University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine - Notable Faculty and Alumni

Notable Faculty and Alumni

  • Theodore Drake, class of 1914: Pediatrician and inventor of the baby food Pablum
  • Norman Bethune, class of 1916: Physician, humanitarian and medical innovator
  • Frederick Banting, class of 1916: Co-discoverer of insulin with student Charles Best (class of 1925) and professor of physiology John James Richard Macleod
  • Wilfred Gordon Bigelow, class of 1938: Developed the artificial pacemaker and the use of hypothermia in open heart surgery
  • Henry J. M. Barnett, class of 1944: Pioneered use of aspirin as a preventive therapy for heart attack and stroke
  • Robert B. Salter, class of 1947: Developed the continuous passive motion (CPM) treatment to aid recovery of joints after trauma
  • Ernest McCulloch, class of 1948: Cellular biologist and Lasker Award recipient credited with the discovery of the stem cell
  • James Till, professor of medical biophysics, 1958–97: Academic on Internet research ethics
  • Tak Wah Mak, professor of medical biophysics, 1975–: Discovered the T-cell receptor
  • Tirone E. David, professor of surgery, 1980–: Developed valve-sparing aortic root replacement
  • Lap-Chee Tsui, professor of molecular and medical genetics, 1983–2002: Former president of the Human Genome Organisation, vice-chancellor of the University of Hong Kong
  • Anthony Pawson, professor of molecular and medical genetics, 1985–: Researcher in signal transduction
  • John E. Dick, professor of molecular genetics: Identified the cancer stem cell
  • Larry Goldenberg, class of 1978: Pioneer in the role of MRI and focal therapy in the treatment of prostate cancer
  • Peter A. Singer, class of 1984, professor of medicine: Former director of the University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics and member of the scientific advisory board of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

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