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Dr Robert McMurtry Presidential Award for Excellence Recipient |
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COA Presidential Award for Excellence Recipient
Dr. Robert McMurtry
Robert M. Hollinshead, M.D., FRCSC
Calgary, AB
Dr. Robert McMurtry was awarded the Presidential Award for Excellence during the Opening Ceremonies at the recent 2004 Calgary Annual Meeting. This award is is given to orthopaedic surgeons who have made major contributions not only within orthopaedics, but beyond.
Bob graduated from the University of Toronto and after completing his residency, spent two years providing missionary medical care through CIDA in Africa. After completing a fellowship in hand surgery in Iowa, he began practice at Sunnybrook Hospital where he eventually founded and directed Canada’s first true trauma centre.
In 1987, he moved west to Calgary where he became Professor and Chair of the Department of Surgery. Drawn back east in 1992, Bob became Dean of Medicine at the University of Western Ontario (UWO). Bob’s insight and interest in health policy led to his appointment as Assistant Deputy Minister of the Population Public Health Branch of Health Canada, the Federal Department of Health’s largest portfolio. Two years ago he joined Roy Romanow as Special Advisor to the Romanow Commission.
Currently, he is Professor of Surgery at UWO, and a Member of the Canada Health Council where he continues to make a difference in the evolution of health care in Canada.
It was my great pleasure to present Bob with this award in Calgary.
Photo caption
Dr. Norman Schachar congratulates Dr. Robert McMurtry at the Opening Ceremonies in Calgary.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 21 March 2007 )
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