McMurtry, Dr Robert Y. Curriculum Vitae
McMURTRY, ROBERT YOUNGHUSBAND, C. M., M. D., F.R.C.S.(C), F.A.C.S.
1. BIOGRAPHICAL DATA:
Dr. Robert Y. McMurtry
DOB: March 6, 1941 Citizenship: Canadian
E-mail: [email protected]
Present Position:
- Member of the Order of Canada
- Visiting Orthopedic Consultant, Prince Edward Family Health Team, Picton, ON
- Professor of Surgery (Emeritus), University of Western Ontario
- Member of the Board of the Canadian Index of Wellbeing Centre, University of Waterloo
- Member of the Board of Directors PSI Foundation, Finance and Governance Committees
- College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, Member of the Inquiries, Complaints and Reviews Committee
II. ACADEMIC RECORD:
UNDERGRADUATE:
University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario 1959-1961
GRADUATE:
University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario 1961-1965
POSTGRADUATE:
- Rotating Intern, New Mount Sinai Hospital 1965-1966
- Assistant Resident, General Surgery, Hospital for Sick Children, (July – December) 1966
- Assistant Resident Gynaecology,Toronto General Hospital, (January – June) 1967)
- Assistant Resident, General Surgery, New Mount Sinai Hospital (July – December) 1968
- Jane Furse Memorial Hospital, (Anglican Mission Hospital), Sekhukhuniland, a protectorate within South Africa, (July – October) 1968 – 1969
III. Demonstator Anatomy U of T
IV. Emerg. Officer, Humber Memorial
V. Family Practitioner on locum tenens basis (January – March) 1970
Lecturer & Senior Registrar, Orthopedics, Makerere, University & Mulage Hospital, Uganda (April – September) 1970
Senior Resident Orthopedics, Toronto East General Hospital, (September – December) 1970
Senior Resident Orthopedics, Toronto East General Hospital, (January – June) 1971
Senior Resident Orthopedics, Hospital for Sick Children, (July – December) 1971
Senior Resident Orthopedics, Sunnybrook Hospital, (January – June) 1972
Clinical Fellow (Lecturer), Hospital for Sick Children (July – June 1973) 1972
F.R.C.S. (C) (November) 1972
Supervising Surgeon Emergency, Hospital for Sick Children, (December – June 1973) 1972
Staff Appointment, Sunnybrook Medical Centre 1973, Fellow Hand Surgery, University of Iowa, (January – October) 1974
Traveling Fellow: Hand Surgery & Trauma-United Kingdom, (Scotland, England, Wales), -Copenhagen, Denmark, -Heinola, Finland, -Stockholm, Sweden, -Vienna, Austria, -Davos, St. Galen, -Strasbourg, France (October – January) 1974- 1975
III. AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS:
F. A. C. S. – Fellowship American College of Surgeons 1983 – present
A.B.C. Traveling Fellow, American, British and Canadian Orthopedic Association 1981
Named Lectureship – “Friday at Four” – Dalhousie University, Halifax, September 1983
Chairman, Provincial Committee on Trauma (Ontario) 1983 – 1988
Chairman, Advanced Trauma Life Support Courses for the Province of Ontario and American College of Surgeons 1983 – 1988
Best Paper – Eastern Canada, Trauma, American College of Surgeons “Fractured Humeri in the Multiply Injured Patient” 1984
President, Trauma Association of Canada 1984 –1985
President, Canadian Association of Surgical Chairmen 1989 – 1992
Canada’s Who’s Who 1987 – present
Best Research Paper by a resident: Nattress, G.; King, G.; McMurtry, R. Y., “Carpal Height Ratio Determination: An Alternative Method”, MANUS Canada Meeting, Calgary 1991
Lloyd-McLean Visiting Professorship, McGill University November 1992
The McMurtry Lecture, Named Annual Lectureship, Department of Surgery, University of Calgary, Annual Research Day 1993 to present
International Who’s Who 1996 – present
Regent, American College of Surgeons 1992 – 1995
Invited & funded participant UNESCO Conference, Royaumont Abbey, France: “Transdisciplinarity” 1998
The Head of the Public Service Award, Special Recognition Award 2001
Certificate of Commendation, Health Canada 2001
Employee Commendation Award by the Employees of the Population and Public Branch of Health Canada 2002
Prime Minister of Canada: formal letter of commendation, October 2002
Presidential Award of Excellence, Canadian Orthopedic Association, June 2003
Professor Emeritus Status, University of Western Ontario, Medicine Convocation, May 2006
University Students’ Council Teaching Honour Roll Certificate, For the 2005-6 Academic Year January 2007, For the 2006-7 Academic Year March 2008
James H. Graham Award from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada recognizing significant career achievements. December 2008
Award presented at Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, UWO, April 15, 2009.
Ontario Medical Association Career Service Award from the Emergency Section of Ontario Medical Association 2010.
Award presented in Toronto, ON, May 26, 2010. May 2010
Appointed Member of the Order of Canada for leadership and vision in helping strengthen health care delivery in Canada. June 2011
IV. ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:
Lecturer, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1973 – 1975
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1975 – 1984
Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine,Department of Surgery, University of Toronto,Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1984 – 1988
Professor & Head, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Calgary, FoothillsHospital, Calgary, Alberta, Canada 1988 – 1992
Dean, Faculty of Medicine,The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, 1992 – 1997
Dean, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, 1997 – 1999
Professor of Surgery, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, 2003 – 2006
Professor Emeritus, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, 2006 — present
V. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT APPOINTMENTS:
G.D.W. Cameron Visiting Chair, Health Canada, Government of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, July 1999 – January 2001
Visiting Assistant Deputy Minister, Population and Public Health Branch, Health Canada, Government of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario , July 2000 – January 2001
Assistant Deputy Minister, Population and Public Health Branch, Health Canada, Government of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, January 2001- February 2002
Interim Governing Council, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Government of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, June 2000 – 2001
Advisory Board Member, Institute for Musculoskeletal Health & Arthritis, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Government of Canada, Calgary, Alberta, March 2001 – August 2004
Special Advisor to the Commissioner, Romanow Commission on: The Future of Health Care in Canada, February 2002- January 2003
Special Advisor to the Deputy Minister of Nunavut (extensive on-site tours of Nunuvut) December 2002-August 2003
National Steering Committee on Climate Change and Health Assessment, June 2003 – December 2003
Advisor to the CIDA/CCPA “Health Project”, October 2004 – July 2006
Health Council of Canada December 2003-September 2008
Created as a result of the 2003 First Ministers’ Health Accord, and following the recommendations of the Romanow and Kirby Reports, the Health Council of Canada is mandated to monitor and report on the progress of health care renewal in Canada
Chaired by Michael Decter, the 26 Council members were named by the provinces, territories and the Government of Canada. Their expertise and broad experience includes the areas of community care, aboriginal health, health education and administration, finance, medicine and pharmacology. The Health Council of Canada held its inaugural meeting in January 2004.
As Chair of the Wait Times Working Group, Dr. McMurtry coordinated the proposed analysis of wait time management as well as the recommendations to improve effective and consistent wait time management programs across the country. He also served on the Strategic Plan Task Force as well as the Framework and Monitoring Progress Committee.