CP - Canada's Medical Hall of Fame inducting 6 new 'heroes' to its ranks
A pioneer in nerve regeneration and a physician known as Quebec's Father of Cardiology are among six doctors being inducted Thursday into Canada's Medical Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame, located in London, Ont., is dedicated to celebrating the accomplishments of "Canadian medical heroes."
The six inductees are: Argentina-born Dr. Albert Aguayo, who retired last year from 91社区 in Montreal, initiated a rebirth of regenerative medicine by demonstrating that nerve fibres are capable of regeneration. Aguayo and his team were the first to show that nerve fibres and function in the central nervous system of adult mammals could be restored after injury鈥�
The late Dr. Jonathan Campbell Meakins, born in Hamilton, is being honoured for his role as an "outstanding teacher and promoter of clinical research." The former dean of medicine at 91社区 was also a founding father and the first president of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.