royal Victoria Hospital **

Montreal Children's Hospital Montreal Children's Hospital (french: Hôpital de Montréal pour enfants) is a children's hospital in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1904, it is affiliated with the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) and McGill University, Faculty of M ...

Montreal Chest Institute Montreal Chest Institute is a health centre in Montreal specializing in respiratory medicine. It is affiliated with the Royal Victoria Hospital, and by extension, McGill University Health Centre The McGill University Health Centre (MUHC; french: ...

Allan Memorial Institute The Allan Memorial Institute (AMI; french: Institut Allan Memorial), also known colloquially as "The Allan", is a former psychiatric hospital and research institute located at 1025 Pine Avenue West in Montreal, Quebec. It is situated on the sl ...

(contains MGH's outpatient psychiatry) *

Montreal Neurological Hospital The Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital (MNI), also known as Montreal Neuro or The Neuro, is a research and medical centre dedicated to neuroscience, training and clinical care, located in the city's downtown core of Montreal, Quebec, Cana ...

Hôpital de Lachine Lachine Hospital (french: Hôpital de Lachine) is a public hospital in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is located at 650 16th Avenue in the borough of Lachine (at the corner of Saint Antoine Street). A community general hospital, it offers a range o ...

McGill affiliate hospitals

Lakeshore General Hospital The Lakeshore General Hospital (Hôpital général du Lakeshore) (LGH) is a district general hospital in Pointe-Claire, Quebec, a suburban municipality near Montreal, Quebec. The hospital employs 1,599 employees and contains 265 beds, and serves a ...

Jewish General Hospital The Jewish General Hospital (JGH; french: Hôpital général juif), known officially as the Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital (french: Hôpital général juif Sir Mortimer B. Davis) since 1978, is an acute-care teaching hospital in M ...

* St. Mary's Hospital *

Douglas Mental Health University Institute The Douglas Mental Health University Institute (french: Institut universitaire en santé mentale Douglas; formerly the Douglas Hospital and originally the Protestant Hospital for the Insane) is a Canadian psychiatric hospital located in the borou ...

* Shriners Hospital for Children *Hôpital de Gatineau - Groupe de médecine de famille universitaire (GMF-U) de Gatineau *

Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital The Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital (JRH) is a bilingual hospital offering general and specialized rehabilitation services in Laval, Quebec, Laval, Quebec, Canada. It is the regional center in physical rehabilitation for adult and pediatric clients ...

(JRH) *Mount Sinai Hospital Montreal

Reputation

McGill's Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences has a national and international reputation with a list of faculty and alumni, many of whom were pioneers in their respective fields. It is also ranked as the number 1 medical school nationally in Canada by

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for 18 straight years (including the most recent ranking for 2023). McGill's Medical School has also consistently ranked in the top medical schools worldwide and ranked 21st worldwide on a recent

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of top medical schools world-wide. Particularly, among McGill University's renowned reputation of

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, McGill's Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences has also produced a number of Rhodes Scholars (Cecil James Falconer Parsons, Munroe Bourne, Douglas George Cameron, Alan G. Kendall, Robert Murray Mundle, John Doehu Stubbs, Geoffrey E. Dougherty, Brian James Ward, Lesley Fellows, Anne Andermann, Astrid-Christoffersen-Deb, Aleksandra Leligdowicz, Benjamin Mappin-Kasirer, Alexander Lachapelle), including one in the recent 2018 cohort. For medical school students entering in Fall 2020, the mean four-year undergraduate GPA was 3.87 (excluding graduate GPA), and the mean

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score was 32.1 (85th-88th percentile). Admissions to the McGill Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences M.D., C.M. program are highly competitive with an acceptance rate of 5.7% for the Class of 2026. The Department of Anatomy and Physiology at McGill University ranked 3rd globally in the 2017

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after Oxford University and Cambridge.

Harry Houdini incident

In October 1926, renowned magician

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was giving a lecture on exposed mediums and spiritualists at McGill University and had invited medical students to his dressing room at Montreal's Princess Theatre. J. Gordon Whitehead, a medical student and boxer, had asked Houdini if he could take a sudden punch to the stomach, as had rumoured to be the case; Houdini received several unexpected punches. Feeling ill later that evening and after refusing medical treatment, Houdini was diagnosed with acute appendicitis a couple of days later and died on October 31, 1926. It remains a controversy whether Houdini died as a result of the punches or was simply unaware of a current appendicitis prior, and Whitehead was never charged.

Notable faculty and alumni

Bernard Nathanson Bernard N. Nathanson (July 31, 1926 – February 21, 2011) was an American medical doctor and co-founder, in 1969, of the National Association for the Repeal of Abortion Laws (NARAL), later renamed National Abortion Rights Action League. He was ...

M.D., C.M. 1949 — obstetrician/gynecologist *

Victor Dzau Victor Joseph Dzau (; born 23 October 1945) is a Chinese-American doctor and academic. He serves as the President of the United States National Academy of Medicine (formerly the ''Institute of Medicine'') of the United States National Academy of ...

