McGill University Faculty of Medicine
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The Faculty of Medicine is one of the constituent faculties of McGill University
. It was established in 1823 as the Montreal Medical Institution, and became the first faculty of McGill College in 1829; it was the first medical faculty to be established in Canada
.. The Faculty awarded McGill's first degree, and Canada's first medical degree to William Leslie Logie in 1833.
The faculty includes three schools, the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, School of Nursing, and the School of Physical and Occupational Therapy. It also includes several research centres involved in studies on, for example, pain
, neuroscience
, and aging. Most of the non-clinical parts of the faculty are housed in the http://cac.mcgill.ca/campus/buildings/McIntyre_Medical_Sciences.html McIntyre Medical Sciences Building, situated on McGill's downtown campus on the south side of Mount Royal
between Avenue des Pins and Avenue Docteur-Penfield.
The McGill University Health Centre
is affiliated with the faculty, and is composed of five teaching hospitals — the Royal Victoria Hospital which incorporates the Montreal Chest Institute
, Montreal General Hospital
, Montreal Children's Hospital
, Montreal Neurological Hospital. Three other major health care facilities are also affiliated with the faculty: Jewish General Hospital
, Douglas Hospital
and St. Mary's Hospital. In April 2006, the Quebec government approved plans to commence the first phase of construction of the new, redeveloped McGill University Health Centre (MUHC).
is the only medical school in Canada to award four-year medical M.D., C.M. degrees (abbreviated MDCM). MDCM is from the Latin "Medicinae Doctor et Chirurgiae Magister" meaning "Doctor of Medicine and Master of Surgery". The Faculty of Medicine also offers joint degree programs with other disciplines including business M.D.-M.B.A. and science/engineering M.D.-Ph.D.
. There is also an accelerated program for selected graduates of the Quebec junior college (CEGEP
) system (PRE-MED-ADM or MED-P) that combines one year of science curriculum with the four-year M.D., C.M. degrees.
Admissions to McGill Medicine is very competitive. For medical school students entering in 2010, the mean undergraduate GPA is 3.80, and the mean MCAT score is 32.1 (88th percentile).
. In 1829 it was incorporated into McGill College as the new College's first faculty; it thus became the first Faculty of Medicine in Canada. A highly didactic approach to medical education called the "Edinburgh curriculum", which consisted of two six-month courses of basic science lectures and two years of "walking the wards" at The Montreal General Hospital, was instituted.
Sir William Dawson
, the principal of McGill, was instrumental in garnering resources for the faculty and pioneering contributions from Thomas Roddick
, Francis Shepherd, George Ross and Sir William Osler helped to transform the Victorian era medical school into a leader in modern medical education. Osler graduated from the MDCM program at McGill University Faculty of Medicine in 1872, and co-founded the present-day Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
in 1893.
Clinical
Centres
Samuel Ugoji
McGill University
Mohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...
. It was established in 1823 as the Montreal Medical Institution, and became the first faculty of McGill College in 1829; it was the first medical faculty to be established in Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
.. The Faculty awarded McGill's first degree, and Canada's first medical degree to William Leslie Logie in 1833.
The faculty includes three schools, the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, School of Nursing, and the School of Physical and Occupational Therapy. It also includes several research centres involved in studies on, for example, pain
Pain
Pain is an unpleasant sensation often caused by intense or damaging stimuli such as stubbing a toe, burning a finger, putting iodine on a cut, and bumping the "funny bone."...
, neuroscience
Neuroscience
Neuroscience is the scientific study of the nervous system. Traditionally, neuroscience has been seen as a branch of biology. However, it is currently an interdisciplinary science that collaborates with other fields such as chemistry, computer science, engineering, linguistics, mathematics,...
, and aging. Most of the non-clinical parts of the faculty are housed in the http://cac.mcgill.ca/campus/buildings/McIntyre_Medical_Sciences.html McIntyre Medical Sciences Building, situated on McGill's downtown campus on the south side of Mount Royal
Mount Royal
Mount Royal is a mountain in the city of Montreal, immediately west of downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada, the city to which it gave its name.The mountain is part of the Monteregian Hills situated between the Laurentians and the Appalachians...
between Avenue des Pins and Avenue Docteur-Penfield.
The McGill University Health Centre
McGill University Health Centre
The McGill University Health Centre is a network of teaching and community hospitals in Montreal, Quebec, Canada affiliated with McGill University....
is affiliated with the faculty, and is composed of five teaching hospitals — the Royal Victoria Hospital which incorporates the Montreal Chest Institute
Montreal Chest Institute
Montreal Chest Institute is a health centre in Montreal specializing in respiratory medicine....
, Montreal General Hospital
Montreal General Hospital
The Montreal General Hospital is a hospital in Montreal, Canada, established on May 1, 1819 and an early teaching hospital. First located on the corner of Craig and St-Lawrence Streets with only 24 beds, it moved in 1822 to a new 72-bed building on Dorchester Street. It is currently situated on...
, Montreal Children's Hospital
Montreal Children's Hospital
The Montreal Children's Hospital is a tertiary care pediatric teaching Hospital affiliated with the McGill University Health Centre. It is also the only pediatric facility serving the McGill Réseau Universitaire Intégré Santé...
, Montreal Neurological Hospital. Three other major health care facilities are also affiliated with the faculty: Jewish General Hospital
Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital
The Jewish General Hospital is an acute-care McGill University teaching hospital with 637 beds, serving patients from Montreal, from across the province of Quebec and around the world.The Jewish General...
, Douglas Hospital
Douglas Hospital
The Douglas Mental Health University Institute is a Canadian psychiatric hospital located in the borough of Verdun in the city of Montreal, Quebec. It is also a teaching hospital affiliated with McGill University...
and St. Mary's Hospital. In April 2006, the Quebec government approved plans to commence the first phase of construction of the new, redeveloped McGill University Health Centre (MUHC).
Education
McGill University Faculty of MedicineMcGill University Faculty of Medicine
The Faculty of Medicine is one of the constituent faculties of McGill University. It was established in 1823 as the Montreal Medical Institution, and became the first faculty of McGill College in 1829; it was the first medical faculty to be established in Canada....
is the only medical school in Canada to award four-year medical M.D., C.M. degrees (abbreviated MDCM). MDCM is from the Latin "Medicinae Doctor et Chirurgiae Magister" meaning "Doctor of Medicine and Master of Surgery". The Faculty of Medicine also offers joint degree programs with other disciplines including business M.D.-M.B.A. and science/engineering M.D.-Ph.D.
Ph.D.
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. There is also an accelerated program for selected graduates of the Quebec junior college (CEGEP
Cégep
CEGEP is an acronym for , which is literally translated as "College of General and Vocational Education" but commonly called "General and Vocational College" in circles not influenced by Quebec English. It refers to the public post-secondary education collegiate institutions exclusive to the...
) system (PRE-MED-ADM or MED-P) that combines one year of science curriculum with the four-year M.D., C.M. degrees.
Admissions to McGill Medicine is very competitive. For medical school students entering in 2010, the mean undergraduate GPA is 3.80, and the mean MCAT score is 32.1 (88th percentile).
History
The Montreal Medical Institution, was established in 1823 by four physicians, two of whom who had been trained at Edinburgh University, and who all worked at the Montreal General HospitalMontreal General Hospital
The Montreal General Hospital is a hospital in Montreal, Canada, established on May 1, 1819 and an early teaching hospital. First located on the corner of Craig and St-Lawrence Streets with only 24 beds, it moved in 1822 to a new 72-bed building on Dorchester Street. It is currently situated on...
. In 1829 it was incorporated into McGill College as the new College's first faculty; it thus became the first Faculty of Medicine in Canada. A highly didactic approach to medical education called the "Edinburgh curriculum", which consisted of two six-month courses of basic science lectures and two years of "walking the wards" at The Montreal General Hospital, was instituted.
Sir William Dawson
John William Dawson
Sir John William Dawson, CMG, FRS, FRSC , was a Canadian geologist and university administrator.- Life and work :...
, the principal of McGill, was instrumental in garnering resources for the faculty and pioneering contributions from Thomas Roddick
Thomas George Roddick
Sir Thomas George Roddick was a Canadian surgeon, medical administrator, and politician born in Harbor Grace, Newfoundland-Medical service:...
