Duncan G. Sinclair

Dr. Duncan Gordon Sinclair, CM (born November 2, 1933) is an American-born Canadian academic. He was inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame in 2015.[1]

He was born in Rochester, New York[1] and received a DVM from the Ontario Veterinary College, an MSc from the University of Toronto and a PhD in physiology from Queen's University.[2] From 1963 to 1965, he pursued post-doctoral medical research at St John's College, Cambridge. From 1974 to 1983, Sinclair was dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Queen's.[1] He later served as vice-principal of Institutional Relations, vice-principal of services, vice-principal of Health Sciences and dean of the Faculty of Medicine;[2] Sinclair was the first non-medical doctor to be chosen as head of a faculty of medicine in Canada.[1] He retired from Queen's in 1996 but continues to be a guest lecturer at the University. In 1997, Queen's established the Dr. Duncan G. Sinclair Lectureship in Health Services and Policy Research,[2]

In 1989, he was named an honorary fellow in the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.[2]

Sinclair was chair of the Ontario Health Services Restructuring Commission and founding chair of Canada Health Infoway.[3] He also served on the steering committee for the review by the Ontario Ministry of Health of the Public Hospitals Act .[2]

Duncan G. Sinclair is the father of Gord Sinclair, bassist for The Tragically Hip.

References
  1. "Dr. Duncan Sinclair". Canadian Medical Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 2015-08-14. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
  2. "Dr. Duncan G. Sinclair Lectureship in Health Services and Policy Research at Queen's University". Queen's University. Archived from the original on 2015-12-08. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
  3. "Kingston's Duncan Sinclair to be inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame". Kingston Whig-Standard. October 31, 2014.
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