Highlights from Med//E-News: The McGILL FACULTY OF MEDICINE ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER

• Dr. Guy Rouleau re-appointed Chair, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery October 19, 2018
  We are delighted to announce the re-appointment of Dr. Guy Rouleau to the position of Chair of the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University. Dr. Rouleau originally took on this role in 2013. He is also in the second term of his appointment as Director of the Montreal Neurological Institute and […]
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• Weight loss success linked with active self-control regions of the brain October 18, 2018
  New research suggests that higher-level brain functions have a major role in losing weight. In a study among 24 participants at a weight-loss clinic, those who achieved greatest success in terms of weight loss demonstrated more activity in the brain regions of the lateral prefrontal cortex associated with self-control. The results of the study were […]
  Jason Clement
• Dr. Pierre-Paul Tellier receives Honorary McGill Scarlet Key October 18, 2018
  We wish to congratulate Dr. Pierre-Paul Tellier, Associate Professor of the Department of Family Medicine, for receiving the Honorary Scarlet Key from the McGill Alumni Association. The Scarlet Key Society began in 1925 as the official host and guide for dignitaries and special guests visiting the University. In 1938, a parallel organization called the Red […]
  Jason Clement
• Dr. Jeannie Haggerty named 2018 CFPC Family Medicine Researcher of the Year October 18, 2018
  We wish to congratulate Dr. Jeannie Haggerty, recipient of the 2018 Family Medicine Researcher of the Year Award from the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC). The Family Medicine Researcher of the Year Award recognizes a CFPC member who has made original and crucial contributions to research and knowledge building in family medicine in […]
  Jason Clement
• Congratulations to Dr. Goldie Marmor, appointed Director of Undergraduate Education in Family Medicine! October 18, 2018
  Reporting directly to the Chair of the Department of Family Medicine as well as to the Associate Dean of Undergraduate Medical Education, Dr. Marmor is responsible for all undergraduate teaching activities within the Department of Family Medicine. Read more ►  
  Jason Clement
• Thank you to Dr. Mark Karanofsky for his dedication to the Family Medicine Undergraduate Program! October 18, 2018
  It is with much gratitude that we salute Dr. Mark Karanofsky for his leadership as Director of the Undergraduate Program for the McGill Department of Family Medicine, a position he has held for over two and a half years. He officially stepped down from this position on September 30, 2018. Since July 2018, he has […]
  Jason Clement
• Two awards for McGill’s Dr. Robyn Tamblyn October 18, 2018
  Over the last several months Dr. Robyn Tamblyn, Professor in the Department of Medicine and in the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health has been twice-honoured as she was both named as the 2018 Justice Emmett Hall Laureate by the Justice Emmett Hall Memorial Foundation and selected as the 2018 recipient of the Peggy […]
  Jason Clement