Paul Walfish

Paul Gerald Walfish
Alma materUniversity of Toronto
AwardsCM, O.Ont
Scientific career
FieldsEndocrinology
InstitutionsMount Sinai Hospital

Paul Gerald Walfish, CM OOnt was a Canadian endocrinologist "whose research in the area of thyroid physiology and pathology has contributed to improved health care in Canada, especially for newborn infants".[1]

Born in Toronto, Ontario, Walfish graduated from the University of Toronto in 1958 and specialized in internal medicine. After receiving a McLaughlin Foundation Fellowship, he spent a year studying endocrinology at Harvard Medical School. He joined the University of Toronto's Department of Medicine as a teacher, becoming a professor in 1982.[2]

Walfish has worked at Mount Sinai Hospital since 1964 as a scientist and a clinician. He helped pioneer techniques of early thyroid cancer detection using fine-needle biopsies and ultrasounds.[3]

Walfish died from leukemia on 28 July 2018, aged 83.[4]

  1. ^ "Order of Canada citation".[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Paul G. Walfish – CMA Medal of Service 2007" (PDF). Canadian Medical Association.
  3. ^ "Dr. Paul Walfish named to Order of Ontario". Mount Sinai Hospital.
  4. ^ U of T Remembers: Paul Walfish, a leader in thyroid research, developed screening for babies used around the world