Notable faculty and alumni Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry

frederick banting, primary discoverer of insulin

since founding, medical , dental schools have produced number of famous physicians , inventors, including:

frederick banting: surgeon; primary discoverer of insulin; lecturer in orthopedics , anthropology (1920-1921)
margaret chan: current director-general of world health organization (who)


margaret chan, director-general of world health organization (who)



jane philpott: current minister of health , member of parliament markham-stouffville
henry j.m. barnett: neurologist; expert in medical management of stroke; along charles drake, co-founder of department of clinical neurological sciences @ university hospital (london)
charles g. drake: neurosurgeon; established university of western ontario neurosurgical centre of excellence; pioneered treatment of vertebral basilar aneurysms
gary g. ferguson: neurosurgeon; internationally recognized leader on research in stroke prevention surgery
ian mcwhinney: family physician; known father of family medicine ; established centre studies in family medicine, regarded premier research centre in family medicine in canada
chil-yong kang: led team developed preventative hiv vaccine use genetically modified version of whole virus @ western
david jaffray: pioneer in medical imaging , professor @ university of toronto


ian mcwhinney, known father of family medicine



henri breault: chief of pediatrics , director of poison control centre @ hotel dieu hospital; instrumental in creation of first child-proof container
ken hebel: prosthetic dentist, recognized within dental community owner of hands on training institute, educational program trains dentists in implant dentistry
robert noble: involved in discovery of vinblastine
murray barr: discovered important cell structure named after him: barr body, inactive x chromosome in female somatic cell, rendered inactive lyonization
gopal bhatnagar: head of cardiovascular surgery unit @ trillium health centre; led team performed first cardiopulmonary bypass surgery in canada in 2004 using new sorin mini-bypass technology
jock mckeen: co-founder of haven institute bennet wong
john david spence: medical researcher , professor @ university of western ontario
paul polak: co-founder , ceo of windhorse international
a. albert yuzpe: obstetrician-gynecologist; known work on human fertility , emergency contraception. yuzpe regimen, named after him
barry a. love: cardiologist; director of congenital cardiac catheterization laboratory , director of pediatric electrophysiology service @ mount sinai medical center , assistant professor of both pediatrics , cardiology @ mount sinai school of medicine
jonathan larmonth meakins:surgeon, expert in immunobiology , surgical infections; fourth person , first canadian appointed nuffield professor of surgery professor @ university of oxford. fellow of balliol college, oxford , leads nuffield department surgery
william james roche: canadian politician , conservative member of parliament
donald rix: pathologist , philanthropist
thomas chisholm: lecturer
melanie kok: olympic canadian rower
james collip: dean of medicine @ university of western ontario, , part of toronto group isolated insulin
lawrence sealewyn holmes: dermatologist , radiologist; noted philatelist
john g. kelton: dean of medicine @ mcmaster university medical school , mcmaster faculty of health sciences, developed diagnostic test heparin-induced thrombocytopenia




^ gary g. ferguson
^ http://hospitalnews.com/trillium-health-centre-first-in-canada-to-use-new-heart-bypass-technology/