An international leader in surgical research and innovation

An internationally respected expert in infectious disease and a pioneer in HIV/AIDS research and control

A pioneer in Canadian public health

Dr. Frederick Montizambert was one of the first doctors in North America to realize and understand the importance of bacteriology as it relates to infectious disease.

After receiving his MD at Université Laval, Dr. Montizambert travelled to Edinburgh for further training before taking up the post of medical superintendent of the Grosse-Île Quarantine Station in 1869, a post he held for thirty years.

Internationally recognized expert of hepatitis B (HBV)

An icon in the field of allergy and immunology

A visionary-physician and a constant advocate for effective HIV-AIDS treatment

Champion disease fighter

HIV research pioneer and public health advocate

When the AIDS crisis began, this disease was at once baffling and almost uniformly fatal. Now, decades later, thanks to the work of scientists like Mark Wainberg, AIDS is now treatable, survivable and increasingly controlled in much of the world. Mark Wainberg revolutionized our understanding of HIV/AIDS at medical, epidemiological and political levels. He served as the director of the McGill University AIDS Centre at the Jewish General Hospital until his untimely death in a swimming accident.