research institute firestone institute for respiratory health mcmaster stem cell and cancer research institute michael g. degroote institute for infectious disease research farncombe family digestive health research institute thrombosis & atherosclerosis research institute escarpment cancer research institute michael g. degroote institute for pain research and care the offord center for child studies geriatric education and research in aging sciences (geras) centre clinical research laboratory and biobank mcmaster initiated its m.d./ph.d. program in 2007, accepting up to three students a year into the 7 year physician scientist program. funding in 2003, mcmaster university medical school received the largest ever donation to a university in canadian history when michael degroote donated $105 million to the medical school in the process naming it the michael g. degroote school of medicine. in 2014, degroote donated an additional $50 million to the medical school. charles juravinski has donated over $43 million to hamilton area hospitals including the juravinski hospital. in 2019, the juravinski's pledged to donate an additional $100 million to the medical school and create the juravinski research centre, funding research in areas including cancer, mental health, lung and respiratory care and diseases of aging. david braley, owner of the bc lions, donated $50 million to the medical school in 2007 to build the braley health sciences centre, a human embryonic stem cell library and an endowment fund. in 2011 and 2012, the boris family donated a total of $41 million to mcmaster university medical school and st. joseph's healthcare hamilton to found the boris family centre in human stem cell therapies, establish two chairs in blood and neural stem cells, found the boris clinic, fund alcohol addiction research and buy a surgical robot. in 2022, marnix heersink, donated $32 million to the medical school to build the marnix e. heersink school of biomedical innovation and entrepreneurship and the mary heersink centre for global health. notable alumni name class year notability reference(s) andrew padmos md 1972 canadian physician and ceo of the royal college of physicians and surgeons of canada daniel sauder md 1975, prof. dermatology 1982-1990 canadian dermatologist and chair of dermatology at johns hopkins school of medicine, developed the field of cutaneous cytokine biology roberta bondar md 1977 canadian astronaut and physician, nasa's space medicine researcher, first canadian female astronaut, member of the canadian medical hall of fame gordon guyatt md 1977, prof. clinical epidemiology and biostatistics canadian epidemiologist and physician, coined the term "evidence-based medicine", member of the canadian medical hall of fame nancy fern olivieri md 1978 canadian hematologist, demonstrated the negative effects of deferiprone on the liver stan kutcher ba 1974, ma 1975, md 1979 canadian senator and psychiatrist, developed the kutcher adolescent depression scale. vincenzo di nicola md 1981 italian-canadian psychologist, psychiatrist and philosopher of psychiatry, founder & president of the canadian association of social psychiatry and president-elect of the world association of social psychiatry. martin schechter md 1981 canadian epidemiologist and noted hiv and addiction researcher, founding director of the school of population and public health, faculty of medicine, university of british columbia (ubc), awarded the order of british columbia and co-founded the canadian academy of health sciences. john cameron bell phd 1982 canadian cancer researcher, co-founder and chief scientific officer of jennerex eric hoskins bsc 1982, md 1984 former minister of health in ontario, founder and president of war child canada ross upshur md 1986 canadian physician, director of the university of toronto joint centre for bioethics richard heinzl md 1987 canadian physician, founder of the canadian chapter of doctors without borders, founder of medispecialist.com suparna bannerjee md 1989 canadian physician, founder of the canadian chapter of bannerjee health james orbinski md 1990 canadian physician, president of médecins sans frontières, co-founder of dignitas international philip steven wells hematology fellow 1989-1991, msc 1994, staff hematologist 1991-1994 canadian hematologist, created the wells risk score for pulmonary embolism and deep vein thrombosis samantha nutt md 1994 canadian physician, executive director of war child canada, winner of the queen elizabeth ii diamond jubilee medal richard whitlock bsc 1997, cardiac surgery residency 2001-2007, critical care fellow 2007-2008, phd 2012, associate prof. 2012-present canadian surgeon, performed the first transcatheter aortic valve implantation on a pregnant woman in the world, lead author of the laaos iii study which demonstrated the superiority of left atrial appendage occlusion during cardiac surgery in preventing stroke. notable faculty james fraser mustard, cc, chair of pathology (1966-1972), dean of medicine (1972-1982), discovered the effect of aspirin in reducing myocardial infarction rates, founder and president of the canadian institute for advanced research john evans, cc, dean of medicine (1966-1972), president of the university of toronto, chairman of the rockefeller foundation and director of the population, health and nutrition department of the world bank david sackett, chair of clinical epidemiology and biostatistics (1967-1994), founded the first department of clinical epidemiology in canada, wrote evidence-based medicine: how to practice and teach ebm now in its 4th edition and clinical epidemiology: how to do clinical practice research now in its 3rd edition howard barrows, assistant dean for residency education (1971-1980), pioneered problem-based learning at mcmaster which has now spread all over the world arnold johnson, professor of cardiology (1974-1983), performed the first cardiac heart catheterization in canada, founder of mcmaster's department of cardiology john coleman laidlaw, professor of endocrinology (1975-1986), dean of medicine (1981-1985), founded the institute of medical science at university of toronto moran campbell, chair of medicine (1968-1975), inventor of the venturi mask jack hirsh, professor emeritus of medicine (1973–present), winner of the canada gairdner international award in 2000 for discovering the effectiveness of heparin in deep vein thrombosis and the discovery of low molecular weight heparin charles gordon roland, hannah professor of the history of medicine (1977-1999), president of the canadian society for the history of medicine and noted authority on sir william osler john bienenstock, dean and vice president of health sciences (1992-1996), characterized mucosal mast cells and bronchus associated lymphoid tissues salim yusuf, professor of medicine (1992–present), world's second most cited researcher, prolific clinical trials physician in cardiovascular diseases john g. kelton, dean of medicine (2001–2016), dean and vice-president of the faculty of health sciences (2001–2016), hematologist and expert in heparin-induced thrombocytopenia dave williams, professor of surgery (2008-2011), canadian astronaut and physician, director of the space and life sciences directorate at the johnson space center john basmajian, oc, oont, professor of medicine (1977-1986), pioneer in electromyography and biofeedback stuart lyon smith, professor of medicine (1967-1975), leader of the ontario liberal party, chairman of the science council of canada donald acheson, kbe, visiting professor of medicine (1977), chief medical officer of the united kingdom and coined the term "benign myalgic encephalomyelitis" paul o'byrne, dean of medicine (2016–present), dean and vice-president of the faculty of health sciences (2016–present), respirologist and expert in allergy induced asthma in popular culture in 2018, the magazine maclean's wrote an article about mcmaster's innovative medical curriculum in 2017, on the tv show amazing race canada, it was publicly revealed that sam lambert, one of that season's contestants, had been accepted to the medical school in the class of 2020 in 2015, mcmaster's medical school was part of an eight part international documentary series entitled canada's new doctors, by al-jazeera and companion media and culture co. in china, examining the topic of how to best train medical professionals in 2012, mcmaster medical students starred in a one-hour documentary by omni television called m.d(iversity) in 2009, the rick mercer report filmed a segment about mcmaster university, visiting the medical school to see its new clinical skills models in 2004, the magazine saturday night published a report on pbl and mcmaster medical school's innovative curriculum notes and references "history of the school of medicine". faculty of health sciences. mcmaster university. archived from the original on october 7, 2016. retrieved october 18, 2017. 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