Medicine Focus

Meet the Winners of the 2011 Medicine Alumni Global Awards

The winners of the 2011 Medicine Alumni Global Awards were announced at a packed reception, October 14, at the Faculty of Medicine’s annual Homecoming celebrations. The prestigious awards, launched in 2009 by the Dean’s Leadership Council, are bestowed upon MDCM alumni from McGill’s Faculty of Medicine who have made extraordinary contributions to the health care professions, to McGill University and to their local and global communities.
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Medicine Alumni Global Awards: Phil Gold

For Phil Gold, BSc’57, MDCM’61, MSc’61, PhD’65, the career path that earned him McGill’s 2011 Medicine Alumni Global (MAG) Lifetime Achievement Award, really began in Grade 5, at Montreal’s Bancroft Elementary School. “I realized I was being taught what I had already learned in Grade 4,” says Gold. Read more

Lung Cancer: Myths, Facts, Choices

Basic science and advanced personalized care — a survivor’s testimonial. Part 3 of the public forum series, Waging War Against Cancer in the 21st Century. Read more

Taking the helm as Vice-Principal (Health Affairs) and Dean of Medicine is a golden opportunity for me to try and give back to a community that has given so much to me. As someone who entered the Faculty directly from CEGEP and who has spent almost his entire career here, I feel extremely proud of this place and relish every challenge that I’ve had the honour to take on. Read more

Contribuer à la communauté de qui j’ai tant reçu

Prendre la barre à titre de vice-principal (santé et affaires médicales) et de doyen de la Faculté de médecine me donne une occasion en or de rendre à la communauté mcgilloise les innombrables bienfaits que j’y ai reçus. Je suis très fier de cette institution et j’apprécie tous les défis que j’ai eu l’honneur d’y relever…Lisez la suite

Rosalind Goodman: AFP’s Outstanding Volunteer of the Year

Nominated by McGill University, Rosalind Goodman was awarded the “Outstanding Volunteer of the Year” award for 2011 by the Board of the Quebec Chapter for the Association of Fundraising Professionals. She was presented with the award on November 15 – National Philanthropy Day. Read more