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Physiology has its roots in many of the basic sciences including biology, chemistry, mathematics, and physics. Physiology overlaps with other biomedical sciences such as anatomy, biochemistry, pathology, pharmacology, psychology, and biomedical engineering, and is one of the prime contributors of basic scientific knowledge to the clinical medical sciences.
Members of the Department of Physiology at ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ are engaged in studies dealing with molecules, single cells, or entire systems in a variety of vertebrates, including humans. A wide range of interest and expertise is represented, including cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal and renal physiology, the physiology of exercise, neurophysiology, endocrinology, immunology, biophysics, and biomathematics. Some faculty members have formal or informal links with the departments of mathematics, physics, electrical engineering, and chemistry, and with clinical departments (medicine, surgery, pediatrics, neurology, obstetrics, psychiatry, anesthesia), reflecting and reinforcing the close ties between physiology and other disciplines.
Graduates at the B.Sc. level have found rewarding careers in secondary school and CEGEP teaching, government service, and laboratory technical assistance such as in pharmaceutical houses, hospitals, and institutions of higher learning. Moreover, physiology provides an excellent background for medicine, dentistry or other postgraduate work, in such fields as physiology, experimental medicine, pharmacology, biochemistry, or physiological psychology.
The programs offered in Physiology differ in their orientation but they all have a common core of material covering cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal and renal physiology, neurophysiology, endocrinology, and immunology. The specified U1 courses are identical for all programs except the Joint Major programs in Physiology and Physics, Physiology and Mathematics, and the Joint Honours program in Immunology, and thus afford the student maximal flexibility before deciding on a particular program to follow in U2 and U3.
Academic advising is compulsory. All new students to the Department, Freshman and CEGEP, must see an adviser upon entering the program. Contact the Student Affairs Officer at 514-398-3689 for more information.
Returning students are required to consult with their advisers during the advising period for returning students and regularly throughout the year. It is important that graduating students have their record checked by their adviser at the beginning of their final year.
The difference between complementary courses and required courses is that complementary courses are defined as offering an element of choice, however small that choice may be. Students may choose from the two (or more) courses specified within complementary course segments of a program description, but ONLY from those. For further information, refer to the eCalendar under University Regulations and Resources > Undergraduate > Registration > Course Information and Regulations.
Chair |
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John Orlowski |
Emeritus Professors |
Thomas M.S. Chang; B.Sc., M.D.,C.M., Ph.D.(McG.), F.R.C.P.(C) |
Kresmir Krnjevic; O.C., B.Sc., Ph.D., M.B., Ch.B.(Edin.), F.R.S.C |
Wayne Lapp; M.S.A.(Tor.), Ph.D.(McG.) |
Mortimer Levy; B.Sc., M.D.,C.M.(McG.), F.R.C.P.(C) (joint appt. with Medicine) |
George Mandl; B.Sc.(C'dia), Ph.D.(McG.) |
Geoffrey Melvill Jones; B.A., M.A., M.B., B.Ch., M.D.(Cant.) |
Joseph Milic-Emili; M.D.(Milan) |
Canio Polosa; M.D., Ph.D. |
Douglas G.D. Watt; M.D., Ph.D.(McG.) |
Professors |
Monroe W. Cohen; B.Sc., Ph.D.(McG.) |
Ellis J. Cooper; B.Eng.(Sir G. Wms.), M.Sc.(Sur.), Ph.D.(McM.) |
Kathleen Cullen; B.Sc.(Brown), Ph.D.(Chic.) |
Leon Glass; B.S.(Brooklyn), Ph.D.(Chic.) (Isadore Rosenfeld Professor of Cardiology) |
