Background
He was born in Rochester, New York and received a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from the Ontario Veterinary College, a Master of Science from the University of Toronto and a Doctor of Philosophy in physiology from Queen"s University.
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Duncan Gordon Sinclair
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Career
He was inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame in 2015. From 1963 to 1965, he pursued post-doctoral medical research at Street John"s College, Cambridge. 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.
Sinclair was the first non-medical doctor to be chosen as head of a faculty of medicine in Canada.
He retired from Queen"s in 1996 but continues to be a guest lecturer at the University. In 1997, Queen"s established the Doctor Duncan G. Sinclair Lectureship in Health Services and Policy Research,
In 1989, he was named an honorary fellow in the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
Sinclair was chair of the Ontario Health Services Restructuring Commission and founding chair of Canada Health Infoway. He also served on the steering committee for the review by the Ontario Ministry of Health of the Public Hospitals Acting.
