DIRECTOR: Respiratory Division, McGill University Health Centre, and McGill University

Dr Dick Menzies received his medical training at McGill University, and specialty training in Internal Medicine at the Medical College of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, USA.  After a 2 ½ year stint in Lesotho, Africa, he received further training in Respiratory Medicine and a Masters Degree in Epidemiology at McGill University.  Dr Menzies has served as Medical Director at the Montreal Chest Institute for a total of 10 years (1992-2002), and as Director of the Respiratory Epidemiology Unit at McGill University for a total of 9 years (1995-2004).  In December 2004 he was  appointed Director of the Respiratory Division of the MUHC.

Dr Menzies has a long history of involvement in tuberculosis care and research, beginning with his years in Lesotho, where the incidence of tuberculosis was among the highest of any country in the world. Since his return to Montreal he has developed a tuberculosis research programme of clinical and epidemiologic studies linked with a large multi-disciplinary clinical service  at the Montreal Chest Institute.  This service collaborates closely with the Public Health Unit of Montreal and Immigration Canada for screening of newly arrived foreign-born and others at high risk for tuberculosis. He initiated the Montreal Molecular Epidemiology of Active TB Group (MMEAT) - a multidisciplinary group of researchers with expertise in molecular epidemiology, geographic information systems analyses, public health, economic analyses and microbial as well as human genetics.  Dr Menzies has also been involved as a consultant to National TB Programs in the Dominican Republic, Guyana and Ecuador. He has published over 100 papers and written 20 book chapters based on the results of his research.