The Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry at

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is located in

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, Canada. Established in 1913, it is one of the oldest medical schools in Western Canada and is composed of 21 departments, two stand-alone divisions, 9 research groups, and 24 research centers and institutes. Educational, clinical and research activities are conducted in 29 buildings on or near the University of Alberta north campus. The Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry is home to more than 1,400 support staff and 2,760 tenure-track and clinical educators, including six National 3M Teaching Fellows, Canada's most prestigious teaching award for post-secondary instructors. According to an economic impact report conducted in 2013, the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry generated approximately $2 billion to the Alberta economy in 2012.

Education

The Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, in 2018–19, had a research budget of $166 million. The school runs the Scottish-Canadian Medical Programme jointly with the

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and the

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, widely considered one of the top medical schools in the world in terms of reputation and research output. Students study their undergraduate degree at St Andrews, and train clinically at both Edinburgh and Alberta. Students graduate at the University of Edinburgh with both Canadian and British training. A vast majority of students get placed back in Canada or the

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for residency, with the remaining opting to practice in the

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Research

The Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry offers four fully accredited undergraduate programs: doctor of medicine, doctor of dentistry, Bachelor of Science in medical laboratory science, and a diploma or Bachelor of Science in dental hygiene. The Bachelor of Science in radiation therapy, established in 2013, underwent accreditation review in fall 2016. It also offers more than 50 residency programs fully accredited by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and 20 graduate programs centered in the health sciences. The Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry has more than 2,600 learners in its undergraduate, graduate, residency, and postdoctoral education programs and has graduated nearly 14,000 health professionals and researchers.
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Notable alumni

Faculty

James Collip James Bertram Collip (November 20, 1892 – June 19, 1965) was a Canadian biochemist who was part of the Toronto group which isolated insulin. He served as the Chair of the Department of Biochemistry at McGill University from 1928–1941 a ...

– played a role in the development of insulin *

Ban Tsui Chi Ho Ban Tsui () is a Canadian anesthesiologist known for medical innovation in the field of anesthesia. Examples include describing the Tsui Test and developing the StimuLong Sono-Tsui for ease of pediatric epidural placement. Recently along w ...

– developed the Tsui Test, a simple protocol using a low current electrical stimulation test to confirm catheter location in the epidural space during procedures. * John Carter Callaghan – Performed first open-heart surgery in Canada in 1956. *Gary Lobay & Henry Shumizu – part of the team of surgeons to perform Canada's first successful limb replantation in 1974 *Gary Lobay - first microsurgery in western Canada in 1974 *Henry Shumizu - co-founder of western Canada's first burn treatment center *

Lorne Tyrrell David Lorne John Tyrrell (born 1943) is a Canadian physician. Overview Born on February 10, 1943, in Edmonton, Alberta, he grew up on the family farm near Duffield and studied at the University of Alberta. Tyrrell interned at the University o ...

– created the first drug treatment of hepatitis B and 2015 Killiam Prize recipient. Former dean (1994-2004) and member of the

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. *Ray Rajotte – international diabetes leader, renown for work related to the Edmonton Protocol islet transplantation procedure * James Shapiro – member of the team that pioneered the Edmonton Protocol and continues to work to improve islet transplants *Richard Fedorak – internationally renowned gastroenterologist specializing in inflammatory bowel disease. Former dean of the faculty (2016). * Michael Houghton – co-discoverer of

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Tak Wah Mak Tak Wah Mak, (; born October 4, 1946, in China) is a Canadian medical researcher, geneticist, oncologist, and biochemist. He first became widely known for his discovery of the T-cell receptor in 1983 and pioneering work in the genetics of immun ...

– first to identify and clone T-cell receptor genes *

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 ...

(MD ’62) – member of the team that discovered a biomarker that led to locating the gene associated with Huntington's disease. *Jonathan White – co-founder of Surgery 101 podcast and National 3M Teaching Fellow *

Arya Sharma Arya Mitra Sharma was Professor of Medicine and Alberta Health Services Chair in Obesity Research and Management at the University of Alberta and medical director of the Alberta Health Services Obesity Program (2007-2021). In 2006 he founded and ...

– Canadian obesity expert *Lori West – Canada Research Chair in Cardiac Transplantation and director of the Canada National Transplant Research Program. *

Toshifumi Yokota Toshifumi (Toshi) Yokota ( ja, 横田俊文, Yokota Toshifumi) is a medical scientist and professor of medical genetics at the University of Alberta, where he also holds the titles of the Friends of Garrett Cumming Research & Muscular Dystrophy ...

- pioneered antisense oligonucleotide-mediated therapeutics for muscular dystrophy.

References

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