Phil Gold (born September 17, 1936) is a

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physician, scientist, and professor. Born in

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, he received a

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degree in 1957, a MSc degree in 1961, a MD degree in 1961, and a PhD in 1965 from

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. He obtained his

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fellowship certification in Internal Medicine in November 1966. In 1965, he co-discovered with

Samuel O. Freedman Samuel Orkin Freedman, (born May 8, 1928) is a Canadians, Canadian clinical immunology, immunologist, professor and academic administrator. In 1965, he co-discovered with Phil Gold the carcinoembryonic antigen, the basis of a blood test used in ...

the

carcinoembryonic antigen Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) describes a set of highly related glycoproteins involved in cell adhesion. CEA is normally produced in gastrointestinal tissue during fetal development, but the production stops before birth. Consequently, CEA is ...

(CEA), which resulted in a blood test used in the diagnosis and management of people with cancer. He is the Douglas G. Cameron Professor of Medicine, and Professor of Physiology and Oncology, at McGill University. He was Chairman of the Department of Medicine at McGill and Physician-in-Chief at the

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. In 1978, he was made an Officer of the

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and promoted to Companion in 1985. In 1989, he was made an Officer of the

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and promoted to Grand Officer in 2019. In 1977, he was made a Fellow of the

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. In 1978, he was awarded the

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, awarded to three to six people for outstanding discoveries or contributions to medical science. He was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal and the 125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada Medal. On April 13, 2010, he was inducted into the

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Books

* Clinical Immunology (2nd edition) 1976 by

and Phil Gold. *Gold’s Rounds: Medicine, McGill, and Growing Up Jewish in Montreal.

Honours

* In 1977, he was made a Fellow of the

. * In 1978, he was awarded the

. * In 1978, he was awarded the Johann-Georg-Zimmerman Prize for Cancer Research. * In 1978, he was made an Officer of the

. * In 1982. He won the Manning Innovation Award for Development of a Cancer Blood test. 1982. * In 1985, he was promoted to Companion of the

. *In 1985, he received the

Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Prize The Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Prize was established according to the will of Dorothy J. Killam to honour the memory of her husband Izaak Walton Killam. Five Killam Prizes, each having a value of $100,000, are annually awarded by the Canada Cou ...

. * In 1989, he was made an Officer of the

and appointed Grand Officer in 2019. * In 1992, he received the National Cancer Institute of Canada R.M. Taylor Medal. * In 1992, he was awarded 125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada Medal. * In 2002, he was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal. * In 2004,he was awarded the

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(AACC) Edwin F. Ullman Award. * In 2010, he was inducted into the

. *In 2012, he was awarded the

Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal The Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal (french: Médaille du jubilé de diamant de la reine Elizabeth II) or The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal was a commemorative medal created in 2012 to mark the 60th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's ...

. * In May 2018, he was granted an honorary doctorate of science at

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in conjunction with the Queen's Faculty of Medicine class of 2018 convocation. * On May 22, 2019, he received an honorary doctorate from the

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(UBC). *On October 27, 2022 he received the McGill Medal at

References

Canadian Who's Who 1997 entry
1936 births Living people Anglophone Quebec people Canadian medical researchers Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada Officers of the National Order of Quebec Companions of the Order of Canada McGill University alumni McGill University faculty People from Montreal McGill University Faculty of Medicine alumni Physicians of Montreal General Hospital {{Canada-scientist-stub