Eight Medical Leaders Inducted Into Hall of Fame
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Nouvelles et analyses Tribute • Hommage Eight medical leaders inducted into Hall of Fame recipient of the CMA’s Known internationally for his publicizing the hardships endured by F.N.G. Starr Award and a pioneering investigations of tu- the fishermen. Knighted in 1927, A missionary physician were mours of the brain and Grenfell died in Vermont in 1940. among 8 laureates recently inducted nervous system, Dr. Dr. Louis Siminovitch was in- into the Canadian Medical Hall of Pierre Masson strumental in the discovery of the Fame. Founded in 1994 in London, retired as chair of genetic causes of muscular dystro- Ont., the hall is sponsored by the the Department phy and cystic fibrosis and CMA and several other organizations. of Pathology at made important con- Research scientist Dr. Charles the Université de tributions to bacte- Beer worked closely with the late Montréal in 1954. rial and animal Dr. Robert Noble to isolate and One of the most virus genetics, so- purify vinblastine distinguished histo- matic cell and hu- from the leaves of pathologists of his gen- man genetics, and the Madagascar eration, he was highly regarded for cancer research. A periwinkle plant. his research, teaching, publications renowned teacher, The discovery and innovative histologic tech- he also played a fun- was considered a niques. He died in 1959. damental role in estab- milestone in the A pioneer in the discipline of lishing 3 major medical research management of neuropsychology, Dr. Brenda Mil- centres, including the Ontario Can- Hodgkin disease ner’s detailed and me- cer Institute. He is known for his and testicular cancer. thodical long-term leadership both as a medical scientist Beer is professor emeritus at the studies of patients and visionary. University of British Columbia and before and after The discovery of vinblastine is honorary senior research scientist brain excisions credited to Dr. Robert Noble, who at the Department of Cancer En- added substan- was associate director of the Collip docrinology with the British Co- tially to the scien- Medical Research Laboratory at the lumbia Cancer Agency. tific understand- University of Western Ontario. No- Dr. Wilfred Bigelow, one of ing of the structure ble was a skilled and ingenious sci- Canada’s most distinguished sur- of the brain. Milner entist who received numerous geons, was the 1992 recipient of the is a distinguished lec- awards for his research. Noble, who CMA’s F.N.G. Starr turer in brain research and the first died in 1990, concluded his career Award. His discov- Dorothy Killam Professor of Neu- at the University of British Colum- ery that lowering rology and Neurosurgery at the bia and the BC Cancer Agency. the body’s core Montreal Neurological Institute As chief of pediatrics at Hotel temperature also and McGill University. Dieu hospital in Windsor, Ont., lowered its oxy- Sir Wilfred Grenfell left an in- Dr. Henri Breault addressed acci- gen requirements delible mark on the medical and social dental poisoning of children helped pioneer history of Newfoundland. In 1892 he through a public-education cam- open-heart surgery, travelled to the tip of Newfoundland’s paign and then by conceiving the and his research into Northern Peninsula, and in many idea of childproof containers for hypothermia led him to develop the cases was the only physician the iso- medications and hazardous house- pacemaker in 1951. His work revo- lated communities had ever seen. hold products. The containers are lutionized heart surgery and im- Physician, missionary and friend to now mandatory throughout North proved the lives of millions of peo- his patients, Grenfell built a hospital America. Breault, who practised in ple with heart disease. He is in St. Anthony with funds raised Windsor for 41 years, died in semi-retired and lives in Toronto. through speaking tours and books 1983.— Steven Wharry 1526 CAN MED ASSOC J • 1er JUIN 1997; 156 (11).