M.D., C.M. 1972 — president of the

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of the

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, former president and CEO of

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Daniel Borsuk Daniel Evan Borsuk (born January 19, 1978) is a Canadian plastic surgeon in Montreal, Quebec, who is a pioneer in facial reconstruction. The first Canadian face transplant was performed under his leadership. He is also an advocate for pet safet ...

O.Q., B.Sc. 2000, M.D., C.M. 2006, M.B.A. 2006 — performed first

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in Canada *

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O.C., M.D., C.M., Ph.D., FRCP(C), FRS(C) — pioneer in biomedical engineering, “Father of Artificial Cells” *

Robert Thirsk Robert Brent "Bob" Thirsk, (born August 17, 1953) is a Canadian engineer and physician, and a former Canadian Space Agency astronaut. He holds the Canadian record for the most time spent in space (204 days 18 hours). He became an officer of th ...

O.C., O.B.C., M.D., C.M., M.S., M.B.A. — Canadian engineer and physician, astronaut, and chancellor emeritus

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. *

Joannie Rochette Joannie Rochette (born January 13, 1986) is a Canadian physician and retired competitive figure skater. She is the 2010 Olympic bronze medallist, the 2009 World silver medallist, the 2008 and 2009 Four Continents silver medallist, the 2004 G ...

M.D., C.M. 2020 — medal-winning Olympic figure skater *

E. Fuller Torrey Edwin Fuller Torrey (born September 6, 1937), is an American psychiatrist and schizophrenia researcher. He is associate director of research at the Stanley Medical Research Institute (SMRI) and founder of the Treatment Advocacy Center (TAC), a no ...

M.D., C.M. 1963 — psychiatrist and schizophrenia researcher, founder of the

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Maurice Brodie Maurice Brodie (1903–1939) was a British-born American virologist who developed a polio vaccine in 1935. Early years and education Brodie was born in Liverpool, England, the son of Samuel Broude and Esther Ginsburg. The family immigrated to Otta ...

M.D., C.M. 1928 — polio researcher * Jack Wright M.D., C.M. 1928, — internationally top-ranked tennis star, winner of three Canadian Open men's singles titles and four doubles titles * Mark Cohen M.D., C.M. 1992 — ophthalmologist, laser eye surgeon and co-founder of

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— ophthalmologist, laser eye surgeon and co-founder of

Charles Scriver Charles Robert Scriver (born November 7, 1930) is a Canadian pediatrician and biochemical geneticist. Scriver made many important contributions to our knowledge of inborn errors of metabolism. He led in establishing a nationwide newborn metabolic ...

M.D., C.M. 1955 — Canadian pediatrician and biochemical geneticist *

Dafydd Williams Dafydd Rhys Williams (alternately known as David Rhys Williams) Order of Canada, OC Order of Ontario, OOnt College of Family Physicians of Canada, CCFP FCFP Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, FRCPC Royal College of Physicians, F ...

O.C., O.Ont., M.D., C.M. 1983, M.S., M.B.A. — a Canadian physician, public speaker, CEO, author and multi-mission astronaut. *

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M.D., C.M. 1963, — trauma surgeon, and developer of Regional Trauma Emergency Medical Services ( EMS). *

Charles R. Drew Charles Richard Drew (June 3, 1904 – April 1, 1950) was an American surgeon and medical researcher. He researched in the field of blood transfusions, developing improved techniques for blood storage, and applied his expert knowledge to devel ...

M.D., C.M. 1933 — father of modern blood-banking; namesake of

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; founding medical director of the Red Cross Blood Bank in the United States *

Richard Goldbloom Richard Ballon Goldbloom, (December 16, 1924 – November 18, 2021) was a Canadian pediatrician, university professor, and the fifth chancellor of Dalhousie University. Born in Montreal, Quebec, he was educated at Selwyn House School and Lower ...

O.C., O.N.S., M.D., C.M. 1949 — pediatrician, chancellor of

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1986-2004 *

Paul Bruce Beeson Paul Bruce Beeson (18 October 1908 – 14 August 2006) was an American physician and professor of medicine, specializing in infectious diseases and the pathogenesis of fever. Biography After undergraduate study at the University of Washington in ...

M.D., C.M. 1933 — professor of medicine, specializing in infectious diseases; discoverer of

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Ian Stevenson Ian Pretyman Stevenson (October 31, 1918 – February 8, 2007) was a Canadian-born American psychiatrist, the founder and director of the Division of Perceptual Studies at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. He was a professor at th ...

M.D., C.M. 1943 — Canadian-born U.S. psychiatrist *

Ken Evoy Ken Evoy (born September 25, 1953) is the founder and chairman of the board of SiteSell and was one of Canada's most productive toy makers in the 1990s. Evoy's game design company (named Isovoy Inc. - a mix of his and his wife's surnames) went on ...

M.D., C.M. 1979 — Emergency physician, entrepreneur, founder and chairman of the board of SiteSell * William Wright M.D., C.M. 1848 — first person of colour to earn a medical degree in North America * Laurent Duvernay-Tardif M.D., C.M. 2018 — offensive guard for the

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Phil Gold Phil Gold (born September 17, 1936) is a Canadian physician, scientist, and professor. Born in Montreal, Quebec, he received a BSc degree in 1957, a MSc degree in 1961, a MD degree in 1961, and a PhD in 1965 from McGill University. He obtai ...

