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The Stikeman Professorship

An Enduring McGill Legacy

by (author) David S. Mulder

Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Initial publish date
Apr 2020
Category
History
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780773559516
    Publish Date
    Apr 2020
    List Price
    $45.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780228000303
    Publish Date
    Apr 2020
    List Price
    $39.95

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When Richard Alan Stikeman, an incredible businessman, community leader, and family man, died from malignant mesothelioma, his family, friends, and community established the Stikeman Fund for Surgical Advancement and the Stikeman Visiting Professorship in order to commemorate him. Dr Dag Munro, Stikeman's treating surgeon, proposed the concept of an annual visiting professor as a unique way to honour his patient.

The primary goal of the fund was to enhance surgical education for students, residents, and faculty in the McGill University Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery. In the words of one of the founders – Richard's brother Heward Stikeman – it should "sharpen people" and keep McGill's program at the forefront of cardiothoracic education. Former residents were invited to return on an annual basis. Surgical research was added to the program and benefited from the wisdom of fifty world-class visitors. This contributed to a high degree of loyalty, adhesion, and philanthropy to the division. The Stikeman Visiting Professorship has thus unified cardiothoracic surgery under the McGill umbrella: Dr A.R.C. Dobell identified the professorship as the glue that holds the division together.

The Stikeman Visiting Professorship has emerged over the years as an important McGill legacy, its growth and duration a tribute to its founders, builders, and supporters. This book is a celebration of that legacy.

About the author

David S. Mulder is H. Rocke Robertson Professor at McGill University, former surgeon-in-chief at the Montreal General Hospital, and McGill Chair of Surgery.

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