physician, scientist, and professor George Karpati, nenowned Canadian neurologist and neuroscientist Charles Philippe Leblond — pioneer of cell biology and stem cell research Bernard Belleau — Canadian molecular pharmacologist best known for his role in the discovery of HIV drug Lamivudine Henry Friesen — Canadian endocrinologist, discoverer of human prolactin Hans Selye — Hungarian-Canadian endocrinologist James C. Hogg — expert in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Jonathan Campbell Meakins — Physician and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine 1941–1948, first President and Founder of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada Albert Aguayo — Canadian neurologist and assistant professor in the department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, former President International Brain Research Organization John J. R. Macleod — co-discoverer of insulin, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1923) laureate Rémi Quirion — first Chief Scientist of Quebec Lydia Giberson — Canadian-born psychiatrist and pioneering Metropolitan Life Insurance Company executive Marvin Kwitko — Canadian ophthalmologist who pioneered in cataract surgery and laser eye surgery Donald Ewen Cameron — Scottish-born psychiatrist known for his involvement in Project MKUltra Joseph B. Martin — Dean of the Harvard Medical School, former chair of neurology and neurosurgery Barbara E. Jones — Canadian neuroscientist, professor emerita in the McGill University Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery Gustavo Turecki — Canadian psychiatrist, suicidologist, neuroscientist Juda Hirsch Quastel — pioneer in neurochemistry and soil metabolism; Director of the McGill University-Montreal General Hospital Research Institute John Dossetor — Canadian physician and bioethicist who is notable for co–coordinating the first kidney transplant in Canada and the Commonwealth Ouida Ramón-Moliner — Canadian anaesthetist Shyamala Gopalan — breast cancer researcher in the Faculty of Medicine and McGill-affiliated Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research; mother of U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris See also Osler Library of the History of Medicine McIntyre Medical Sciences Building McGill University Health Centre McGill University McGill University Life Sciences Research Complex References Further reading Joseph Hanaway and Richard Cruess. "McGill Medicine, Volume 1, 1829-1885. The First Half Century". Joseph Hanaway, Richard Cruess, and James Darragh. "McGill Medicine, Volume II, 1885-1936". External links Medical Library Archives Collection, Osler Library Archives, McGill University. Collection of primary sources documenting the growth of the Medical Library at McGill University. Also includes announcements, university calendars, and directories related to the Faculty of Medicine McGill University Medical schools in Canada