, B.Sc. 1957, M.Sc. 1961, M.D., C.M. 1961, Ph.D. 1965 — physician, scientist, and professor, discoverer of

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(CEA), the first biomarker for cancer *

Haile Debas Haile Debas (born 1937, AsmaraFikes, RobertHaile Debas T. (1937- )at blackpast.org) is an Eritrean physician and academic administrator at the University of California, San Francisco. Life Haile T. Debas was born in Asmara, Eritrea, in 1937. Fo ...

M.D., C.M. 1963 — Dean of the

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from 1993 to 2003 * Phil Edwards, M.D., C.M. 1936 — "Man of Bronze", Canada's most-decorated Olympian for many years, and expert in tropical diseases *

David Goltzman David Goltzman is an endocrinologist, Professor of Medicine and Physiology, and A.G. Massabki Chair in Medicine at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He is the Director of the Centre for Bone and Periodontal Research and also holds t ...

, B.Sc. 1966, M.D., C.M. 1968 — physician, scientist, and professor *

Noni MacDonald Noni E. MacDonald is a Canadian physician. She is a Professor in the Department of Pediatrics and former Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Dalhousie University. In 2019, MacDonald was awarded the Order of Nova Scotia and Order of Canada. Earl ...

, pediatric infectious diseases expert, former Dean of

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1999-2003 and first woman in Canada to be named Dean of a medical school. *

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, M.D., C.M. 1984 — president and vice-chancellor of the

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* Katherine O'Brien, M.D., C.M. 1988 — infectious disease expert; Director of the World Health Organization's Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals *

Frederick Lowy Frederick Hans Lowy, (born 1933) is a Canadian medical educator and former President and Vice-Chancellor of Concordia University.President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...

and

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— first dean and co-founder of McGill College Medical Faculty *

Chi-Ming Chow Chi-Ming Chow, FRCPC, FACC, FASE, is a Canadian cardiologist at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is often interviewed on national media about issues involving cardiovascular health, and is regarded as an influential advocat ...

M.D., C.M. 1990 — – cardiologist and board member of the Heart and Stroke Foundation * David Hunter Hubel B.Sc. 1947, M.D., C.M. 1951 — Nobel laureate in Physiology (1981) * Joanne Liu M.D., C.M. — International President of

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(Doctors Without Borders) * Colin MacLeod M.D., C.M. 1932 — Canadian-American geneticist, identified DNA as hereditary material in the body,

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John Lancelot Todd John Lancelot Todd (10 September 1876 – 27 August 1949) was a Canadian physician and parasitologist. Early years John Lancelot Todd was born on 10 September 1876 in Victoria, British Columbia. He was of Anglo-Irish origins. His father was Jacob ...

B.A. 1898, M.D., C.M. 1900 — parasitologist * Claude Roy — one of the founding fathers of the field of paediatric gastroenterology *

Ronald Melzack Ronald Melzack (July 19, 1929 – December 22, 2019) was a Canadian psychologist and professor of psychology at McGill University. In 1965, he and Patrick David Wall revolutionized pain research by introducing the gate control theory of pain. ...

Ph.D. 1954 — developed the McGill Pain Questionnaire *

Jack Wennberg John E. "Jack" Wennberg (born June 2, 1934) is the pioneer and leading researcher of unwarranted variation in the healthcare industry. In four decades of work, Wennberg has documented the geographic variation in the healthcare that patients receive ...

M.D., C.M. 1961 — pioneer in public health of medicine and founder of

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Brenda Milner Brenda Milner (née Langford; July 15, 1918) is a British-Canadian neuropsychologist who has contributed extensively to the research literature on various topics in the field of clinical neuropsychology. Milner is a professor in the Department ...

Ph.D. 1952 — neuropsychologist, "founder of neuropsychology" *

Eric Berne Eric Berne (May 10, 1910 – July 15, 1970) was a Canadian-born psychiatrist who created the theory of transactional analysis as a way of explaining human behavior. Berne's theory of transactional analysis was based on the ideas of Freud but ...

BSc 1931, M.D., C.M. 1935 — psychiatrist who created the theory of

transactional analysis Transactional Analysis (TA) is a psychoanalytic theory and method of therapy wherein social interactions (or “transactions”) are analyzed to determine the ego state of the communicator (whether parent-like, childlike, or adult-like) as a b ...

* William Reginald Morse M.D., C.M. 1902 — one four founders of the West China Union University in Chengdu, Sichuan, in 1914; went on to become dean of the medical faculty * Robert Murray - B.A., M.A., M.D., C.M. 1943 - Bacteriologist *

Clarke Fraser Frank Clarke Fraser (29 March 1920 – 17 December 2014) was a Canadian medical geneticist. Spanning the fields of science and medicine, he was Canada's first medical geneticist, one of the creators of the discipline of medical genetics in Nort ...

