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. 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 Andrew Schally (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

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. 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.

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.-

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) and science/engineering (M.D.- Ph.D.). 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,

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, 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 site ** Royal Victoria Hospital **

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** Montreal Chest Institute *

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(contains MGH's outpatient psychiatry) * Montreal Neurological Hospital * Hôpital de Lachine

McGill affiliate hospitals

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* Jewish General Hospital * St. Mary's Hospital * Douglas Mental Health University Institute * Shriners Hospital for Children *Hôpital de Gatineau – Groupe de médecine de famille universitaire (GMF-U) de Gatineau * Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital (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 20 straight years (including the most recent ranking for 2025). McGill's Medical School has also consistently ranked in the top medical schools worldwide and ranked 18th worldwide on the 2024

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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.

The Flexner Report

The Flexner Report, published in 1910 and commissioned by the Carnegie Foundation, performed a critical evaluation of medical education in the US and Canada; it aimed to evaluate and reform the fragmented and substandard system of medical training by promoting rigorous scientific standards and closing poorly performing schools. In this landmark report, McGill University’s Faculty of Medicine was highly praised as one of the premier medical schools in North America. Flexner commended McGill for its rigorous academic standards, well-qualified faculty, and strong emphasis on scientific and clinical training. Unlike many institutions criticized in the report for low admission requirements and inadequate facilities, McGill was held up as a model of modern medical education, alongside

, which was lauded as the archetypal model medical school (and founded by McGill alumnus Sir William Osler).

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

— One of Canada's earliest female medical graduates, international expert on congenital heart disease, namesake of Maude Abbott Medical Museum Maude Abbott received her M.D. C.M. degree from Bishop's College in 1894 as McGill did not then admit females to study medicine. Bishop's College Medical School was absorbed by McGill in 1905. * Bernard Nathanson M.D., C.M. 1949 — obstetrician/gynecologist *

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

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in Canada *

Thomas Chang Thomas Ming Swi Chang, (born 8 April 1933) is a Chinese-born Canadian inventor, physician, and physiologist. While an undergraduate at McGill University in 1957, Chang invented the world's first artificial cell. Often often worked from his dor ...

O.C., M.D., C.M. (1961), Ph.D., FRCP(C), FRS(C) — pioneer in biomedical engineering, “Father of Artificial Cells” * George Edward Bomberry M.D., C.M. 1875 First indigenous graduate of McGill University. Bomberry, a hereditary chief of the Cayuga (Gayogohó:nợ), was born on the Tuscarora Reserve on April 14, 1849. He died on January 29, 1879. *

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O.C., O.B.C., M.D., C.M. (1982), M.S., M.B.A. — Canadian engineer and physician, astronaut, and chancellor emeritus

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. *

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M.D., C.M. 2020 — medal-winning Olympic figure skater * E. Fuller Torrey M.D., C.M. 1963 — psychiatrist and schizophrenia researcher, founder of the

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* Maurice Brodie M.D., C.M. 1928 — polio researcher, who developed the polio vaccine in 1935 * 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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* Avi Wallerstein — ophthalmologist, laser eye surgeon and co-founder of

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

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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. * David R. Boyd M.D., C.M. 1963, — trauma surgeon, and developer of Regional Trauma Emergency Medical Services (

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). *

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 Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science; founding medical director of the Red Cross Blood Bank in the United States * Richard Goldbloom O.C., O.N.S., M.D., C.M. 1949 — pediatrician, chancellor of

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1986–2004 * Paul Bruce Beeson 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 the ...

M.D., C.M. 1943 — Canadian-born U.S. psychiatrist * Ken Evoy M.D., C.M. 1979 — Emergency physician, entrepreneur, founder and chairman of the board of SiteSell * William Wright M.D. 1848 — first person of colour to earn a medical degree in Canada *

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M.D., C.M. 2018 — former

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offensive guard *

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, 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 * Thomas A. Ban Res. Psychiatry 1960 — founding director of the first Division of Psychopharmacology in a Department of Psychiatry in the world *

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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 *

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, B.Sc. 1966, M.D., C.M. 1968 — physician, scientist, and professor * Noni MacDonald, 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. 1963 — British medical geneticist *

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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 *

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and

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— first dean and co-founder of McGill College Medical Faculty. Holmes received his medical degree from Edinburgh University in 1819; McGill awarded him an (honorary) ''An Eundem'' M.D. in 1843. * Chi-Ming Chow 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) *

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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 Jaco ...

