“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
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
“ There are only five practising Aboriginal physicians in Quebec,” says Lauren Hamlin-Douglas, BSc’06, MSc’08. “And while 20 per cent of Canadians live in rural areas, only 10 per cent of doctors practise in those regions.” It was to address these stark realities that McGill’s student-run Regional Initiative was born. The program, which Lauren Hamlin-Douglas [...]
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“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
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
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
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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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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Neuroscience research took another great step forward this spring as McGill University and Imperial College London signed an agreement to work more closelyin this crucial field. A similar partnership was struck between McGill and the University of Oxford at the same time last year. Both aim to take leading-edge research at these institutions even further to broaden our collective understanding of the human brain. Read More
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For Anthony Albers, MDCM’10, choosing to pursue his medical degree and residency at McGill is a dream come true. As a Quebecer, he wants to stay close to his roots and help people in the place where he feels most at home. “I enjoy the McGill community,” he shares. “In my opinion, the medical program here is the best in Canada. McGill trains top-quality residents and allows for great fellowship opportunities afterwards. And it’s wonderful to be able to be close to family and friends and stay in my home province.” Read more
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
