Pediatrician, Geneticists Claim Cmas Highest Honours During Annual Meeting Presentations

PEDIATRICIAN, GENETICISTS CLAIM CMAS HIGHEST HONOURS DURING ANNUAL MEETING PRESENTATIONS

Steven Wharry

-______Dr. Mary Seshia, director of newborn services at the Health Sciences A toutes les assemblees annuelles, le prix F.N.G. Starr. Pediatre et g6nkti- Centre in Winnipeg. "He indicated l'AMC souligne par des distinctions les cien, le Dr Charles Scriver, de Mon- to me that he was not sure whether contributions exceptionnelles a la tr6al, a recu la M6daille de service, tan- he would attend the delivery or the m6decine, aux soins de sante et a l'hu- dis que le Dr Lap-Chee Tsui, chercheur wedding!" manite. Cette annee, le DrJack Bow- de Toronto, a requ la Medaille d'hon- The author of more than 160 arti- man, pediatre de Winnipeg, a rec,u la neur. L'AMC a aussi decerne le titre de les, papers and book chapters, Dr. plus haute distinction de I'AMC, c.-a-d. membre 6m&ite a 34 m6decins. cles, Bowman hashasantedpresented hundredshapteds of papers to regional, provincial, na- T heF.N.G. Starr Award, the "Vic- Manitoba Rh program, which turned tional and international meetings toria Cross of Canadian medi- maternal-fetal Rh disease from "a during the last 30 years. He received cine,' is the highest award the CMA scourge of the newborn into a rela- many awards during his medical ca- can bestow upon one of its members. tively minor problem in terms of out- reer, including the Order of Canada It honours physicians who have come.' This work has since saved and the Manitoba Medical Associa- made outstanding contributions to thousands of lives. tion's Distinguished Service Award, science, the fine arts or literature, or His colleagues laud his clinical in- and just recently was inducted into may recognize those who have the Order of the Buffalo Hunt, the served humanity with courage and highest honour the province of Man- endured great hardship to promote itoba can bestow on people who health or the saving of life, advanced have made outstanding contributions the life of their community or im- to their community. proved medical service in Canada. Dr. Bowman is medical director of Dr. John Jack) Bowman of Win- the Rh Laboratory at the Health Sci- nipeg was awarded the 1996 EN.G. ences Centre at the University of Starr Award during the CMAs recent T Manitoba where he is also professor annual meeting in Sydney, NS, in m b l-'of pediatrics and child health. He recognition of his work in the battle Cand hi e, onstance May, have against Rh hemolytic disease of the five children. fetus and newborn. After graduating with the Univer- CMA MEDAL OF SERVICE sity Gold Medal in Medicine and the Manitoba Medical Association Gold Dr.John Bowman Dr. Charles Scriver of Montreal Medal for Highest Overall Standing was presented the CMA Medal of in Medicine in 1949, the Manitoba Service for his outstanding work in native spent a year in general prac- vestigation and teaching skills, but the field of genetics. His work to es- tice before being certified in pedi- they also praise his unwavering com- tablish a nationwide metabolite atrics. He led the world-renowned mitment to his patients. "I well re- screening program for newborns was member him discussing with me his considered landmark work in genet- Steve Wharyisssocate eitorfCMA ews.options should a severely isoimmu- ics research. nized fetus be delivered on the day A 1955 graduate of McGill Uni- 0 1996CanadianMedicalAssociation(textandr6sumd) of his daughter's wedding," recalled versity, Dr. Scriverbegan hiscareerin

