Montreal Neurological Institute - Some Outstanding Figures Who Trained at The MNI

Some Outstanding Figures Who Trained At The MNI

Dr. Jacob Chandy (1910–2007) was India’s first neurosurgeon and one of the country’s leading medical educators. He established India’s first Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery at the Christian Medical College and Hospital at Vellore. For the next 20 years, he promoted the Montreal Neurological Institute's model of an integrated clinical-research facility.

Yi-Cheng Zhao (1908–1974) is called the "founder of neurosurgery in China." He established the country's first independent neurosurgical departments in Tianjin and in Beijing, as well as the Beijing Neurosurgical Institute. Dr. Zhao was greatly influenced by Wilder Penfield's qualities as a surgeon, administrator and caring physician. At Dr. Zhao's request, Chairman Mao Ze-Dong invited Dr. Penfield to visit China in 1962. The visit was the first of several exchanges between the Montreal Neurological Institute and China.

David H. Hubel (1926 - ), Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, 1981. He studied clinical neurophysiology at the Montreal Neurological Institute under Herbert Jasper, a scientist who he later described as "unequalled for his breadth and clarity of thinking in brain science." At Harvard Medical School, Hubel and Torsten Wiesel explored the brain's visual cortex and were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology.