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.

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    Maud L. Menten, MD PhD

    Blood, The Early Days - Health Care Pioneers, Women in Medicine

    Dr. Maud L. Menten graduated medical school at a time when women were not legally considered persons in Canada. Despite the discrimination she…

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    Sir Wilfred Grenfell, MD

    The Early Days - Health Care Pioneers, Public Health, Health Promotion & Advocacy, Leadership in Organizational Development, Patient Care

    Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell is a familiar name in Newfoundland and Labrador where, more than a century ago, this tenacious physician, medical…

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    Wilfred G. Bigelow, MD

    Heart & Vessels, The Early Days - Health Care Pioneers, Leadership in Organizational Development

    Considered a radical and dangerous idea at the time, Dr. Bigelow’s strategic use of hypothermia paved the way for the first successful open heart…

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    Charles Beer, PhD

    Cancer

    In 1954, Dr. Charles T. Beer joined forces with the revered Dr. Robert Noble to study the impact of periwinkle plants. This research project…

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    Louis Siminovitch, PhD

    Cells, Genetics & Genomics, Global Health, Leadership in Organizational Development, The Early Days - Health Care Pioneers

    Louis Siminovitch played a fundamental role in the establishment and development of three of the most outstanding medical research environments in…

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    Henri J. Breault, MD

    Health Policy, Patient Care

    With a career in pediatrics that spanned over four decades, Dr. Henri J. Breault spent almost half of it campaigning to make the dispensing of…

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    Pierre Masson, MD

    Cells, Genetics & Genomics, Health and Medical Education & Training

    Dr. Pierre Masson was best known for his pioneering work involving brain tumours, the nervous system and histological techniques, which became the…

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    Brenda Milner, PhD

    Brain & Mind, Women in Medicine

    Dr. Brenda Milner’s pioneering work contributed to a greater understanding of how the brain works. She is considered to be one of greatest…

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    Robert Noble, MD PhD

    Cancer

    An esteemed Canadian investigator and ingenious experimentalist, Dr. Noble made profound contributions to endocrinology, physiology and cancer…

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