2020 INDUCTEE Joseph Martin, MD PhD Cells, Genetics & Genomics, Health and Medical Education & Training, Leadership in Organizational Development

Joseph Martin inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame

Virtual Ceremony (originally scheduled to be in Vancouver BC)

Delivered the Bicentennial Holmes Lecture at McGill University

Dr. Martin presented a historical narrative of the opening, in the same year (1821-22), of two great hospitals, the Montreal General and the Massachusetts General.

Dr. Martin published his memoir "Alfalfa to Ivy; Memoir of a Harvard Medical School Dean" (University of Alberta Press)

Six years later, he published a set of essays based upon commencement addresses entitled: "Reflections on Science, Religion and Society: A Medical Perspective" (Friesen Press).

Upon stepping down as dean, Dr. Martin chose to remain at Harvard as the Edward R. and Anne G. Lefler Distinguished Professor of Neurobiology

That same year, Harvard University recognized Martin’s contributions with the naming of the Joseph B. Martin Conference Center at the medical school.

Throughout his career, Dr. Martin remained committed to Canadian excellence in research

In 2005, he was a key figure in the development of the Ontario Brain Institute where he served as co-chair of the organizing committee for ten years.

Under Dr. Martin’s leadership as dean, the Dana Farber Harvard Cancer Centre was established

The Centre is home to seven affiliated institutions who collaborate to improve research practice and reduce the cancer burden.

Dr. Martin returned to Harvard to become Dean of the Faculty of Medicine

During his tenure at Harvard, the medical school curriculum was comprehensively revised, a project achievable only with the highest levels of insight, expertise, and leadership.

Dr. Joseph Martin became Dean of the School of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco

Four years later, he was promoted to Chancellor and led efforts to expand campus space devoted to biomedical, bioengineering and global health research.

While in the United States, Dr. Martin still played an active role in the promotion of Canadian health research

From 1982 to 1987, he served on the Scientific Advisory Council for the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research

Dr. Joseph Martin developed an NIH-sponsored Huntington’s Disease Research Center at Massachusetts General Hospital that brought together scientists from Harvard, MIT and Boston University

At the lab, Dr. Martin and his team performed ground-breaking work in the genetics of Huntington’s Disease and Alzheimer’s disease.

Described as a bitter-sweet decision, Dr. Martin moved to Massachusetts to become the Bullard Professor of Neurology at the Harvard Medical School

He was also appointed Chief of Neurology at the Massachusetts General Hospital.

Dr. Martin returned to Canada to become Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery at McGill University

Within a few years, Martin was named Chair of the department and Neurologist-in-Chief at the Montreal Neurological Institute.

After graduating from medical school with the John W. Scott Gold Medal, Dr. Martin remained in Alberta to complete his internship at the University Hospital in Edmonton

He then travelled to Cleveland, Ohio to complete his residency in Neurology at University Hospital, Case Western Reserve University.