Ph.D. 1945, M.D., C.M. 1950 — pioneer in medical genetics * Perry Rosenthal M.D., C.M. 1958 — professor of ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School and developer of the first gas-permeable scleral contact lens * William Feindel M.D., C.M. 1945 — neurosurgeon and neuroscientist *

Francis Alexander Caron Scrimger Francis Alexander Caron Scrimger, (February 10, 1880 – February 13, 1937), was a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Comm ...

M.D., C.M. 1905 — Lieutenant Colonel in the

Canadian Army The Canadian Army (french: Armée canadienne) is the command responsible for the operational readiness of the conventional ground forces of the Canadian Armed Forces. It maintains regular forces units at bases across Canada, and is also respo ...

recipient of the

Victoria Cross The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest and most prestigious award of the British honours system. It is awarded for valour "in the presence of the enemy" to members of the British Armed Forces and may be awarded posthumously. It was previously ...

Cara Tannenbaum Cara Tannenbaum is a Canadian researcher and practicing physician in the fields of geriatrics, women's health and gender research. Since 2015, Tannenbaum has served as the Scientific Director of Canadian Institutes of Health Research's Institute ...

M.D., C.M. 1994 — geriatric medicine physician and researcher *

T. Wesley Mills Thomas Wesley Mills (1847–1915), generally referred to as T. Wesley Mills in the scientific literature, was a Canadian physician and physiologist who worked as a professor at McGill University. Mills was Canada's first professional physiologist ...

M.D., C.M. 1878 — physician, Canada's first professional physiologist *

Mark Wainberg Mark Arnold Wainberg, (21 April 1945 – 11 April 2017) was a Canadian HIV/AIDS researcher and HIV/AIDS activist. He was the Director of the McGill University AIDS Centre at the Montreal Jewish General Hospital and Professor of Medicine an ...

O.C., O.Q., B.Sc. 1966 — HIV/AIDS researcher, discoverer of

lamivudine Lamivudine, commonly called 3TC, is an antiretroviral medication used to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS. It is also used to treat chronic hepatitis B when other options are not possible. It is effective against both HIV-1 and HIV-2. It is typically ...

, Director of the McGill University AIDS Centre, *

Santa J. Ono Santa Jeremy Ono ( ja, 小野三太; born November 23, 1962) is a Canadian-American immunologist and academic administrator, currently serving as the 15th President of the University of Michigan, president of the University of Michigan since O ...

Ph.D. 1991 — immunologist and eye researcher, President & Vice-Chancellor

University of British Columbia The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a public university, public research university with campuses near Vancouver and in Kelowna, British Columbia. Established in 1908, it is British Columbia's oldest university. The university ranks a ...

William Osler Sir William Osler, 1st Baronet, (; July 12, 1849 – December 29, 1919) was a Canadian physician and one of the "Big Four" founding professors of Johns Hopkins Hospital. Osler created the first Residency (medicine), residency program for spec ...

M.D., C.M. 1872 — professor, medical pioneer, developed bedside teaching, one of the four founders of the

* Betty Price M.D., C.M. 1980 — anesthesiologist and American politician/member of the

Georgia House of Representatives The Georgia House of Representatives is the lower house of the Georgia General Assembly (the state legislature) of the U.S. state of Georgia. There are currently 180 elected members. Republicans have had a majority in the chamber since 2005. T ...

Edward Llewellyn-Thomas Edward Llewellyn-Thomas (15 December 1917 – 5 July 1984) was an English scientist, university professor and, writing as Edward Llewellyn, a science fiction author. Llewellyn-Thomas published sixty scientific articles on psychology and eye move ...

M.D., C.M. 1955 — English scientist, university professor and science fiction author *

Rocke Robertson Harold Rocke Robertson (August 4, 1912 – February 8, 1998), was a Canadian physician and the former Principal and Vice-Chancellor of McGill University (1962–1970). Biography Rocke Robertson was born in Victoria, British Columbia in 1912. ...

B.Sc. 1932, M.D., C.M. 1936 — physician *

William Henry Drummond William Henry Drummond (April 13, 1854 – April 6, 1907) was an Irish-born Canadian poet whose humorous dialect poems made him "one of the most popular authors in the English-speaking world," and "one of the most widely-read and loved poets" ...

— Irish-born Canadian poet, physician *

Albert Ernest Forsythe Albert Ernest Forsythe (25 February 1897 – 6 May 1986) was a physician and pioneer aviator. Early life Born in Nassau, Bahamas, he was the third child (second to survive infancy) born to Horatio Alexander Forsyth and Lillian Maud Byndloss. ...

M.D., C.M. 1930 — physician and pioneer aviator *

Harold Griffith Harold Randall Griffith (July 25, 1894 – 1985) was a Canadian anesthesiologist and a leader in the fields of anesthesiology. History Griffith was born in Montreal the son of Alexander Randall Griffith, a medical doctor and homeopathic pract ...

