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Feindel, William Howard was born on July 12, 1918 in Bridgewater, Nova Scoti, Canada. Son of Robert Ronald Feindel and Annie Swansburg.
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William Howard Feindel, Canadian Neurosurgeon, consultant. Diplomate American Board Neurological Surgery; licentiate Medical Council Canada. Decorated officer Order of Canada, 1982; Rhodes scholar Merton College University of Oxford, 1939; recipient Neilson award Hannah Institute History Medicine,1997.
Education
Bachelor, Acadia U., Canada, 1939; Doctor of Science (honorary), Acadia U., Canada, 1963; Master of Science, Dalhousie U., Canada, 1942; Doctor of Medicine, CM, McGill University, Canada, 1945; Doctor of Science (honorary), McGill University, Canada, 1984; Doctor of Philisophy in Neuroanatomy, University of Oxford, England, 1949; Doctor of Laws (honorary), Mount Allison U., 1983; Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Saskatchewan, Canada, 1986.
Career
Research assistant, Montreal (Canada) Neurological Institute, 1942-1944;
fellow in neuropathology, Montreal (Canada) Neurological Institute, 1944-1945;
director neuro-isotope laboratory, Montreal (Canada) Neurological Institute, 1959-1988;
director institute, Montreal (Canada) Neurological Institute, 1972-1984;
director general, director professional services, Montreal Neurological Hospital, 1972-1984;
research assistant, demonstrator in anatomy, University of Oxford, England, 1946-1949;
demonstrator in neurosurgery, McGill University, 1951-1952;
lecturer neurosurgery, McGill University, 1952-1955;
William Cone professor neurosurgery, McGill University, 1959-1988;
department chairman neurology and neurosurgery, McGill University, 1972-1977;
director Cone laboratory neurosurgery research, McGill University, 1959-1988;
associate professor surgery, U. Saskatchewan, 1955-1956;
professor surgery, U. Saskatchewan, 1956-1959;
coordinator research in positron emission tomography, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, 1975-1984;
director brain imaging center, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, 1984-1987;
director neuro history project, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, since 1987;
chancellor, Acadia U., 1991-1996;
chancellor emeritus, honorary governor, Acadia U., since 1996. Principal investigator brain tumor project National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1986-1989, co-investigator research, since 1989, member-reviewer neurological disorders program project review, 1983-1988, external reviewer special programs, 1989-1995. Lecturer department history medicine and science U. B.C., 1976-1978.
Neurological consultant St. Paul's and City Hospitals, Saskatoon, saskatchewan, 1955-1959. Consultant neurosurgeon Royal Victoria Hospital and Catherine Booth Hos., Montreal, 1959-1979, Sherbrooke (Quebec) General Hospital, 1964-1985, Montreal General Hospital, since 1978. Consultant Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital, Plattsburgh, New York, 1973-1985.
Neurosurgeon-in-chief Montreal Neurological Hospital, 1961-1972, senior neurosurgeon, since 1985. Neurologist and neurosurgeon-in-chief Royal Victoria Hospital, 1971-1985, consultant neurosurgeon, since 1985. Member science committee Foundation for Study Control and Peripheral Nervous Sys., Geneva,1983-.
Member expert panel on neurology World Health Organization and Pan-American Health Organisation, 1976-1994, consultant in Neuroscience,1996-.
Achievements
Membership
Member of the board curators Osler Library., McGill University, since 1963, curator Penfield Archive, since 1976, honorary associate library Osler Library., 1964-1965, honorary library, since 1996. Board of Governors Acadia U., 1981-1989, member Executive Committee, 1984-1986. Fellow American College of Surgeons, Royal College Physicians and Surgeons Canada, Royal Society Canada.
Member American Association Neurological Surgeons, American Academy Neurological Surgeons (president 1976), American Neurological Association (Vice-President 1976), American Epilepsy Society (J. Kiffin Penry award 1998), American Society Neurological Surgeons, Canada Neurosurg. Society (president 1968), Montreal Medico-Chirurgical Society (president 1974), Osler Society McGill University (president 1945, honorary president 1985-1988, 90-97), James McGill Society (president 1997), Academy Mexicana Cirugia (honorary), American Osler Society, Osler Club London (honorary), University Club Montreal, Faculty Club McGill University, Indoor Tennis Club, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Interests
Connections
Married Dorothy Faith Roswell Lyman, July 28, 1945. Children: Christopher, Alexander, Patricia, Janet, Michael, Anna.