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

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

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

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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 an ...

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

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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 *

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M.D., C.M. 1945 —

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, leader in the field of

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and

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and the "Father of

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* Robert Murray – B.A., M.A., M.D., C.M. 1943 – Bacteriologist *

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Ph.D. 1945, M.D., C.M. 1950 — pioneer in medical genetics * Robert McKechnie M.D., C.M. 1886 —

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of the

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Robert Benjamin Greenblatt Robert Benjamin Greenblatt (1906–1987) was a Canadian physician and medical researcher specializing in endocrinology who spent almost all of his career at the Medical College of Georgia (MCG); where he pioneered endocrinology as an independent ...

M.D., C.M. 1932 — prominent endocrinologist, pioneered endocrinology as a specialty in medicine, known for the development of the sequential oral

contraceptive pill Oral contraceptives, abbreviated OCPs, also known as birth control pills, are medications taken by mouth for the purpose of birth control. The introduction of the birth control pill ("the Pill") in 1960 revolutionized the options for contraception, ...

and the oral fertility pill * 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 M.D., C.M. 1905 — Lieutenant Colonel in the

Canadian Army The Canadian Army () is the command (military formation), 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 re ...

recipient of the

Victoria Cross The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest and most prestigious decoration of the Orders, decorations, and medals of the United Kingdom, British decorations system. It is awarded for valour "in the presence of the enemy" to members of the British ...

Cara Tannenbaum Cara Tannenbaum is a Canadian researcher and physician in the fields of geriatrics, women's health, and gender research. From 2015-2022, Tannenbaum served as the Scientific Director of Canadian Institutes of Health Research's Institute of Gender ...

M.D., C.M. 1994 — geriatric medicine physician and researcher * Arnold Johnson M.D., C.M. — cardiologist pioneer, performed first heart catherization in Canada * T. Wesley Mills 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 and ...

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 typi ...

, Director of the McGill University AIDS Centre, * Santa J. Ono Ph.D. 1991 — immunologist and eye researcher, President & Vice-Chancellor

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 speci ...

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 (U.S. state), Georgia. There are currently 180 elected members. Republican Party (United States), Repu ...

* Edward Llewellyn-Thomas M.D., C.M. 1955 — English scientist, university professor and science fiction author * Rocke Robertson 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. Drummond actually failed his medical degree at McGill but received his M.D.C.M. from Bishop's College. When Bishop's merged with McGill he, like several other professors there, received an ''Ad Eundem'' M.D.C.M. degree from McGill in 1905. *

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 ( or ; or ) 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 America for hunting and for therapeutic purposes, curare only ...

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 Alice Benjamin (born 9 September 1945, Piravom, India) is a Canadian specialist in fetal and maternal medicine. Education She earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Kerala (1964) and a doctorate in medicine from the University ...

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 el ...

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 (ACS) is a professional medical association for surgeons and surgical team members, founded in 1913. It claims more than 90,000 members in 144 countries. History The ACS was founded in 1913 as an outgrowth of ...

* 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 at the St. George campus in Downtown Toronto and is one of Canada's oldest institutions ...

1992–1999, and instrumental founder/consulting dean of

Northern Ontario School of Medicine Northern Ontario School of Medicine University (NOSM University; , ''Université ÉMNO'') is a public medical university in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is mandated both to educate doctors and to contribute to care in Northern Ontario's ...

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 Jewish pediatrician Alton Goldbloom and Annie Ballon. He studied ...

O.Q., O.C., M.D., C.M. 1945 — pediatrician, politician * Doris Howell M.D., C.M. 1949 — pediatric oncologist, known for her pioneering work in palliative care, "mother of hospice" * William B. Hutchinson M.D., C.M. 1935 — American surgeon, founder of both the Pacific Northwest Research Foundation and the

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, formerly known as the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and also known as Fred Hutch or The Hutch, is a cancer research institute established in 1975 in Seattle, Washington. History The center grew out ...

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

Jon Gerrard Jon Gerrard (born October 13, 1947) is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1993 to 1997, and was a secretary of state in the government of Jean Chrétien. He was the leader of the Manitoba Liberal Party f ...