, Francis Shepherd, George Ross and Sir William Osler helped to transform the Victorian era medical school into a leader in modern medical education. Osler graduated from the MDCM program at McGill University Faculty of Medicine in 1872, and co-founded the present-day Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine , located in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., is the academic medical teaching and research arm of Johns Hopkins University. Hopkins has consistently been the nation's number one medical school in the amount of competitive research grants awarded by the National...
in 1893.
Departments and Centres
Basic Sciences- Anatomy and Cell Biology
- Biochemistry
- Biomedical Engineering
- Epidemiology & Biostatistics
- Occupational Health
- Human Genetics
- Microbiology & Immunology
- Pathology
- Pharmacology & Therapeutics
- Physiology
- Social Studies of Medicine
Clinical
- Anesthesia
- Diagnostic Radiology
- Epidemiology & Biostatistics
- Occupational Health
- Family Medicine
- Human Genetics
- Neurology & Neurosurgery
- Obstetrics and Gynecology
- McGill Reproductive Centre
- Gynecological Oncology Unit
- Oncology
- Ophthalmology
- Otolaryngology
- Pathology
- Pediatrics
- Psychiatry
Centres
- Bone and Periodontal Research
- Aging
- A.I.D.S.
- Anesthesia Research Unit
- Artificial Cells & Organs Research
- Bioinformatics
- Biomedical Ethics Unit
- Cancer
- Host Resistance
- Language, Mind and Brain
- Medical Education
- Nonlinear Dynamics in Physiology and Medicine
- Nutrition and Food Science
- Pain
- Research in Neuroscience
- Translational Research in Cancer
Notable Faculty and Alumni
Donald Ballew- Charles R. DrewCharles R. DrewCharles Richard Drew was an American physician, surgeon and medical researcher. He researched in the field of blood transfusions, developing improved techniques for blood storage, and applied his expert knowledge to developing large-scale blood banks early in World War II. This allowed medics to...
M.D.C.M. 1933 — physician and professor - Andrew Fernando HolmesAndrew Fernando HolmesAndrew Fernando Holmes was a Canadian physician, academic, and one of the founders of the Montreal Medical Institution, the first medical school in Canada....
— first dean of McGill College Medical Faculty - David Hunter HubelDavid H. HubelDavid Hunter Hubel is the John Franklin Enders Professor of Neurobiology, Emeritus, at Harvard Medical School. He was co-recipient with Torsten Wiesel of the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for their discoveries concerning information processing in the visual system; the prize was...
B.Sc 1947, M.D.C.M. 1951 — Nobel laureate in Physiology (1981) - Colin MacLeod M.D.C.M. 1932 — Canadian-American geneticist, discovered DNA breakthroughs
- Joseph B. MartinJoseph B. MartinJoseph Boyd Martin, is currently Professor of Neurobiology at Harvard Medical School. Previous to that, he served as the Dean of Harvard Medical School before stepping down on June 30, 2007.- Career :...
— Dean of the Harvard Medical SchoolHarvard Medical SchoolHarvard Medical School is the graduate medical school of Harvard University. It is located in the Longwood Medical Area of the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts....
, former chair of neurologyNeurologyNeurology is a medical specialty dealing with disorders of the nervous system. Specifically, it deals with the diagnosis and treatment of all categories of disease involving the central, peripheral, and autonomic nervous systems, including their coverings, blood vessels, and all effector tissue,...
and neurosurgeryNeurosurgeryNeurosurgery is the medical specialty concerned with the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of disorders which affect any portion of the nervous system including the brain, spine, spinal cord, peripheral nerves, and extra-cranial cerebrovascular system.-In the United States:In... - Jonathan MeakinsJonathan MeakinsJonathan Larmonth Meakins, is a Canadian surgeon, academic, and expert in immunobiology and surgical infections.Born in Toronto, Ontario, he received a Bachelor of Science degree from McGill University and a Doctor of Medicine from the University of Western Ontario in 1966...
B.Sc 1962 — surgeon, immunologist - Ronald MelzackRonald MelzackRonald Melzack, is a Canadian psychologist.After studying for his Ph.D. in 1954 with D. O. Hebb at McGill University in Montreal, he began to work with patients who suffered from "phantom limb" pain — people who feel pain in an arm or leg that has been removed...
(medicineMedicineMedicine is the science and art of healing. It encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....
