“I can’t wait to see the extraordinary promise unleashed by these new facilities on our quest to become a centre of excellence in personalized medicine,” says Dean Richard I. Levin. “It offers so much in terms of how we can improve the care we give our patients, the learning experience we can offer our students and residents, and the vital research work we will be able to do here to take on and defeat the world’s most serious diseases.” Read more
Fall 2010
There is a palpable passion for family medicine at UMF-Gatineau. Since 1988, when the Unité de Médecine Familiale (Family Medicine Unit) was founded in affiliation with McGill, local doctors and educators have focused on one critical goal: to create more general practitioners. Read more
Fall 2010
“I am indebted to McGill for my medical education,” says William Bentham, MDCM’55, GradDipMed’59, who has given back to McGill since 1956. Recently, Bentham and his wife Christie have established the Dr. William H. and Mrs. Christie J. Bentham McGill Medical Research Fund to support Parkinson’s research at the McGill Centre for Studies in Aging. Read More
Fall 2010
When Vania Jimenez, BSc’67, MDCM’71, thinks of family medicine in Quebec, it is with considerable optimism for the field’s future. “The family physician needs to be recognized at all levels as the ‘fundamental’ physician,” explains the family practitioner, medical director of the CSSS de la Montagne in Montreal and keynote speaker [...] Read More
Fall 2010
With over 750 guests, $2.5-million raised, a small army of serving staff, and the talent of jazz singer Carol Welsman, the inaugural Goodman Cancer Research Gala on June 5 was about the biggest event of its kind in McGill history. Read More
Fall 2010
On May 25, 2010, American Edward J. Burger, BSc’54, MDCM’58, was named a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the latest accolade in what he refers to as an “unorthodox but rewarding career.” Burger’s unconventional career includes working for the office of the President’s Science Adviser under former [...] Read More
Fall 2010
Martin Black, BSc’63, MDCM’67, has been inspiring his colleagues since he arrived at the Jewish General Hospital (JGH) in 1973. Currently director of the McGill Program in Head and Neck Oncology, Black was named to the Honour List for Educational Excellence in the Faculty of Medicine in 1998, received the outstanding teacher award from McGill’s Department of Otolaryngology, and also won the Prix d’Excellence from the [...] Read More
Fall 2010
This June, Vice-Principal of Health Affairs and Dean of Medicine Richard I. Levin was honoured by the McGill Alumni Association with the David Johnston Award for his exemplary work in fundraising on behalf of the University’s Annual Fund. Read More
Fall 2010
When the Marjorie and Gerald B. Bronfman family gave McGill the means to help create a leading centre for clinical research in oncology and give birth to a truly unique department of oncology in 1991, work in the impressive grey stone building on Pine Avenue focused chiefly on patients who already had cancer.
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Fall 2010
Launched by Richard I. Levin, the Faculty’s strategic planning process, entitled “Think Dangerously,” reached a major milestone this summer. At the Faculty of Medicine Town Hall, the Design Groups, each tasked with mapping the future in a key area – Education, Research and the Faculty Lifecycle – publicly presented their draft recommendations.
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