We are delighted to announce the appointment of Dr. Liane Feldman to the joint position of Chair of the Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University and Surgeon-in-Chief of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC). Dr. Feldman succeeds Dr. Gerald Fried, effective January 1, 2020.
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Dt Thomas Maniatis, Director, MUHC Division of General Internal Medicine, has been elected to a 4-year term on the Royal College Council.
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Press Release May 23, 2018. Announcement at McGill University
(l to r): Louis Arsenault (McGill); Gerald Cutting (Townshippers’ Association); Iris Unger, (Youth Employment Services); Kathleen Weil (Minister responsible for Relations with English-Speaking Quebecers); Daniel Weinstock (McGill’s Institute for Health and Social Policy and Dialogue McGill); and Caroline van Rossum (CIUSSS Estrie-CHUS). Photo: Owen Egan
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