M.D., C.M. 1971 — Canadian Member of Parliament, and secretary of state in the

Jean Chrétien Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien (; born January 11, 1934) is a retired Canadian politician, statesman, and lawyer who served as the 20th prime minister of Canada from 1993 to 2003. He served as Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, leader of t ...

government * Marc Baltzan M.D., C.M. 1953 — nephrologist, pioneer in the field of kidney research * Martin Henry Dawson 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 and Dentistry The Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry at University of Alberta is located in Edmonton, Alberta, 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 ...

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 *

David Leffell David J. Leffell, MD, was born in 1956 in Montreal, Canada and educated at McGill University and Yale University. He is founder and chief of the Dermatologic Surgery Program at Yale School of Medicine. Leffell is an internationally recognized expert ...

M.D., C.M. 1981 — internationally recognized dermatologic surgeon, founder and chief of the Dermatologic Surgery Program at

Yale School of Medicine The Yale School of Medicine is the medical school of Yale University, a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. It was founded in 1810 as the Medical Institution of Yale College and formally opened in 1813. It is the sixth-oldest m ...

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

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 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 won a bronze medal i ...

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 (; 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, it serves as a hall of fame and muse ...

James John Edmund Guerin James John Edmund Guerin (4 July 1856 – 10 November 1932) was a Canadian physician and politician. Biography Born in Montreal, Canada East, the son of Thomas Guerin and Mary McGuire, Guerin was educated at the Collège de Montréal ...

M.D., C.M. 1878 — politician, Mayor of Montreal *

Peter Macklem Peter Tiffany Macklem (October 4, 1931 – February 11, 2011) 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 educated at Queen ...

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 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. Background The German army used poison gas, in the form of chlorine, for the first time against Triple Entente ...

(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; ) is an organization charged with the partial assessment and evaluation of medical graduates and physicians through standardized examination. It grants the qualification called Licentiate of the Medical Council ...

* Andrew Schally 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 ...

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 Université de Sherbrooke (UdeS; Quebec English, English: ''University of Sherbrooke'') is a French-language Public university, public research university in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, with a second campus in Longueuil, a suburb on the Mont ...

David Goldbloom David Goldbloom (born 1953) is a Canadian psychiatrist, Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto, author, lecturer and mental health advocate. He most recently served from 2003-2022 as the Senior Medical Advisor of the Centr ...

M.D., C.M. 1981 — Canadian psychiatrist, Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at the

University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public university, public research university whose main campus is located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park (Toronto), Queen's Park in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was founded by ...

* Arthur Vineberg B.Sc. 1924, M.D., C.M. 1928, Ph.D. 1933 — cardiac surgeon, pioneer of revascularization * W. Webber Kelly M.D., C.M. 1903 — prominent American physician, president of the Green Bay Football Corporation *

George Siber George Rainer Siber is a Canadian-American medical researcher and vaccinologist. He is known for developing vaccines, therapeutic antibodies, and diagnostic agents for infectious diseases. Siber is a former Harvard professor, current adjunct ...

M.D., C.M. 1970 — medical researcher and vaccine expert *

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 The Canadian Stroke Network (CSN) is a non-profit healthcare organization. About The Canadian Stroke Network is a not-for-profit, collaborative effort, with more than 100 researchers at 24 universities across Canada. It began in 1999, with $4.7 ...

Neurology Residency at McGill. * Sir Charles-Eugène-Napoléon Boucher de Boucherville M.D. 1843, Physician, politician, two-time

Premier of Quebec The premier of Quebec ( (masculine) or eminine is the head of government of the Canadian province of Quebec. The current premier of Quebec is François Legault of the Coalition Avenir Québec, sworn in on October 18, 2018, following tha ...

R. Tait McKenzie Robert Tait McKenzie ( MacKenzie) (May 26, 1867 – April 28, 1938) was a Canadian physician, educator, sculptor, athlete, soldier and Scouter. Born in Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada, he attended McGill University in Montreal ...

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

David Saint-Jacques David Saint-Jacques ( , ; born 6 January 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; ) is the national space agency of Canada, established in 1990 by the ''Canadian Space Agency Act''. The President of the Canadian Space Agency, president is Lisa Campbell (civil servant), Lisa Campbell, who took ...

