Charles H. Hollenberg (September 15, 1930 – April 8, 2003) was a Canadian

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and

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. Born in

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, he received a

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in 1950 and a

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in 1955 from the

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. In 1960, he joined the Department of Medicine at

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. From 1970 to 1981, he was the Sir John and Lady Eaton Professor of Medicine and Chair of the Department of Medicine,

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, and Physician-in-Chief of the

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. In 1981, he was appointed Charles H. Best Professor of Medical Research at the University of Toronto, and helped to create the Banting and Best Diabetes Centre, an interdisciplinary centre for

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research. In 1983, he was appointed Vice-Provost of Health Sciences of the University of Toronto. In 1991, he became president of the Ontario Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation. He helped found Cancer Care Ontario where he was President and Chief Executive Officer from 1997 to 1999. In 1983, he was awarded a Mastership of the American College of Physicians (MACP). In 1990, he was made an Officer of the

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for being "an acknowledged leader in

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and patient care who has exerted a considerable influence on academic institutions and

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s through his many professional appointments". In 1999, he was awarded the Gairdner Foundation Wightman Award "in recognition of his outstanding contributions to Canadian medicine and medical science as a leader of the Canadian academic medical community". In 2003, he was inducted into the

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. He died of

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