Selection Process

How are the Medicine Alumni Global Awards recipients selected?


Every nomination for the Medicine Alumni Global Awards is submitted to a careful review process.

The Dean's Leadership Council judges submissions for the following three awards presented to deserving MDCM alumni:

  • Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Community Service Award
  • Young Alumni Award

Recipients of the Alumni Award of Merit, which is presented to an outstanding alumnus or alumna from each of the Faculty's three allied health schools – the Ingram School of Nursing, the School of Physical & Occupational Therapy and the School of Communication Sciences & Disorders – are selected by an internal review committee by each of the allied health schools. 

For the names of the members of the Dean's Leadership Council and the Directors of the three allied health schools, please see the table below.

Dean’s Leadership Council, (Lifetime Achievement Award, Community Service Award, Young Alumni Award)

David Eidelman, MDCM’79
Vice-Principal (Health Affairs) and Dean of Medicine, McGill University
Arnold Aberman, BSc’65, MDCM’67
Professor, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University
Former Dean, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
Richard L. Cruess
Professor, Centre for Medical Education, McGill University
Former Dean, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University
Haile T. Debas, MDCM’63, DSc’05
Executive Director, Dept. of Global Health Sciences, University of California, San Francisco
Former Chancellor and Dean of Medicine, U UCSF
Abraham Fuks, BSc’68, MDCM’70
Professor, Biomedical Ethics, McGill University
Former Dean, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University

Heads of Review Committees for Faculty's Three Allied Health Schools (3x Alumni Award of Merit)

Laurie Snider, BSc(OT)’75
Interim Director, School of Physical & Occupational Therapy

Anita Gagnon, PhD'95
Director, Ingram School of Nursing
Associate Dean, Faculty of Medicine

Marc Pell, MSc'93, PhD'97
Director, School of Communication Sciences & Disorders 
Associate Dean, Faculty of Medicine


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