(CSA), astrophysicist, engineer, and a physician * C. Miller Fisher described

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

s and identified transient ischemic attacks as stroke precursors. Miller received his M.D. from the University of Toronto but had a Residency at McGill *

John S. Meyer John Stirling Meyer, M.D. (1924–2011) was an American doctor, known internationally for his work in neurology. He served in the United States Navy at the Naval Hospital Yokosuka Japan, where he conducted research on head injuries on veterans ...

M.D., C.M., M.S. — renowned American neurologist, founding professor and Chairman of Neurology at

Wayne State University School of Medicine The Wayne State University School of Medicine (WSUSOM) is the medical school of Wayne State University, a public university, public research university in Detroit, Detroit, Michigan. It enrolls more than 1,500 students in undergraduate medical ed ...

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 nationa ...

David Francis Clyde David Francis Clyde (13 January 1925 – 12 November 2002) was a British Malaria, malariologist, tropical physician, and medical school professor, known for his research on malaria vaccines and chemotherapy. Born in Meerut, India, as the son of a ...

M.D., C.M. 1948 — British malariologist, former director of the

Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is the public health graduate school of Johns Hopkins University, a private research university primarily based in Baltimore, Maryland. It was founded as the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene a ...

* Guy Breton Res. Diag. Rad. 1978 — radiologist, rector of the

Université de Montréal The Université de Montréal (; UdeM; ) is a French-language public research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university's main campus is located in the Côte-des-Neiges neighborhood of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce on M ...

* Sherry Chou M.D., C.M. 2001 — neurologist and an Associate Professor of Neurology and Chief of Neurocritical Care at the

Northwestern University Northwestern University (NU) is a Private university, private research university in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Established in 1851 to serve the historic Northwest Territory, it is the oldest University charter, chartered university in ...

Feinberg School of Medicine The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, formerly Northwestern Medical School from 1906 to 2002, is the medical school of Northwestern University and is located in the Streeterville neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. Founded in ...

* John C. Beck, M.D., C.M. 1952 — American physician and academic * Sir Andrew Macphail M.D., C.M. 1891 – Canadian physician, intellectual, and prolific writer *

Helene Langevin Helene Langevin is the Director of the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). She was a professor in the University of Vermont College of Medicine's Department of Neurologica ...

, M.D., C.M. 1978 — Director of the

National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) is a United States government agency which explores complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). It was created in 1991 as the Office of Alternative Medicine (OAM), and r ...

(NCCIH) *

Richard Maurice Bucke Richard Maurice Bucke (18 March 1837 – 19 February 1902) was a Canadian psychiatrist in the late 19th century. An adventurer during his youth, Bucke later studied medicine. Eventually, as a psychiatrist, he headed the provincial Asylum for the ...

, M.D., C.M. 1862 — Canadian psychiatrist known for his work Cosmic Consciousness: A Study in the Evolution of the Human Mind * Robert Bell M.D., C.M. 1878 – prominent Canadian geologist, explorer, named over 3,000 geographical features *

Meyer Balter Meyer Stanley Balter (born December 26, 1954) is a Canadian physician specializing in asthma, sarcoidosis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). He earned an M.D. from McGill University Faculty of Medicine (1981). He became a Fellow ...

M.D., C.M. 1981 — pulmonologist, medical researcher, and professor * Ken Croitoru, M.D., C.M. 1981 — gastroenterologist, medical researcher, and Crohn's disease expert *

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 *

Silver Quilty Sylvester Patrick "Silver" Quilty (February 8, 1891 – December 2, 1976) was a Canadian football player, referee, coach and sport administrator. As a player, he won the Yates Cup in 1907 with the Ottawa Gee-Gees football team, and was credited ...

— football player, referee, coach and sport administrator *

Balfour Mount Balfour M. Mount, (born 14 April 1939) is a Canadian physician, surgeon, and academic. He is considered the father of palliative care in North America. Born in Ottawa, Ontario, he received his medical degree from Queen's University in 1963 and ...

Res. Surg. 1973 — urologic-cancer surgeon, father of

palliative care Palliative care (from Latin root "to cloak") is an interdisciplinary medical care-giving approach aimed at optimizing quality of life and mitigating or reducing suffering among people with serious, complex, and often terminal illnesses. Man ...

in North America * Mary Runnells Bird M.D., C.M. 1900 — Canadian surgeon, "one of Canada's first women doctors" * Stefanie Green M.D., C.M. 1993 — Canadian physician known for her contributions to the field of assisted dying * Hilal bin Ali Al Sabti Res. Cardiac Surgery 2005, MS 2006 — cardiothoracic surgeon, Minister of Health,

Oman Oman, officially the Sultanate of Oman, is a country located on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in West Asia and the Middle East. It shares land borders with Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. Oman’s coastline ...

