•
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 (1994–2004) 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 (2016). •
Michael Houghton – co-discoverer of
hepatitis C •
Tak Wah Mak – first to identify and clone T-cell receptor genes •
Joseph B. Martin (MD ’62) – 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 Transplantation and director of the Canada National Transplant Research Program. •
Toshifumi Yokota – pioneered antisense oligonucleotide-mediated therapeutics for muscular dystrophy. ==References==