University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry

Education

Research

Notable alumni

Faculty

• James Collip – played a role in the development of insulin
• Ban Tsui – developed the Tsui Test, a simple protocol using a low current electrical stimulation test to confirm catheter location in the epidural space during procedures.
• John Carter Callaghan – Performed first open-heart surgery in Canada in 1956.
• Gary Lobay & Henry Shumizu – part of the team of surgeons to perform Canada’s first successful limb replantation in 1974
• Gary Lobay - first microsurgery in western Canada in 1974
• Henry Shumizu - co-founder of western Canada’s first burn treatment center
• Lorne Tyrrell – created the first drug treatment of hepatitis B and 2015 Killiam Prize recipient. Former dean and member of the Order of Canada.
• Ray Rajotte – international diabetes leader, renown for work related to the Edmonton Protocol islet transplantation procedure
• James Shapiro – member of the team that pioneered the Edmonton Protocol and continues to work to improve islet transplants
• Richard Fedorak – internationally renowned gastroenterologist specializing in inflammatory bowel disease. Former dean of the faculty.
• Michael Houghton – co-discoverer of hepatitis C
• Tak Wah Mak – first to identify and clone T-cell receptor genes
• Joseph B. Martin – member of the team that discovered a biomarker that led to locating the gene associated with Huntington's disease.
• Jonathan White – co-founder of Surgery 101 podcast and National 3M Teaching Fellow
• Arya Sharma – Canadian obesity expert
• Lori West – Canada Research Chair in Cardiac Transplatation and director of the Canada National Transplant Research Program.