CAN MED ASSOC J * SEPT. 1, 1996; 155 (5) 577 CMA MEDAL OF HONOUR awarded by the Canadian Society for Clinical Investigation and the Royal . The contributions of Lap-Chee College of Physicians and Surgeons Tsui, PhD, to medical research in the of Canada, in 1995. He is married field of cystic fibrosis (CF) earned him and has two children. the 1996 CMA Medal of Honour. In 1.989 Dr. Tsui led a team of re- SENIOR MEMBERS searchers at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto that identified CMA Senior Memberships recog- the defective gene responsible for nize long-term, distinguished med- CF. The discovery has been called ical service. fione of the most significant discover- The 1996 recipients from British I ies in the history of human genetics" Columbia were Dr. Trevor Sandy, Dr. Charles Scriver and has opened the door to new Vancouver; Dr. John O'Brien-Bell, drug treatments for this disease. Surrey; Dr. Marc Villanueva, Co- Since that milestone, Dr. Tsui has mox; Dr. Archibald Young, Chilli- genetics as a McLaughlin travelling continued to search for a cure for wack; Dr. G. Scott Wallace, Victo- fellow. He was appointed to the De- cystic fibrosis. His work has pro- ria; Dr. William Govan, Kelowna; partment of Paediatrics at McGill and vided the basis for gene-therapy pro- Dr. Owen Gloster, Duncan, and Dr. as a Markle scholar in 1961, becom- tocols in the US and for the Cana- L. Mitchell Greene, Prince Rupert. ing a professor in pediatrics in 1969. dian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation's Dr. William Buchan, Whitehorse, As well as his work in the metabo- Research Development Program at was named a senior member in the lite screening program, Dr. Scriver the Hospital for Sick Children in Yukon. was also instrumental in establishing Toronto. Recipients from the Prairies were a "food bank" in Montreal to provide Dr. Gerald Higgins, now of Burling- food for children with metabolic dis- ton, Ont.; Drs. John Ibberson and orders. He has been active in re- Arnold Murray, both of Calgary; search using molecular genetic meth- Dr. William Onerheim, Red Deer, ods to study the origin and Alta.; Dr. Stanley Windle, now of distribution of genes in human popu- Victoria, BC; Dr. Barrie Duncan, lations and applying this knowledge Regina; Dr. William Wolfe, North in the Canadian health care system. Battleford, Sask., and Drs. Dwight He has been a leader in many aca- Parkinson and Howard Reed, both of demic societies, including the Soci- Winnipeg. ety for Pediatric Research and the Ontario recipients were Dr. Fraser Canadian Society for Clinical Inves- Mustard, Toronto, and Dr. John tigation. He has been director of the Walker, London. Medical Research Council's Group in Recipients from Quebec were Dr. Genetics and codirector of the Cana- Dr. Lip-Cheo Tsui Henri Charette, Hull; Dr. Maurice dian Genetic Diseases Network, and Langlois, Magog; Dr. Lionel Mont- was appointed to the Alva Chair in miny, Ste-Foy; Dr. Maurice Human Genetics at McGill Univer- Dr. Tsui earned his BSc in biology Vignault, Sorel; Dr. Jean Lafreniere, sity in 1994. in 1972 at the Chinese University of Trois-Rivieres; Dr. Irene Legault- He has received many major Hong Kong, and his PhD in Biologi- Charbonneau, Mont-Royal, and Dr. awards and honours, including the cal Sciences in 1979 at the Univer- Jean Drouin, Sept-Iles. Order of Canada, the Canadian Pae- sity of Pittsburgh. He is senior re- Senior Members from Atlantic diatric Society's Ross Award and the search scientist and staff geneticist at Canada were Dr. Frederick Medal of Excellence of the Institut the Hospital for Sick Children and Woodruff, St. John's; Dr. James de Recherche cliniques de Montreal. professor in the University of Saunders, Summerside, PEI; Drs. He currently is professor of pedi- Toronto's Department of Molecular Patrick Flynn and Irving A. Perlin, atrics, biology and genetics at McGill and Medical Genetics and Institute Halifax; Dr. Okechukwu Ikejiani, University and is on staff at the Mon- of Medical Science. Dr. Tsui, an offi- Glace Bay, NS; Dr. Henrik Tonning, treal Children's Hospital. He and his cer in the Order of Canada, received Rothesay, NB, and Dr. John Bennett, wife, Esther, have four children. the Henry Friesen Award, which is now of Nepean, Ont.E-

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