Meet our Laureates

Six Canadian medical heroes are inducted annually into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame. Their work may be a single meritorious contribution or a lifetime of superior accomplishments.  Pioneers in their field, they are role models of excellence in health in Canada and the world.

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    Henry J.M. Barnett, MD

    Evidence-based Medicine & Clinical Trials, Blood, Brain & Mind

    Dr. Henry Barnett's boundless curiosity and desire for evidence-based knowledge resulted in an outstanding career in investigative medicine that…

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    Michael Smith, PhD

    Cells, Genetics & Genomics, Leadership in Organizational Development

    From humble beginnings, Dr. Michael Smith became an extraordinary scientist who made significant contributions to the field of biochemistry and…

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    William T. Mustard, MD

    Skin, Bones, Muscles & Joints, Heart & Vessels

    William T. Mustard built a reputation as one of Canada’s great surgical pioneers and was instrumental in advancing the orthopaedic and cardiac…

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    Robert Salter, MD

    Skin, Bones, Muscles & Joints, Global Health, Patient Care, Health and Medical Education & Training

    As Chief of Orthopedic Surgery at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, and later as Surgeon-in-Chief, Dr…

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    Charles Drake, MD

    Brain & Mind, Leadership in Organizational Development, Health and Medical Education & Training

    Dr. Charles Drake devoted his life to improving the care of brain aneurysms in Canada. Throughout his distinguished career, he established a…

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    Maude Abbott, MD

    The Early Days - Health Care Pioneers, Women in Medicine, Heart & Vessels, Health & Humanities

    Dr. Maude Elizabeth Seymour Abbott was a pioneer in cardiology and helped lay the foundation for many more women to enter the field of medicine in…

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    John Browne, MD PhD

    Hormones, Health and Medical Education & Training, Leadership in Organizational Development, Female Reproduction

    Dr. John Symonds Lyon Browne received great acclaim for his work in endocrinology and became a leader in medical education at McGill University

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    Wilder Penfield, MD

    Leadership in Organizational Development, The Early Days - Health Care Pioneers, Health and Medical Education & Training, Brain & Mind

    Dr. Wilder Penfield’s dream was to create a center of research and treatment that integrated neurology, neuropathology and neurosurgery. In 1934,…

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    James Collip, MD PhD

    Hormones, Diabetes, Leadership in Organizational Development

    Dr. James Collip is perhaps best known as a member of the team that discovered Insulin. Long after his role in that momentous discovery, however,…

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