M.D., C.M. 1922 — anaesthesiologist, pioneered the use of

curare Curare ( /kʊˈrɑːri/ or /kjʊˈrɑːri/; ''koo-rah-ree'' or ''kyoo-rah-ree'') is a common name for various alkaloid arrow poisons originating from plant extracts. Used as a paralyzing agent by indigenous peoples in Central and South ...

as a muscle relaxant, formed and was first President of

World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists The World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (WFSA) is an international federation of independent national professional associations of anaesthesiologists. The WFSA’s Secretariat is based in London, UK. The WFSA is the foremost gl ...

* Alice Benjamin Res. OB/GYN 1978 — maternal-fetal medicine specialist and pioneer in the field; performed Canada's first successful diabetic renal transplant and pregnancy *

James Horace King James Horace King, (January 18, 1873 – July 14, 1955) was a Canadian physician and parliamentarian. Born in Chipman, New Brunswick, James King was the son of George Gerald King, a businessman and Canadian politician in his own right. The eld ...

M.D., C.M. 1895 — physician, Canadian senator, and governor and one of the leaders of the establishment of the

American College of Surgeons The American College of Surgeons is an educational association of surgeons created in 1913.American College of Surgeons Online "What is the American College of Surgeons?"/ref> See also *American College of Physicians The American College o ...

* Arnold Aberman O.C. B.Sc. 1965, M.D., C.M. 1967 — Dean of

University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine The Temerty Faculty of Medicine (previously Faculty of Medicine) is the medical school of the University of Toronto. Founded in 1843, the faculty is based in Downtown Toronto and is one of Canada's oldest institutions of medical studies, being k ...

1992–1999, and instrumental founder/consulting dean of

Northern Ontario School of Medicine Northern Ontario School of Medicine University (NOSM University; french: Université de l'École de médecine du Nord de l'Ontario) is a public medical university in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is mandated both to educate doctors and t ...

Victor Goldbloom Victor Charles Goldbloom (July 31, 1923 – February 15, 2016) was a Canadian pediatrician, lecturer, and politician. Early life and education He was born in Montreal, the son of Alton Goldbloom and Annie Ballon. He studied at Selwyn House Scho ...

O.Q., O.C., M.D., C.M. 1945 — pediatrician, politician *

Franklin White Franklin Marshall Matthews White (born 1946) is a Canadian public health scientist focused on capacity building for international and global education, research and development. He advocates:"Public health...must not be left to the international ...

M.D., C.M. 1969 — public health scientist *

Martin Henry Dawson Martin Henry Dawson (6 August 1896 – 27 April 1945) was a Canadian-born researcher who made important contributions in the fields of infectious diseases. Dawson was born in Truro, Nova Scotia, a grandson of John Barnhill Dickie and educated ...

M.D., C.M. 1923 — infectious disease researcher, first person in history to inject penicillin into a patient, 1940 * Walter Mackenzie — Canadian surgeon and academic, Dean of

University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, t ...

1959-1974 *

John Thomas Finnie John Thomas Finnie (September 14, 1847 – February 10, 1925) was a Canadian physician and politician. Born in Peterhead, Scotland, Finnie was educated there and at the High School of Montreal, then at McGill College. He qualified as a docto ...

M.D., C.M. 1869 — physician and Quebec politician *

Philip Seeman Philip Seeman, (8 February 1934 – 9 January 2021) was a Canadian schizophrenia researcher and neuropharmacology, neuropharmacologist, known for his research on dopamine receptors. Career Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Seeman was raised in Montre ...

M.D., C.M. 1960 — Canadian schizophrenia researcher and neuropharmacologist, known for his research on dopamine receptors *

Munroe Bourne Frederick Munroe Bourne (June 26, 1910 – July 11, 1992) was a Canadian swimming (sport), swimmer who competed at the 1928, 1932 and 1936 Olympics in the 100-metre freestyle, 100-metre backstroke and 4×200-metre freestyle relay events and wo ...

M.D., C.M. 1940 — physician, Olympic medal-winning swimmer, Rhodes Scholar, Major in the

George Genereux George Patrick Genereux (March 1, 1935 – April 10, 1989) was a Canadian gold medal-winning trap shooter and physician. Genereux was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, the son of Catherine Mary (née Devine), a nurse who was originally from M ...

M.D., C.M. 1960 — diagnostic radiologist and Olympic gold medalist and inductee in the

Canadian Sports Hall of Fame Canada's Sports Hall of Fame (french: Panthéon des sports canadiens; sometimes referred to as the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame) is a Canadian sports hall of fame and museum in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Dedicated to the history of sports in Canada, ...

Peter Macklem Peter Tiffany Macklem (October 4, 1931 – February 11, 2011), OC, FRCP(C), FRSC was a Canadian doctor, medical researcher and hospital administrator. Life Peter Tiffany Macklem was born in 1931 in Kingston, Ontario, and grew up there. He was ed ...

O.C., M.D., C.M. 1956 — cardio-pulmonary physician and researcher, founding director of the Meakins-Christie Laboratories * Richard Margolese O.C., M.D., C.M. — surgeon, researcher and pioneer in treatment of breast cancers *

Cluny Macpherson Ewen MacPherson of Cluny, also known as "Cluny Macpherson" (11 February 1706 – 30 January 1764), was the Chief of Clan MacPherson during the Jacobite Rising of 1745. He took part as a leading supporter of Prince Charles Edward Stuart. After t ...

