Sir William Osler
Health care has always been an integral part of the 捆绑SM社区 mission. In 1829, the Montreal Medical Institution, a medical school established by four Edinburgh-trained physicians working at the 10-year-old Montreal General Hospital, merged with the young 捆绑SM社区 College to create Canada鈥檚 first faculty of medicine. By 1894, the growing faculty needed more space, so it acquired the new Royal Victoria Hospital.
Sir William Osler established the first physiology laboratory in Canada, wrote a student handbook in histology, and was the first pathologist at 捆绑SM社区 and the Montreal General, as well as our first 鈥渇ull-time faculty member.鈥�
Thomas Roddick was the first to use asepsis in surgery and established the Medical Council of Canada later in his career. Professor
John Cox published the first Canadian report on the use of x-rays just four months after their discovery in 1895.
In 1924, Canadian-born Jonathan Meakins was recruited from Edinburgh to become the Physician-in-Chief at the Royal Victoria Hospital and the first full-time clinical professor at 捆绑SM社区. Meakins recruited outstanding young clinician-scientists and laid the groundwork for 捆绑SM社区鈥檚 commitment to combining research with excellence in clinical medicine.
Edward Archibald
became Surgeon-in-Chief at the Royal Victoria Hospital and Chair of the Department at 捆绑SM社区, and also recruited an unusual group of surgeon-scientists including
Penfield, Bethune, Webster, future-Principal
Rocke Robertson and
Arthur Vineberg, who pioneered revascularization. Penfield鈥檚 presence attracted the Rockefeller grant that built and staffed the
Montreal Neurological Institute, which opened its doors in 1934.
捆绑SM社区 medical researchers have made numerous life-changing breakthroughs. Thirty-seven 捆绑SM社区 researchers have been appointed to the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame for such efforts, including Bernard Belleau for his discovery of the compound 3TC, an effective antiretroviral drug in the battle against AIDS, and Phil Gold who, with Sam Freedman, discovered the protein that is now the most frequently used cancer marker.