A pioneer in the field of neuroendocrinology

Dr. Claude Fortier had a passionate commitment to the common good of medicine in Canada. He offered his services to numerous medical organizations and was a strong advocate of clinical research. Fortier took the lead as one of the early scientists to introduce computers as a tool for medical research. His own personal research was done in the medical field of neuroendocrinology, where he was considered a world expert in the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal cortex axis (HPA).

A leader of the Canadian academic medical community

After receiving his MD from the University of Manitoba and pursing post-graduate training in internal medicine, Dr. Charles Hollenberg turned to a life of academic medicine and leadership.

A builder of the field of human cytogenetics

A Leader in Health Policy

A transformative influence on health research in Canada

A pioneering neurosurgeon and technological visionary

Dr. William Feindel had a brilliant career in neurosurgery at the Montreal Neurological Institute, University Hospital in Saskatoon and at McGill University. His research focused on the application of the successive new scanning methods that were becoming available for imaging the human brain: Computer Aided Tomography (CAT); Positron Emission Tomography (PET); Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI).

Founder of Connaught Laboratories and champion of public health

John FitzGerald was the eldest son of a pharmacist of Irish lineage. At age 16 he left home for the University of Toronto Medical School, graduating in 1903 as the youngest in his class. While Dr. FitzGerald began his career in psychiatry and neuropathology, the successes of scientists such as Louis Pasteur fueled a keen interest in bacteriology and the possibilities of preventive medicine.

A pioneer in diabetes research and treatment

"Mr. Rehabilitation"

A pioneering clinician and distinguished medical researcher