M.D., C.M. 1901 — physician and inventor of the

British Smoke Hood The Hypo helmet, or British Smoke Hood (its official name), was an early British World War I gas mask, designed by Cluny MacPherson. Earlier designs The German army used poison gas for the first time against Entente troops at the Second Battle ...

(an early gas mask) *

Thomas George Roddick Sir Thomas George Roddick (July 31, 1846 – February 20, 1923) was a Canadian surgeon, medical administrator, politician, and founder of the Medical Council of Canada born in Harbour Grace, Newfoundland He is known for his work in helping ...

M.D., C.M. 1868 — surgeon, politician and founder of the

Medical Council of Canada The Medical Council of Canada (MCC; french: Conseil médical du Canada, CMC) is an organization charged with the partial assessment and evaluation of medical graduates and physicians through standardized examination. It grants the qualification c ...

Ph.D. 1957 — Nobel laureate in Physiology (1977) *

Vincenzo Di Nicola Vincenzo Di Nicola is an Italian-Canadian psychologist, psychiatrist and family therapist, and philosopher of mind. Di Nicola is a tenured Full Professor in the Dept. of Psychiatry & Addiction Medicine at the University of Montreal, where he fo ...

BA, 1976; Res. Psychiatry 1986 — Italian-Canadian psychologist, psychiatrist and family therapist, and philosopher of mind * Maurice LeClair M.D., C.M. 1951 — Canadian physician, businessman, civil servant, and academic; Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the

Université de Sherbrooke The University of Sherbrooke ( French: Université de Sherbrooke) (UdS) is a large public French-language university in Quebec, Canada with campuses located in Sherbrooke and Longueuil, a suburb of Montreal approximately west of Sherbrooke. It ...

* John Stephenson — co-founder of McGill College Medical Faculty * Arthur Vineberg B.Sc. 1924, M.D., C.M. 1928, Ph.D. 1933 — cardiac surgeon, pioneer of revascularization *

Antoine Hakim Antoine M. Hakim (born April 30, 1942) is a Canadian engineer and physician. He first trained as a chemical engineer and worked for Syncrude in Alberta. Wishing to change careers, Hakim taught school for a short time in Montreal. He then earned ...

— Canadian engineer and physician, former CEO of the Canadian Stroke Network * Sir Charles-Eugène-Napoléon Boucher de Boucherville M.D., C.M. 1843, Physician, politician, two-time

Premier of Quebec The premier of Quebec ( French: ''premier ministre du Québec'' (masculine) or ''première ministre du Québec'' (feminine)) is the head of government of the Canadian province of Quebec. The current premier of Quebec is François Legault of the ...

* R. Tait McKenzie M.D., C.M. 1892 — pioneer of modern physiotherapy *

David Saint-Jacques David Saint-Jacques ( , ; born January 6, 1970) is a Canadian astronaut with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA). He is also an astrophysicist, engineer, and a physician. In December 2018, he launched to the International Space Station, as Flight ...

Res. FM 2007 — astronaut with the

Canadian Space Agency The Canadian Space Agency (CSA; french: Agence spatiale canadienne, ASC) is the national space agency of Canada, established in 1990 by the ''Canadian Space Agency Act''. The president is Lisa Campbell, who took the position on September 3, 2020 ...

(CSA), astrophysicist, engineer, and a physician *

C. Miller Fisher Charles Miller Fisher (December 5, 1913, Waterloo, Ontario – April 14, 2012, Albany, New York) was a Canadian neurologist whose notable contributions include the first detailed descriptions of lacunar strokes, the identification of transient ...

described

lacunar stroke Lacunar stroke or lacunar cerebral infarct (LACI) is the most common type of ischemic stroke, resulting from the occlusion of small penetrating arteries that provide blood to the brain's deep structures. Patients who present with symptoms of a lac ...

s and identified

transient ischemic attacks A transient ischemic attack (TIA), commonly known as a mini-stroke, is a minor stroke whose noticeable symptoms usually end in less than an hour. TIA causes the same symptoms associated with strokes, such as weakness or numbness on one side of ...

as stroke precursors *

Marla Shapiro Marla Shapiro CM, is a Canadian medical doctor, best known as a health journalist for CTV News Channel and formerly''The Globe and Mail''. Her reports on health and medical issues have also aired on ''Canada AM'' and on CTV's daytime talk show ' ...

M.D., C.M. 1979 — primary medical consultant for

CTV News CTV News is the news division of the CTV Television Network in Canada. The name ''CTV News'' is also applied as the title of local and regional newscasts on the network's owned-and-operated stations (O&Os), which are closely tied to the national ...

* Meyer Balter M.D., C.M. 1981 — pulmonologist, medical researcher, and professor,

University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution ...

Edward William Archibald Edward William Archibald (August 5, 1872 – December 17, 1945) was a Canadian surgeon. Archibald was born in Montreal, Quebec, and received his initial education in Grenoble, France. Upon returning to Canada, he attended McGill University, r ...

