The Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences is one of the constituent faculties of McGill University . It was established in 1829 after the Montreal Medical Institution was incorporated into McGill College as the college's first faculty; it was the first medical faculty to be established in Canada . The Faculty awarded McGill's first degree, and Canada's first medical degree to William Leslie Logie in 1833.
25-921: Mount Sinai Hospital may refer to: Canada [ edit ] Mount Sinai Centre Hospital , affiliated with McGill University Faculty of Medicine , Quebec Mount Sinai Hospital (Toronto) , Ontario United States [ edit ] Mount Sinai Hospital (Manhattan) , New York Mount Sinai Valley Health System, New Jersey Mount Sinai Hospital (Cleveland) , Ohio Mount Sinai Hospital (Hartford) , Connecticut Mount Sinai Hospital (Minneapolis) , Minnesota Mount Sinai Hospital (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Mount Sinai Medical Center & Miami Heart Institute , Miami Beach, Florida Mount Sinai Hospital, Chicago , formerly and briefly called Mount Sinai Medical Center, Illinois See also [ edit ] Sinai (disambiguation) Mount Sinai (disambiguation) Sinai Hospital (disambiguation) Sinai Chicago ,
50-586: A French stream MD, CM program was established in 2020 for the Outaouais region with a graduating class size of 24 and total of 96 in the program. The establishment of the program is part of a $ 32.5-million construction project of the Groupe de médecine familiale universitaire (GMF-U) de Gatineau. In September 2020, the Faculty of Medicine changed its name to the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences to reflect
75-578: A hospital network in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Mount Sinai Health System , a hospital network in New York City, New York State, U.S. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai , formerly Mount Sinai School of Medicine Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine Jewish Hospital (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about hospitals or medical centers which are associated with
100-626: A leading Montreal physician, and was qualified to practise medicine. He then went to Scotland, where he received a diploma from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1818 and a Doctor of Medicine degree from University of Edinburgh in 1819. Returning to Canada, he practised medicine joining the staff of the Montreal General Hospital in 1822. He founded the Montreal Medical Institution,
125-485: A number of Rhodes Scholars (Cecil James Falconer Parsons, Munroe Bourne, Douglas George Cameron, Alan G. Kendall, Robert Murray Mundle, John Doehu Stubbs, Geoffrey E. Dougherty, Brian James Ward, Lesley Fellows, Anne Andermann, Astrid-Christoffersen-Deb, Aleksandra Leligdowicz, Benjamin Mappin-Kasirer, Alexander Lachapelle), including one in the recent 2018 cohort. For medical school students entering in fall 2020,
150-547: Is also ranked as the number 1 medical school nationally in Canada by Maclean's for 20 straight years (including the most recent ranking for 2025). McGill's Medical School has also consistently ranked in the top medical schools worldwide and ranked 18th worldwide on the 2024 QS World University Ranking of top medical schools world-wide. Particularly, among McGill University's renowned reputation of Rhodes Scholars , McGill's Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences has also produced
175-660: The McGill University Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences including Andrew Schally (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1977) and David H. Hubel (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1981). The Montreal Medical Institution was established in 1823 by four physicians, Andrew Fernando Holmes , John Stephenson , William Caldwell and William Robertson, all of whom had been trained at the University of Edinburgh Medical School , and were involved in
200-671: The Canada's earliest female medical graduates transferred to work for McGill as the Curator of the McGill Medical Museum. The McGill University Health Centre was part of a $ 2.355 billion Redevelopment Project on three sites – the Glen, the Montreal General and Lachine hospitals. A new $ 1.300 billion MUHC Glen site fully integrated super-hospital complex opened in 2015. A new satellite campus for McGill Medicine for
225-640: The School of Population & Global Health and the School of Biomedical Sciences. It also includes several research centres involved in studies on, for example, pain , neuroscience , and aging . Most of the non-clinical parts of the faculty are housed in the McIntyre Medical Sciences Building ("The Beer Can", “McMed”), situated on McGill's downtown campus on the south side of Mount Royal between Avenue des Pins and Avenue Docteur-Penfield. The McGill University Faculty of Medicine
250-705: The Victorian era medical school into a leader in modern medical education. Osler graduated from the MDCM program at McGill University Faculty of Medicine in 1872, and co-founded the present-day Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in 1893. In 1905, the Bishop's University Medical Faculty Montreal who established in Montreal in 1871 closed and amalgamated with McGill University to create the new McGill University Faculty of Medicine, where BU graduates such as Maude Abbott , one of
275-460: The dies having been struck in England by Mr. F. Carter of Birmingham. It is to perpetuate the memory of one of the original founders of the school, the late Dr. Holmes, a man who in his walk through life commanded the love and esteem of all who knew him, from his many excellent qualities as a scholar and Christian gentleman. On one side of the medal is seen in bold relief the head of Hippocrates, with
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#1732772222878300-621: The first medical school in Canada, in 1823 with John Stephenson . After failing to receive a royal charter, the Montreal Medical Institution joined McGill College to become the McGill College Medical Faculty . Holmes became a founding member of the faculty. In 1843, he was appointed professor of the principles and practice of medicine and became head of the faculty. In 1854, his title was changed to dean. Holmes died unexpectedly in 1860. In 2020 Richard W Vaudry wrote an extensive biography of Holmes, linking him closely with