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. Casey Wood received his M.D.C.M. degree from Bishop's College. When Bishop's merged with McGill he, like several other professors there, received an ''Ad Eundem'' MD degree from McGill in 1906.

Current and past faculty members

Madhukar Pai Madhukar Pai (also known as Madhu Pai) is a Canadian medical doctor, academic, advocate, writer, and university professor. He is the Associate Director of the McGill International Tuberculosis Centre. Pai's work focuses on global health, specifi ...

— expert on global health and epidemiology, specifically tuberculosis *

Nahum Sonenberg Nahum Sonenberg, (; 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.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 life ...

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

Alan Evans David Alan Evans (14 June 1949 – 12 April 1999) was a Welsh professional darts player and former World No. 1 who competed in the 1970s and 1980s. Evans was one of the early faces of television darts and had some tournament success in the 1 ...

neuroscientist, prominent researcher, expert in brain mapping * David S Rosenblatt, 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 *

Brenda Milner Brenda Milner (''née'' Langford; born 15 July 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 Dep ...

Ph.D. 1952 — neuropsychologist, "founder of neuropsychology" * Terence Coderre — 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 Mental Health University Institute *

Wilder Penfield Wilder Graves Penfield (January 26, 1891April 5, 1976) was an American-Canadian neurosurgeon. He expanded brain surgery's methods and techniques, including mapping the functions of various regions of the brain such as the cortical homunculus. ...

— neurosurgery pioneer, first director of the

Montreal Neurological Institute The McGill University Health Centre (MUHC; ) is one of two major healthcare networks in the city of Montreal, Quebec. It is affiliated with McGill University and one of the largest medical complexes in Montreal. It is the largest hospital system i ...

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 * John J. M. Bergeron, cell biologist and biochemist, known for discovery of

calnexin Calnexin (CNX) is a 67kDa integral protein (that appears variously as a 90kDa, 80kDa, or 75kDa band on western blotting depending on the source of the antibody) of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). It consists of a large (50 kDa) N-terminal calciu ...

, endosomal signalling and organellar

proteomics Proteomics is the large-scale study of proteins. Proteins are vital macromolecules of all living organisms, with many functions such as the formation of structural fibers of muscle tissue, enzymatic digestion of food, or synthesis and replicatio ...

Charles Philippe Leblond Charles Philippe Leblond (February 5, 1910 – April 10, 2007) was a pioneer of cell biology and stem cell research and a Canadian former professor of anatomy. Leblond is notable for developing autoradiography and his work showing how cells ...

— pioneer of cell biology and stem cell research *

Bernard Belleau Bernard Belleau (March 15, 1925 – September 4, 1989) was a Canadian molecular pharmacologist best known for his role in the discovery of Lamivudine, a drug used in the treatment of HIV and Hepatitis B infection. Biography Born in Montreal, ...

— Canadian molecular pharmacologist best known for his role in the discovery of HIV drug Lamivudine *

Henry Friesen Henry George Friesen (July 31, 1934 – April 30, 2025) was 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 gla ...

— Canadian endocrinologist, discoverer of human

prolactin Prolactin (PRL), also known as lactotropin and mammotropin, 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 secr ...

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

— 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 chronic respiratory symptoms and airflow limitation. GOLD defines COPD as a heterogeneous lung condition characterized by chronic respiratory s ...

* Augusto Claudio Cuello — Professor in the Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics and Charles E. Frosst/Merck Chair in Pharmacology * Theodore Sourkes — Canadian biochemist and neuropsychopharmacologist, expert in Parkinson's disease * 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 () is a regulatory college which acts as a national, nonprofit organization established in 1929 by a special Act of Parliament to oversee the medical education of specialists in Canada. The ...

* Albert Aguayo — 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. The organization accomplishes this through training, teaching, collaborativ ...

Abdul Rahman Al-Sumait Dr. Abd Al-Rahman bin Hamood Al-Sumait (, ; 15 October 1947 – 15 August 2013) was an Islamic scholar, medical practitioner and humanitarian from Kuwait. He was known for his philanthropic works in more than 29 African countries. Education Born ...