M.D., C.M. 1896 Canada's first neurosurgeon, thoracic surgical pioneer *

Casey Albert Wood Casey Albert Wood (November 21, 1856 – January 26, 1942) was a Canadian ophthalmologist and comparative zoologist who studied aspects of animal vision especially those of birds. He collected books on birds and zoology and helped establish th ...

ophthalmologist and comparative zoologist *

M.D., C.M. 1894 — of Canada's earliest female medical graduates, international expert on congenital heart disease, namesake of Maude Abbott Medical Museum

Current and past faculty members

* Madhukar Pai — expert on global health and epidemiology, specifically tuberculosis *

Nahum Sonenberg Nahum Sonenberg, ( he, נחום סוננברג; born December 29, 1946) is an Israeli Canadian microbiologist and biochemist. He is a James McGill professor of biochemistry at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

— Israeli-Canadian expert virologist, microbiologist, and biochemist, discoverer of mRNA 5' cap-binding protein * Jonathan Meakins B.Sc. 1962 — surgeon, immunologist *

Heinz Lehmann Heinz Edgar Lehmann (July 17, 1911 – April 7, 1999) was a German-born Canadian psychiatrist best known for his use of chlorpromazine for the treatment of schizophrenia in 1950s and "truly the father of modern psychopharmacology." Early li ...

Canadian psychiatrist, expert in treatment of schizophrenia the "father of modern psychopharmacology." * Maurice McGregor South-African cardiologist *

David S Rosenblatt David Rosenblatt is a Canadian medical geneticist, pediatrician, and professor in the departments of Human Genetics, Medicine, Pediatrics, and Biology at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, where he was the chairman of the Department of Huma ...

, M.D., C.M. 1970 — prominent medical geneticist, pediatrician; expert in the field of inborn errors of folate and vitamin B12 metabolism *

Michael Meaney Michael J. Meaney, CM, CQ, FRSC, (born 1951) is a professor at McGill University specializing in biological psychiatry, neurology, and neurosurgery, who is primarily known for his research on stress, maternal care, and gene expression. His re ...

— researcher and expert in biological psychiatry, neurology, and neurosurgery *

Terence Coderre Terence J. Coderre is Professor of Medicine and the Harold Griffith Chair in Anaesthesia Research at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He is an investigator at the Alan Edwards Centre for Research on Pain at McGill University and the ...

— researcher, pain expert, Harold Griffith Chair in Anaesthesia Research * Judes Poirier — researcher, professor of Medicine and Psychiatry, director of the Molecular Neurobiology Unit at the

Douglas Institute Research Centre Douglas may refer to: People * Douglas (given name) * Douglas (surname) Animals *Douglas (parrot), macaw that starred as the parrot ''Rosalinda'' in Pippi Longstocking * Douglas the camel, a camel in the Confederate Army in the American Civil ...

Wilder Penfield Wilder Graves Penfield (January 26, 1891April 5, 1976) was an American Canadians, American-Physicians in Canada, Canadian neurosurgeon. He expanded brain surgery's methods and techniques, including mapping the functions of various regions of th ...

— neurosurgery pioneer, first director of the

Montreal Neurological Institute The McGill University Health Centre (MUHC; french: Centre universitaire de santé McGill) is one of two major healthcare networks in the city of Montreal, Quebec. It is affiliated with McGill University and is one of the largest medical complex in ...

and Montreal Neurological Hospital *

, B.Sc. 1966, M.D., C.M. 1968 — physician, scientist, and professor *

George Karpati George Karpati, (May 17, 1934 – February 6, 2009) was a Canadian neurologist and neuroscientist who was one of the leading experts on the diagnosis and treatment of neuromuscular disorders including muscular dystrophy research. Born in Deb ...

, nenowned Canadian neurologist and neuroscientist * Charles Philippe Leblond — pioneer of cell biology and stem cell research * Bernard Belleau — Canadian molecular pharmacologist best known for his role in the discovery of HIV drug Lamivudine *

Henry Friesen Henry George Friesen (born July 31, 1934) is a Canadian endocrinologist, a distinguished professor emeritus of the University of Manitoba and the discoverer of human prolactin, a hormone which stimulates lactation in mammary glands. Born in Mor ...

— Canadian endocrinologist, discoverer of human

prolactin Prolactin (PRL), also known as lactotropin, is a protein best known for its role in enabling mammals to produce milk. It is influential in over 300 separate processes in various vertebrates, including humans. Prolactin is secreted from the pit ...

Hans Selye János Hugo Bruno "Hans" Selye (; hu, Selye János; January 26, 1907 – October 16, 1982) was a pioneering Hungarian-Canadian endocrinologist who conducted important scientific work on the hypothetical non-specific response of an organism to s ...

— Hungarian-Canadian endocrinologist *

James C. Hogg James C. Hogg (born December 3, 1935) is a Canadian physician and pulmonary pathologist. Hogg has been recognized for his research into Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. He received the Canada Gairdner Wightman Award in 2013. He became an ...

