Ian McWhinney
Ian Renwick McWhinney, OC, FRCGP, FCFP, FRCP, (born October 11, 1926) is an English physician and academic known as the "Father of Family Medicine" for his work in creating a family medicine program at the University of Western Ontario.
Born in Burnley, England, he studied at Cheltenham College from 1940 to 1944. During World War II, he served with the Royal Army Medical Corps. After the war, he studied at Clare College, Cambridge and at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital at the University of London. He then practiced family medicine in Stratford-upon-Avon for thirteen years. In 1967, he was appointed the first Professor of Family Medicine in Canada at the University of Western Ontario. In 1968, he became the Chair of the Division of Family Medicine.
In 1989, he published A Textbook of Family Medicine (ISBN 0-19-511518-X) and is now in its third edition.
In 1997, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. In 2000, he was awarded honorary degrees from the University of Oslo and the University of Western Ontario. In 2006, he was inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame.
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- "Dr. McWhinney's Bio". http://www.uwo.ca/fammed/ian/cvmcwh.htm. Retrieved March 9, 2006.
- 1926 births
- People from Burnley
- Living people
- 20th-century English medical doctors
- English expatriates in Canada
- Officers of the Order of Canada
- Canadian Medical Hall of Fame
- Alumni of Clare College, Cambridge
- Alumni of the Medical College of St Bartholomew's Hospital
- Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians
- University of Western Ontario faculty
