2011 INDUCTEE Albert Aguayo, MD Brain & Mind

Albert Aguayo inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame

London, Ontario

The Albert J. Aguayo Annual Lecture in Neuroscience was established at McGill.

The Fonds de la recherche en santé du Québec also created a neuroscience fellowship bearing his name that supports the training of students from developing countries in Québec.

Global Leadership

Dr. Aguayo spearheaded new policies while serving the International Brain Research Organization, first as secretary general from 2000 to 2005, and then as president from 2006 to 2008.

Committed to enhancing support for clinician-scientist, Dr. Aguayo became a founding member of the Canadian Society of Academic Medicine

A testament to his contributions to neurology, Dr. Aguayo became the Director of Montreal General Hospital’s Division of Neurology.

In 1985, he also became Director of McGill’s Centre for Research in Neuroscience.

While at McGill, Dr. Albert Aguayo began to demonstrate that it was possible to restore severed neural pathways and connections in the central nervous system of mammals

Dr. Aguayo published the findings of innovative experiments between 1975 and 1985.

Dr. Aguayo was appointed Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at McGill University.

Dr. Aguayo came to Canada to complete his residency training at the University of Toronto.

There, he was influenced by Professor Jerzy Olszewski to pursue a career as a neuroscientist.