325-412: The foundation of the Montreal General Hospital . In 1829 it was incorporated into McGill College as the new College's first faculty; it thus became the first Faculty of Medicine in Canada. A highly didactic approach to medical education called the "Edinburgh curriculum", which consisted of two six-month courses of basic science lectures and two years of "walking the wards" at The Montreal General Hospital,
350-512: The four-year M.D., C.M. degrees. It is closely affiliated with the McGill University Faculty of Dentistry . Students of dentistry receive instruction together with their medical student colleagues for the first 18 months of their professional training. The faculty includes six schools: the School of Medicine, the Ingram School of Nursing, the School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders,
375-545: The growth of interprofessionalism and the diversity in the Faculty of Medicine. The faculty offers a four-year MDCM degree in medicine and surgery. The Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences also offers joint degree programs with other disciplines including business (M.D.- M.B.A. ) and science/engineering (M.D.- Ph.D. ). There is also an accelerated program for selected graduates of the Quebec college system (PRE-MED-ADM or MED-P) that combines one year of science curriculum with
400-485: The last convocation, the Medical Faculty in this University determined to establish a gold medal prize to be awarded for superior excellence to a member of the graduating class only. The competitors to be selected from those men whose inaugural dissertation is deemed worthy of receiving one hundred marks, the highest number of marks given for any thesis being two hundred. The medal is in value about fifty dollars,
425-634: The mean four-year undergraduate GPA was 3.87 (excluding graduate GPA), and the mean MCAT score was 32.1 (85th–88th percentile). Admissions to the McGill Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences M.D., C.M. program are highly competitive with an acceptance rate of 5.7% for the Class of 2026. The Department of Anatomy and Physiology at McGill University ranked 3rd globally in the 2017 QS World University Rankings after Oxford University and Cambridge. In October 1926, renowned magician Harry Houdini
450-507: The name in Greek characters; and on the obverse is the coat-of-arms of the College, beneath which is the following, "Facultas Medicinæ Donavit". This is surrounded by a wreath of laurel, outside of which are the words, "In memoriam Andreæ F. Holmes, M.D., L.L.D." On the rim of the medal is engraved the name of the successful candidate, with the date. The medal is given to him who proves himself
475-633: The same title. If an internal link referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mount_Sinai_Hospital&oldid=1257740230 " Category : Hospital disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages McGill University Faculty of Medicine There have been at least two Nobel Prize laureates who have completed their entire education at McGill University including MD at
500-587: The world of English-speaking Protestants in Montreal and Quebec. In his honour the first Holmes Gold Medal was awarded in 1865. It continues to be awarded annually to the McGill University (Montreal) medical school student who achieves the highest academic standing upon graduation. The Holmes Gold medal is described in the Canada Medical Journal and Monthly Record of Medical and Surgical Science (v. 1; 1865, p 535-536. ) as: "Since
525-555: Was a Canadian physician, academic, and one of the founders of the Montreal Medical Institution, the first medical school in Canada. In 1797, Holmes' parents, Thomas Holmes and Susanna Scott, and his older brother, Benjamin were emigrating to North America when they were captured by a French frigate . They were taken to Cádiz , Spain , where Holmes was born. The family eventually reached British North America in 1801, settling in Montreal . Holmes apprenticed to Daniel Arnoldi ,
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#1732772222878550-460: Was diagnosed with acute appendicitis a couple of days later and died on October 31, 1926. It remains a controversy whether Houdini died as a result of the punches or was simply unaware of a current appendicitis prior, and Whitehead was never charged. 45°30′30″N 73°34′54″W / 45.50835°N 73.58155°W / 45.50835; -73.58155 Andrew Fernando Holmes Andrew Fernando Holmes (March 17, 1797 – October 9, 1860)
575-435: Was giving a lecture on exposed mediums and spiritualists at McGill University and had invited medical students to his dressing room at Montreal's Princess Theatre. J. Gordon Whitehead, a medical student and boxer, had asked Houdini if he could take a sudden punch to the stomach, as had rumoured to be the case; Houdini received several unexpected punches. Feeling ill later that evening and after refusing medical treatment, Houdini
600-499: Was instituted. From 1833 to 1877 the Faculty followed the pattern set by the University of Edinburgh and required graduating students to submit an 'inaugural dissertation' – a database of these is available. Sir William Dawson , the principal of McGill, was instrumental in garnering resources for the faculty and pioneering contributions from Thomas Roddick , Francis Shepherd, George Ross and Sir William Osler helped to transform
625-470: Was the first medical school in Canada to institute a joint MD-MBA program in 1997 in collaboration with the Desautels Faculty of Management . This program allowed students to complete both degrees in five years. McGill's Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences has a national and international reputation with a list of faculty and alumni, many of whom were pioneers in their respective fields. It
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