McGill University Faculty of Medicine
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|name = McGill University Faculty of Medicine
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|established = 1829
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|free = [[Richard I. Levin]]
|type = [[Public university|Public]]
|city = {{flagicon|Canada}} [[Montreal, Quebec|Montreal]]
|province = [[Quebec]]
|country = [[Canada]]
|campus = Urban
|students = 688 MD, 35 MD-PhD, 30 MD-MBA
|website = [http://www.med.mcgill.ca http://www.med.mcgill.ca]
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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]].<ref>[http://www.mcgill.ca/about/quickfacts/health/ "Health"], "McGill University". Accessed [[May 24]], [[2008]].</ref>
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 13 research centres involved in studies on [[pain]], [[neuroscience]], and [[aging]]. Most of the faculty is housed in the McIntyre Medical Sciences Building, situated on the south side of [[Mount Royal]] between Pine Avenue and Dr. Penfield.
The [[McGill University Health Centre]] is affiliated with the faculty, and is composed of five teaching hospitals — the [[Royal Victoria Hospital]], [[Montreal General Hospital]], [[Montreal Children's Hospital]], [[Montreal Neurological Hospital]], and the [[Montreal Chest Institute]]. Three other health care facilities are affiliated with the faculty: [[Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital|Jewish General Hospital]], [[Douglas Hospital]] and [[Saint Mary's Hospital|St. Mary's Hospital Center]]. In April 2006, the Quebec government approved plans to commence the first phase of construction of the new, redeveloped McGill University Health Centre (MUHC).<ref>[http://www.muhc.ca/construction/ "THE MUHC REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT"], "McGill University Health Centre", [[2008]]. Accessed [[May 17]], [[2008]].</ref>
== Education==
The Faculty of Medicine offers a four-year medical degree [[M.D.|M.D.]] together with joint degree programs with other disciplines including business M.D./[[M.B.A.]] and science/engineering M.D./[[Ph.D.]]. There is also a accelerated program for immediate graduates of the Quebec Collegial ([[CEGEP]]) system, that combines one year of science curriculum with the four-year M.D. degree.
McGill offers an innovative program in distance learning, including a Masters Program in [http://www.mcgill.ca/occh/ Occupational Health].
== History==
In 1821, the Montreal Medical Institution, which was established by four Edinburgh trained physicians working at the [[Montreal General Hospital]], was incorporated into McGill College as the Faculty of Medicine and 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 ward" at The Montreal General Hospital, was instituted.
Sir [[John William Dawson|William Dawson]], the principal of McGill, was instrumental in garnering resources for the faculty and pioneering contributions from [[Thomas George Roddick|Thomas Roddick]], Francis Shepherd, George Ross and [[William Osler]] helped to transform the Victorian era medical school into a leader in modern medical education.
== Departments and Centres==
<big>Basic Sciences</big>
* Anatomy and Cell Biology
* Biochemistry
* Biomedical Engineering
* Epidemiology & Biostatistics
* Occupational Health
* Human Genetics
* Microbiology & Immunology
* Pathology
* Pharmacology & Therapeutics
* Physiology
* Social Studies in Medicine
<big>Clinical </big>
* 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
<big>Centres </big>
* 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 ==
* [[David Hunter Hubel]] B.Sc 1947, M.D. 1951 — Nobel laureate in Physiology (1981)
* [[Andrzej W. Schally|Andrew Schally]] Ph. D 1957 — Nobel laureate in Physiology (1977)
* [[Charles R. Drew]] M.D. 1933 — physician and professor
* [[Ronald Melzack]] ([[medicine]]) Ph. D 1954 — developed the McGill Pain Questionnaire
* [[Colin MacLeod]] M.D. 1932 — Canadian-American geneticist, discovered DNA breakthroughs
* [[Joseph B. Martin]] — Dean of the [[Harvard Medical School]], former chair of [[neurology]] and [[neurosurgery]]
* [[William Osler]] ([[medicine]]) M.D. 1872 — professor, medical pioneer, developed beside teaching, one of the four founders of the [[Johns Hopkins Medical School]] at [[Johns Hopkins University]]
* [[Wilder Penfield]] ([[neurosurgery]]) — neurosurgery pioneer, first director of the renowned [[Montreal Neurological Institute]] and Montreal Neurological Hospital
* [[Judah Hirsch Quastel]] ([[biochemistry]]) — pioneer in [[neurochemistry]] and soil metabolism; Director of the McGill University-Montreal General Hospital Research Institute
* [[Brenda Milner]] Ph. D 1952 — neuropsychologist
* [[Arthur Vineberg]] B.Sc 1928, Ph. D 1933 — cardiac surgeon, pioneer of revascularization
* [[Rocke Robertson]] B.Sc 1932, M.D. 1936 — physician
* [[Jonathan Meakins]] B.Sc 1962 — surgeon, immunologist
* [[Thomas George Roddick]] M.D. 1868 — surgeon
== See also ==
*[[Osler Library of the History of Medicine]]
*[[McGill University]]
*[[McGill Journal of Medicine]]
*[[McGill University Life Sciences Research Complex]]
== External links ==
*[http://www.medicine.mcgill.ca/ Faculty of Medicine]
**[http://www.mcgill.ca/occh/ Occupational Health Program]
=== Affiliated teaching hospitals ===
*[http://www.muhc.mcgill.ca/ McGill University Health Centre]
**[http://www.muhcfoundation.com/muhc/general.html Montreal General Hospital]
**[http://www.muhcfoundation.com/muhc/victoria.html Royal Victoria Hospital]
**[http://www.thechildren.com/ Montreal Children's Hospital]
**[http://www.mcgill.ca/mni/ Montreal Neurological Hospital]
*[http://www.jgh.ca Jewish General Hospital]
*[http://www.mcgill.ca/douglas/ Douglas Hospital]
*[http://www.smhc.qc.ca/ St. Mary's Hospital Centre]
==References==
{{reflist|2}}
*Joseph Hanaway and Richard Cruess. [http://www.mqup.mcgill.ca/book.php?bookid=911 "McGill Medicine, Volume 1, 1829-1885. The First Half Century"].
*Joseph Hanaway, Richard Cruess, and James Darragh. [http://www.mqup.mcgill.ca/book.php?bookid=1885 "McGill Medicine, Volume II, 1885-1936"].
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