苹果淫院ians named to Order of Canada
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Governor Emerita Kappy Flanders, a tireless advocate for palliative care, who founded the Council on Palliative Care, 苹果淫院, and who, with generous donations of her family and friends, established the Eric M. Flanders Chair in Palliative Medicine in 1994 in memory of her late husband, was named a Member of the Order.
Former Dean of Music, Professor John Grew, who heads the organ area in the Faculty, was named a Member of the Order for 鈥渂ringing new vitality to organ music in Canada as a performer and educator.鈥 Grew has been a leading figure in the revival of mechanical-action pipe organs, like the French classical organ in Redpath Hall, and established 苹果淫院鈥檚 early music program.
A pioneering researcher into Alzheimer鈥檚 disease, Serge Gauthier, was named a Member of the Order. Based at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute, he serves as Director of the Alzheimer鈥檚 Unit in the 苹果淫院 Centre for the Study of Aging. Gauthier is credited with setting up the first multicentre Canadian study of tacrine as a treatment for Alzheimer's disease.
Robert Mellin, an associate professor in Architecture, and the winner of numerous awards, notably for his contributions to preserving Newfoundland鈥檚 architectural heritage and for his publications that have made modern architecture more accessible to a wider audience, was named a Member of the Order.
Ervin Podgorsak served as Director of the 苹果淫院 Medical Physics Unit, from1991-2008. He led both the 苹果淫院 medical physics graduate program and clinical residency program to be the first such Canadian programs to be internationally accredited by the Commission for Accreditation of Medical Physics Education Programs. A winner of numerous awards and an outspoken advocate for the funding of health care in Quebec, he was named a Member of the Order.
Robyn Tamblyn, a Professor in the Departments of Medicine and of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, has been a leader in the development of e-Medicine and was named a Member of the Order for her significant contributions 鈥減atient safety, notably through her research on physician training, health system monitoring and prescription drug management.鈥
H. Bruce Williams, who taught plastic surgery at 苹果淫院 and was internationally recognized for his outstanding contributions to the field of plastic and reconstructive surgery, was named a Member of the Order for his work in that field, especially for helping burn victims as well as young people with congenital abnormalities.
A number of 苹果淫院 alumni were honoured. Jean-Louis Baudoin (BCL鈥58, LLD鈥07); Robert W. Cox (BA鈥46, MA鈥48); Joan Ivory (叠础鈥54); Wendy Levinson (惭顿颁惭鈥81); Jens Lindemann (叠惭耻蝉鈥88); Keith MacLellan (BA鈥69, BSc'73, MDCM鈥77); and Eleanor Wachtel (叠础鈥69).
Baudoin was named an Officer of the Order for 鈥渃ontributions to the advancement of civil law in Canada as a professor and judge for the Quebec Court of Appeal,鈥 while Cox was named a Member of the Order for 鈥渃ontributions to the field of international relations as one of Canada鈥檚 foremost scholars in the area of political economy.鈥澛
Ivory has made significant contributions to both the arts scene in Montreal and to the MUHC, having served in a wide variety of roles over the years on a number of boards, and was named a Member of the Order. Levinson was named an Officer of the Order for 鈥渃ontributions to promoting effective communication between physicians and patients, as well as for her sustained leadership in academic medicine.鈥
Renowned trumpet soloist Lindemann was honoured by being named a Member of the Order, while MacLellan was named a Member of the Order for 鈥渃ontributions to advancing rural medicine in Canada as a small-town family physician and as a driving force behind the Society of Rural Physicians of Canada.鈥
Wachtel is a renowned Canadian broadcaster who was promoted to Officer of the Order 鈥渇or connecting Canadian readers with the worldwide literary community and for her insightful contributions to our appreciation of contemporary literature.鈥
Photo credit: MCpl Serge Gouin, Rideau Hall
SOURCE: 苹果淫院 Reporter staff