Arnold Aberman
{{Short description|Canadian critical care physician}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Dr Arnold Aberman
| birth_place = Montreal, Quebec
| alma_mater = McGill University
| occupation = Professor
| known_for = Critical Care Medicine
Medical Administration
| organization = University of Toronto
Northern Ontario School of Medicine
| honours = 2011 Order of Canada
| module = {{Infobox officeholder | embed=yes
| office = Dean of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Toronto
| term_start = 1992
| term_end = 1999
| predecessor = John Dirks
| successor = David Naylor
}}
}}
Arnold Aberman is a Canadian physician who is a pioneer in critical care medicine and a medical administrator.
Early life and education
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Aberman was born in Montreal, Quebec. He received his BSc in 1965 from McGill University.{{Cite web |title=Convocation 2015: Dr. Arnold Aberman receives honorary degree from U of T |url=https://www.utoronto.ca/news/convocation-2015-dr-arnold-aberman-receives-honorary-degree-u-t |access-date=2022-08-27 |website= utoronto.ca | publisher= University of Toronto |language= en}} He is Jewish.{{Cite web |date=2024-09-16 |title=Arnie Aberman will return his honorary UofT degree over the school's handling of antisemitism |url=https://thecjn.ca/podcasts/arnie-aberman-will-return-his-honorary-uoft-degree-over-the-schools-handling-of-antisemitism/ |access-date=2024-09-18 |website=The Canadian Jewish News |language=en-US}}
Aberman obtained his medical degree from McGill University with specializations in internal medicine and pulmonary disease.
Career
Dr. Abelman completed residencies at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City.{{Cite web |title=History of the Department |url=https://deptmedicine.utoronto.ca/history-department |access-date=2022-08-27 |website=deptmedicine.utoronto.ca |publisher= Department of Medicine, University of Toronto |language=en}} He trained in California at the Cardiovascular Research Institute of University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and was a research fellow in the Shock Research Unit of the University of Southern California.
Aberman returned to Canada in 1973 to become director of the Intensive Care Unit at Mt Sinai Hospital in Toronto, Ontario.{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Dr. Arnold Aberman |url= https://www.gg.ca/en/honours/recipients/146-12554| date= | website= gg.ca | publisher=The Governor General of Canada |access-date=2022-08-27 }} From 1977 to 1987, he took on additional responsibilities as Physician-in-Chief at Mt Sinai Hospital. He became Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto in 1980.
In 1987, Aberman was appointed Physician-in-Chief of the Toronto Hospital, an amalgamation of Toronto General and Toronto Western Hospitals. Aberman's major mandate was to merge the two hospital departments clinically, academically, administratively, and financially. His extraordinary administrative abilities were then turned to the restructuring of Toronto's teaching hospitals.{{Cite web |title=Media Room & Blue Book | publisher= University of Toronto |url=https://media.utoronto.ca/media-releases/renowned-human-rights-advocate-banking-boss-and-film-legends-among-those-set-to-receive-honourary-u-of-t-degrees/ |access-date=2022-08-27 |website= utoronto.ca}}
Aberman was appointed Dean of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Toronto in 1992. He stepped down as dean in 1999.{{Cite web |date=2015-06-02 |title=Arnold Aberman - Honorary Degree Ceremony |url=https://www.president.utoronto.ca/arnold-aberman-honorary-degree-ceremony/ |access-date=2022-08-27 |website= president.utoronto.ca| publisher= University of Toronto |language=en-US}}
Starting in 2002, Aberman facilitated the establishment of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine.
He has over 60 publications in critical care. His citation for the Order of Canada in 2011 stated he "contributed to the advancement of medicine for more than 30 years."
As of 2024, Aberman has received four honorary doctorates from different universities, including the University of Toronto. However, in September 2024, he announced he would return his honorary doctorate from U of T in the wake of the manner in which the school handled the 2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses, which he deemed as antisemitic. He believes he is the first person in the school's history to return an honorary degree, ever since the tradition began in 1850.
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