) Ph.D 1954 — developed the McGill Pain Questionnaire - Brenda MilnerBrenda MilnerBrenda Milner, is a Canadian neuroscientist who has contributed extensively to the research literature on various topics in the field of clinical neuropsychology. -Biography:...
Ph. D 1952 — neuropsychologist - William OslerWilliam OslerSir William Osler, 1st Baronet was a physician. He was one of the "Big Four" founding professors at Johns Hopkins Hospital as the first Professor of Medicine and founder of the Medical Service there. Sir William Osler, 1st Baronet (July 12, 1849 – December 29, 1919) was a physician. He was...
(medicineMedicineMedicine is the science and art of healing. It encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....
) M.D.C.M. 1872 — professor, medical pioneer, developed bedside teaching, one of the four founders of the Johns Hopkins Medical School at Johns Hopkins UniversityJohns Hopkins UniversityThe Johns Hopkins University, commonly referred to as Johns Hopkins, JHU, or simply Hopkins, is a private research university based in Baltimore, Maryland, United States... - Wilder PenfieldWilder PenfieldWilder Graves Penfield, OM, CC, CMG, FRS was an American born Canadian neurosurgeon. During his life he was called "the greatest living Canadian"...
(neurosurgeryNeurosurgeryNeurosurgery is the medical specialty concerned with the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of disorders which affect any portion of the nervous system including the brain, spine, spinal cord, peripheral nerves, and extra-cranial cerebrovascular system.-In the United States:In...
) — neurosurgery pioneer, first director of the renowned Montreal Neurological InstituteMontreal Neurological InstituteThe Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital is an academic medical centre dedicated to neuroscience research, training and clinical care. The Institute is part of McGill University and the Hospital is one of the five teaching hospitals of the McGill University Health Centre, in Montreal,...
and Montreal Neurological Hospital - Juda Hirsch QuastelJuda Hirsch QuastelJuda Hirsch Quastel, CC, FRS, FRSE was a British-Canadian biochemist who pioneered diverse research in neurochemistry, soil metabolism, cellular metabolism, and cancer....
(biochemistryBiochemistryBiochemistry, sometimes called biological chemistry, is the study of chemical processes in living organisms, including, but not limited to, living matter. Biochemistry governs all living organisms and living processes...
) — pioneer in neurochemistryNeurochemistryNeurochemistry is the specific study of neurochemicals, which include neurotransmitters and other molecules such as neuro-active drugs that influence neuron function. This principle closely examines the manner in which these neurochemicals influence the network of neural operation...
and soil metabolism; Director of the McGill University-Montreal General Hospital Research Institute - Andrew Schally Ph. D 1957 — Nobel laureate in Physiology (1977)
- Rocke RobertsonRocke RobertsonHarold Rocke Robertson, CC, FRSC is the former Principal and Vice-Chancellor of McGill University and a physician.- Biography :...
B.Sc 1932, M.D.C.M. 1936 — physician - Thomas George RoddickThomas George RoddickSir Thomas George Roddick was a Canadian surgeon, medical administrator, and politician born in Harbor Grace, Newfoundland-Medical service:...
M.D.C.M. 1868 — surgeon - Arthur Vineberg B.Sc 1928, Ph. D 1933 — cardiac surgeon, pioneer of revascularization
Samuel Ugoji
See also
- Osler Library of the History of MedicineOsler Library of the History of MedicineThe Osler Library, a branch of the McGill University Library, is Canada's foremost scholarly resource in the history of medicine, and one of the most important libraries of its type in North America...
- McGill UniversityMcGill UniversityMohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...
- McGill Journal of MedicineMcGill Journal of MedicineThe McGill Journal of Medicine is a peer-reviewed medical journal entirely run by medical students. Its executive members consist mainly of second-year students at McGill University...
- McGill University Life Sciences Research ComplexMcGill University Life Sciences Research ComplexThe McGill University Life Sciences Research Complex or simply the McGill Life Sciences Complex is a collaborative effort between McGill's Faculty of Science, Faculty of Medicine and the McGill University Health Centre to create a multi-disciplinary research environment for investigators in the...
External links
- Faculty of Medicine
- School of Communication Sciences and Disorders
- School of Nursing
- School of Physical and Occupational Therapy