2014 INDUCTEE Walter C. Mackenzie, MD Patient Care, Health and Medical Education & Training, Leadership in Organizational Development

Walter C. Mackenzie posthumously inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame

Kingston, Ontario

One year after Dr. Mackenzie’s death, the Health Sciences Centre at the University of Alberta was named in his honour

Two projects spearheaded by Dr. Mackenzie, the Clinical Sciences Building and the Health Sciences Complex, opened

Dr. Mackenzie became Dean of the Faculty of Medicine from 1959 to 1974 and transformed the medical school through increased research funding and enhanced recruitment

During his tenure as dean, the number of residency programs grew from 19 to 29 and the resident numbers increased from 44 to 250.

Dr. Mackenzie was named Chair of the Department of Surgery and remained in this position until 1959

As chair, he secured the funds to build the McEachern Cancer Research Lab, the faculty of medicine’s first research laboratory, and created the Surgical-Medical Research Institute.

Through the efforts of Dr. Mackenzie, a number of new residency training programs began in the Faculty of Medicine

This expansion included programs in General Surgery and Ophthalmology approved in 1949, obstetrics and gynecology in 1951 and internal medicine in 1957.

After the war, Dr. Mackenzie was appointed to the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Alberta

Having only opened a year before, Dr. Mackenzie’s surgical practice was interrupted by the outbreak of World War II

He joined the Royal Canadian Navy and was rapidly promoted to Surgeon-Commander. When the war ended, he had received a Star Medal, the CVSM Medal, War Medal, and a Defense Medal for his service to Canada.

After completing his BSc and MD from Dalhousie University, Dr. Mackenzie began surgery training at McGill

He then moved to the Mayo Clinic in 1933 to complete his MSc.