Phil Gold; C.C., B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D., M.D.,C.M.(McG.), F.R.C.P.(C.), F.R.S.C. (Douglas G. Cameron Professor of Medicine) (joint appt. with Medicine) |
David Goltzman; B.Sc., M.D.,C.M.(McG.) (Antoine G. Massabki Professor of Medicine) (joint appt. with Medicine) |
John Hanrahan; Ph.D.(Br. Col.) |
Gergely Lukacs; M.D., Ph.D.(Budapest) |
Michael Mackey; B.A., Ph.D.(Wash.) (Joseph Morley Drake Professor of Physiology) |
Sheldon Magder; M.D.(Tor.) (joint appt. with Medicine) |
Jacapo P. Mortola; M.D.(Milan) |
John Orlowski; B.Sc.(McG.), M.Sc., Ph.D.(Qu.) (James ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ Professor) |
Premsyl Ponka; M.D., Ph.D.(Prague) |
Alvin Shrier; B.Sc.(C'dia), Ph.D.(Dal.) (Hosmer Professor of Applied Physiology) |
John White; B.Sc., M.Sc.(Car.), Ph.D.(Harv.) |
Assistant Professors |
Claire Brown; B.Sc.(St. Mary's) Ph.D.(W. Ont.) |
Russell Jones; Ph.D.(Tor.) |
Anmar Khadra; B.Sc.(C'dia), M.Sc., Ph.D.(Wat.) |
Anastasiya Nyzhnyk; M.Biochem., Ph.D.(Oxf.) |
Reza Sharif-Naeini; B.Sc.(Montr.), M.Sc., Ph.D.(McG.) |
Associate Professors |
Maurice Chacron; Ph.D.(Ott.) |
Erik Cook; Ph.D.(Baylor College, Houston) |
Mladen Glavinovic; B.Sc.(Zagreb), M.Sc.(Tor.), Ph.D.(McG.) |
Michael Guevara; B.Sc., M.Eng., Ph.D.(McG.) |
Pejmun Haghighi; Ph.D.(McG.) |
Julio Martinez-Trujillo; Ph.D.(Tübingen) |
Ursula Stochaj; Ph.D.(Cologne) |
Ann Wechsler; B.A.(Tor.), M.Sc., Ph.D.(McG.) |
Associate Professor (Part-time) |
Nicole Bernard; B.Sc.(McG.), Ph.D.(Duke) |
Associate Members |
Anaesthesia: Steven Backman |
Biomedical Engineering: Robert E. Kearney, Satya Prakash |
Biomedical Ethics: Jennifer Fishman |
Dentistry: Fernando Cervero |
Electrical and Computer Engineering: Sam Musallam |
Kinesiology and Physical Education: Dilson Rassier |
Medicine: Volker Blank, Mark Blostein, Andrey Cybulsky, Raymonde Gagnon, Geoffrey Hendy, Louise Larose, Anne Marie Lauzon, Serge Lemay, James Martin, Mariana Newkirk, Barry Posner, Shafaat Rabbani, Mary Stevenson, Tomoko Takano, Elena Torban, Simon Wing, Hans Zingg |
Microbiology and Immunology: Jörg Fritz |
Neurology and Neurosurgery: Jack Antel, Massimo Avoli, Daniel Guitton, Christopher Pack, David Ragsdale, Ed Ruthazer, Amir Shmuel, Jesper Sjöström |
Ophthalmology: Curtis Baker |
Otolaryngology: Bernard Segal |
Pediatrics: Charles Rohlicek |
Pharmacology: Terence Hebert |
Psychiatry: Nicolas Cermakian, Bernardo Dubrovsky |
Research in Neuroscience: Charles Bourque, Sal T. Carbonetto |
Adjunct Professor |
Roy Caplan, Montreal |
For more information, see Liberal Program - Core Science Component Physiology (50 credits).
The Major program includes, in addition to some intensive studies in Physiology, a strong core content of related biomedical sciences. Admission to the Major program will be in U2, upon completion of the U1 required courses, and in consultation with the student's adviser. ...
For more information, see Major Physiology (65 credits).
For more information, see Major Physiology and Mathematics (77 credits).
This program provides a firm foundation in physics, mathematics, and physiology. It is appropriate for students interested in applying methods of the physical sciences to problems in physiology and allied biological sciences.
For more information, see Major Physiology and Physics (80 credits).
All admissions to the Honours program will be in U2, and the student must have a U1 GPA of 3.30, with no less than a B in PHGY 209 and PHGY 210. Admission to U3 requires a U2 CGPA of 3.20 with no less than a B in U2 Physiology courses. Decisions for admission to U3 will be heavily influenced by student standing in U2 courses. ...
For more information, see Honours Physiology (75 credits).
For more information, see Immunology. This program is offered by the Departments of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, and Physiology. Students interested in the program should contact Dr. C. Piccirillo, Microbiology and Immunology, ciro.piccirillo [at] mcgill.ca, 514-934-1934, ext. 45135; or Dr. Monroe Cohen, Physiology, monroe.cohen [at] mcgill.ca, 514-398-4342.