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Filter our Laureates by specific diseases or specialties

Alphabetical list of our Laureates with links to their Laureate pages
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Science and Research
Understanding the body and disease process

Basic science research (sometimes called bench research) comprises disciplines such as molecular biology, biochemistry, microbiology, physiology, and pharmacology and focuses on determining the causal mechanisms behind the functioning of the human body in health and illness.

Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention
Improving health and patient outcomes

Excellence in patient care involves a wide variety of both medical and nonmedical factors including infrastructure, training, competence of personnel, efficiency of operational systems, patient engagement, access to care, clinical trials and collaboration – to name a few.

Pioneers, leaders, scholars and change makers
Building our health organizations and systems

Health care is a system comprising people, institutions & resources along with the training, policies, structure and organizational leadership that make it all happen.
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Understanding the body and disease process

Basic science research (sometimes called bench research) comprises disciplines such as molecular biology, biochemistry, microbiology, physiology, and pharmacology and focuses on determining the causal mechanisms behind the functioning of the human body in health and illness.

Improving health and patient outcomes

Excellence in patient care involves a wide variety of both medical and nonmedical factors including infrastructure, training, competence of personnel, efficiency of operational systems, patient engagement, access to care, clinical trials and collaboration – to name a few.

Building our health organizations and systems

Health care is a system comprising people, institutions & resources along with the training, policies, structure and organizational leadership that make it all happen.
Laureate Nominations
Induction Ceremony
Student Awards
Discovery Days
Museum School
Building our future

Through our educational programs, the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame fosters future generations of medical heroes. We encourage young people to learn more about Canada's rich medical history and to explore the exciting career options that are available to them in medicine and the health sciences.

Educators (Gr. 7 & 8)

Resources
Building our future

Through our educational programs, the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame fosters future generations of medical heroes. We encourage young people to learn more about Canada's rich medical history and to explore the exciting career options that are available to them in medicine and the health sciences.

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.

Meet our Laureates

Naranjan S. Dhalla, PhD

Adolfo de Bold, PhD

Salim Yusuf, MBBS DPhil

Wilfred G. Bigelow, MD