— Kuwaiti humanitarian, physician, known for his philanthropic works in more than 29 African countries * John J. R. Macleod — co-discoverer of insulin, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1923) laureate * Rémi Quirion — first Chief Scientist of Quebec * Gabriella Gobbi — Italo-Canadian psychiatrist and neuroscientist *

Lydia Giberson Lydia Gertrude Giberson (June 1, 1899 – April 7, 1994) was a Canadian-born psychiatrist. She was employed by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company in New York City from 1932 until her retirement in 1960. She was the first woman assistant vice ...

— 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, w ...

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 Central Intelligence Agency. ...

— Scottish-born psychiatrist known for his involvement in

Project MKUltra MKUltra was an illegal human experimentation program designed and undertaken by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to develop procedures and identify drugs that could be used during interrogations to weaken individuals and force confes ...

* Joseph B. Martin — Dean of the

Harvard Medical School Harvard Medical School (HMS) is the medical school of Harvard University and is located in the Longwood Medical and Academic Area, Longwood Medical Area in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1782, HMS is the third oldest medical school in the Un ...

, former chair of

neurology Neurology (from , "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 conditions and disease involving the nervous syst ...

and

neurosurgery Neurosurgery or neurological surgery, known in common parlance as brain surgery, is the specialty (medicine), medical specialty that focuses on the surgical treatment or rehabilitation of disorders which affect any portion of the nervous system ...

* Barbara E. Jones — Canadian neuroscientist, professor emerita in the McGill University Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery * Gustavo Turecki — Canadian psychiatrist, suicidologist, neuroscientist * Beverley Pearson Murphy — endocrinologist, developed a standard method for the measurement of thyroxine * Frederick Andermann — neurologist and expert in epilepsy, namesake for Andermann syndrome *

Juda Hirsch Quastel Juda Hirsch Quastel, (October 2, 1899 – October 15, 1987) was a British-Canadian biochemist who pioneered diverse research in neurochemistry, soil metabolism, cellular metabolism, and cancer. Biography Quastel, also known as "Harry" or ...

— 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 Canadian physician and bioethicist who is notable for co–coordinating the first kidney transplant in Canada and the Commonwealth. Biography Born in Bangalore, India, Dossetor att ...

— 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. The noun "commonwealth", meaning "public welfare, general good or advantage", dates from the 15th century. Originally a phrase (the common-wealth ...

* Ouida Ramón-Moliner — Canadian anaesthetist *

Joseph Morley Drake Joseph Morley Drake (1828-1886) was a British doctor and educator. Drake studied chemistry at the London Polytechnic Institute, and graduated as an analytical chemist in 1845. That same year, he migrated to Canada, where he worked as a pharmacist. ...

M.D., C.M. 1861 — British Physiologist *

Margaret Lock Margaret Lock (born 1936) is a distinguished British-Canadian medical anthropologist, known for her publications in connection with an anthropology of the body and embodiment, comparative epistemologies of medical knowledge and practice, and th ...

— British medical anthropologist *

Allan Blair Allan Walker Blair (1900–1948) was a professor at the University of Alabama's medical school who is best known for allowing himself to be bitten by a black widow spider in order to investigate the toxicity of its venom in humans. As a result of t ...

M.D., C.M. 1928 — professor, notorious for having purposely being bitten by

Black Widow spider ''Latrodectus'' is a broadly distributed genus of spiders with several species that are commonly known as the true widows. This group is composed of those often loosely called black widow spiders, brown widow spiders, and similar spiders. However ...

and developing its treatment protocol *

Shyamala Gopalan Shyamala Gopalan (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 has stimulated advances in breast bio ...

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

Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital (), commonly known as the Jewish General Hospital (JGH; ), is an acute-care teaching hospital in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Affiliated with McGill University, the hospital has 637 beds, making it one ...

; mother of U.S. Vice President

Kamala Harris Kamala Devi Harris ( ; born October 20, 1964) is an American politician and attorney who served as the 49th vice president of the United States from 2021 to 2025 under President Joe Biden. She is the first female, first African American, and ...

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Medical Library Archives Collection
Osler Library Archives, McGill University. Collection of primary sources documenting the growth of the Medical Library at McGill University. Also includes announcements, university calendars, and directories related to the Faculty of Medicine {{DEFAULTSORT:Mcgill University Faculty Of Medicine McGill University Medical schools in Canada