— expert in

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a type of progressive lung disease characterized by long-term respiratory symptoms and airflow limitation. The main symptoms include shortness of breath and a cough, which may or may not produce ...

* Jonathan Campbell Meakins — Physician and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine 1941–1948, first President and Founder of the

Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (french: Collège royal des médecins et chirurgiens du Canada) is a regulatory college which acts as a national, nonprofit organization established in 1929 by a special Act of Parliament to o ...

Albert Aguayo Albert Juan Aguayo (born July 16, 1934) is a Canadian neurologist at McGill University. Albert Juan Aguayo is a Canadian neurologist at McGill University. Hailing from the Bahia Blanca in Argentina, Dr. Aguayo graduated in medicine from the Natio ...

— Canadian neurologist and assistant professor in the department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, former President

International Brain Research Organization The International Brain Research Organization (IBRO) is the global federation of neuroscience organizations that aims to promote and support neuroscience around the world through training, teaching, collaborative research, advocacy and outreach. M ...

* John J. R. Macleod — co-discoverer of insulin, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1923) laureate *

Rémi Quirion Rémi Quirion, (born January 9, 1955) is a Canadian scientist. He is the first Chief Scientist of Quebec. Born in Lac-Drolet, Quebec, Quirion received a Ph.D. from Université de Sherbrooke in 1980. He was a Professor of Psychiatry at McGill Uni ...

— first Chief Scientist of Quebec * Lydia Giberson — Canadian-born psychiatrist and pioneering

Metropolitan Life Insurance Company MetLife, Inc. is the holding corporation for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (MLIC), better known as MetLife, and its affiliates. MetLife is among the largest global providers of insurance, annuities, and employee benefit programs, wi ...

executive * Marvin Kwitko — Canadian ophthalmologist who pioneered in cataract surgery and laser eye surgery *

Donald Ewen Cameron Donald Ewen Cameron ( – ) was a Scottish-born psychiatrist. He is largely known today for his central role in unethical medical experiments, and development of psychological and medical torture techniques for the . He served as president of ...

— Scottish-born psychiatrist known for his involvement in

Project MKUltra Project MKUltra (or MK-Ultra) was an illegal human experimentation program designed and undertaken by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), intended to develop procedures and identify drugs that could be used in interrogations to weak ...

Joseph B. Martin Joseph Boyd Martin (born October 20, 1938 in Bassano, Alberta, Bassano, Alberta) is a Canadian physician who is the Edward R. and Anne G. Lefler Professor Emeritus of Neurobiology at Harvard Medical School. Prior to that, he served as the Dean of H ...

— Dean of the

Harvard Medical School Harvard Medical School (HMS) is the graduate medical school of Harvard University and is located in the Longwood Medical Area of Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1782, HMS is one of the oldest medical schools in the United States and is consi ...

, former chair of

neurology Neurology (from el, wikt:νεῦρον, νεῦρον (neûron), "string, nerve" and the suffix wikt:-logia, -logia, "study of") is the branch of specialty (medicine), medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of all categories of co ...

and

neurosurgery Neurosurgery or neurological surgery, known in common parlance as brain surgery, is the medical specialty concerned with the surgical treatment of disorders which affect any portion of the nervous system including the brain, spinal cord and peri ...

* Barbara E. Jones — Canadian neuroscientist, professor emerita in the McGill University Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery * Gustavo Turecki — Canadian psychiatrist, suicidologist, neuroscientist * Juda Hirsch Quastel — pioneer in

neurochemistry Neurochemistry is the study of chemicals, including neurotransmitters and other molecules such as psychopharmaceuticals and neuropeptides, that control and influence the physiology of the nervous system. This particular field within neuroscience e ...

and soil metabolism; Director of the McGill University-Montreal General Hospital Research Institute *

John Dossetor John Beamish Dossetor, (19 July 1925 – 6 April 2020) was a Canadians, Canadian physician and bioethicist who is notable for co–coordinating the first kidney transplant in Canada and the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth. Biography Bor ...

— Canadian physician and bioethicist who is notable for co–coordinating the first kidney transplant in Canada and the

Commonwealth A commonwealth is a traditional English term for a political community founded for the common good. Historically, it has been synonymous with "republic". The noun "commonwealth", meaning "public welfare, general good or advantage", dates from the ...

* Ouida Ramón-Moliner — Canadian anaesthetist *

Shyamala Gopalan Gopalan Shyamala (December 7, 1938 – February 11, 2009) was a biomedical scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, whose work in isolating and characterizing the progesterone receptor gene stimulated advances in breast biolog ...

— breast cancer researcher in the Faculty of Medicine and McGill-affiliated

Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research The Jewish General Hospital (JGH; french: Hôpital général juif), known officially as the Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital (french: Hôpital général juif Sir Mortimer B. Davis) since 1978, is an acute-care teaching hospital in M ...

; mother of U.S. Vice President

Kamala Harris Kamala Devi Harris ( ; born October 20, 1964) is an American politician and attorney who is the 49th vice president of the United States. She is the first female vice president and the highest-ranking female official in U.S. history, as well ...

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