Partnership for Excellence : Medicine at the University of Toronto and Academic Hospitals

In __Partnership for Excellence__, senior medical historian and award-winning author Edward Shorter details the Faculty of Medicine’s history from its inception as a small provincial school to its present day status as an international powerhouse.

The University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine is North America’s largest medical school and a major health consortium, boasting nine affiliated teaching hospitals and a network of research institutes. It is where insulin was pioneered, stem cells were first discovered, and famous physicians from Vincent Lam to Sheela Basrur began their careers. But despite all its major accomplishments, the faculty’s impressive history has never before been comprehensively documented.

In Partnership for Excellence, senior medical historian and award-winning author Edward Shorter details the Faculty of Medicine’s history from its inception as a small provincial school to its present day status as an international powerhouse. Deeply researched through front-line interviews and primary sources, it ties the story of the faculty and its teaching hospitals to the general history of medicine over this period. Shorter emphasizes the enormous concentration of intellectual energy in the faculty that has allowed it to become the dominant force in Canadian medicine, home to a legion of medical pioneers and achievements.

The University of Toronto's Faculty of Medicine is North America's largest medical school and a major health consortium, boasting nine affiliated teaching hospitals and a network of research institutes. It is where insulin was pioneered, stem cells were first discovered, and famous physicians from Vincent Lam to Sheela Basrur began their careers. But despite all its major accomplishments, the faculty's impressive history has never before been comprehensively documented. In Partnership for Excellence, senior medical historian and award-winning author Edward Shorter details the Faculty of Medicine's history from its inception as a small provincial school to its present day status as an international powerhouse. Deeply researched through front-line interviews and primary sources, it ties the story of the faculty and its teaching hospitals to the general history of medicine over this period. Shorter emphasizes the enormous concentration of intellectual energy in the faculty that has allowed it to become the dominant force in Canadian medicine, home to a legion of medical pioneers and achievements Contents 7 1. Introduction 9 2. A t the Corner of College and University 15 3. An Afternoon in October 1903 21 4. Getting Going 35 5. Big Deeds 81 6. Surgery 121 7. The Surgical Subspecialties 154 8. Medicine 188 9. The Medical Subspecialties 220 10. The Children’s Hospital 251 11. Research 288 12. An Academic Health Sciences Complex 310 13. Cancer Care 332 14. Neuroscience and Psychiatry 362 15. Anatomy 409 16. Physiology/Banting and Best/Biochemistry/ Pharmacology/Nutrition 417 17. Medical Biophysics/Biomedical Engineering/ Immunology 454 18. Laboratory Medicine (Pathology/Microbiology/ Pathological Chemistry) 467 19. Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology 491 20. Anesthesia and Radiology 503 21. Obstetrics and Gynaecology 529 22. New Talent: Mount Sinai Hospital and Women’s College Hospital 548 23. Rehabilitation 586 24. Family and Community 607 25. Hospitals 626 26. New Ideas 647 27. Student Life and Learning 656 28. Molecular Medicine 692 29. The Deans 721 30. Epilogue 747 Acknowledgments 751 Notes 753 Index 897