Donald Baxter

{{Short description|Canadian neurologist (1926–2012)}}

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Donald W. Baxter (August 24, 1926 – July 24, 2012) was a Canadian neurologist Emeritus Professor in the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery at McGill University and former Director of the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital.{{cite news |title=Order of Canada honorees |url=http://reporter-archive.mcgill.ca/Rep/r2809/order.htm |work=McGill Reporter |date=25 January 1996 |accessdate=31 October 2010 }} He graduated from Queen's University and trained at McGill University Health Centre, Kingston General Hospital{{Cite web|last=Büttner-Ennever|first=J. A.|title=Short Biography: Donald W. Baxter|url=https://www.karger.com/WebMaterial/ShowFileCache/883127|url-status=live|archive-date=2022-01-14 |access-date=14 January 2022|website=Karger|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220114164709/https://www.karger.com/WebMaterial/ShowFileCache/883127 }} and Boston City Hospital.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mcgill.ca/neuro/about/donald-baxter-md|title=Donald BAXTER, MD|website=Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital|language=en|access-date=2018-11-05}} In 1962, he became Associate Professor of Neurology at McGill University and was later chairman of the institute's Neurology and Neurosurgery Departments. Between 1984 and 1992 he was MNI Director;{{Cite journal|last1=Bray|first1=Garth M.|last2=Martin|first2=Joseph B.|date=June 2013|title=Donald W. Baxter|journal=Annals of Neurology|language=en|volume=73|issue=6|pages=685|doi=10.1002/ana.23912|s2cid=71691205|issn=0364-5134}} a role he continued in the capacity of Interim Director from 2000-2002. In 1996 he was named an Officer of the Order of Canada.{{Cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/montrealgazette/obituary.aspx?n=donald-baxter&pid=158757362|title=Donald Baxter: Obituary|website=Montreal Gazette}}

Baxter was President of the Canadian Neurological Association{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yQW4DAAAQBAJ&q=Donald+W.+Baxter%2C+Canadian+Neurological+Association&pg=PA306|title=The General: A History of the Montreal General Hospital|last1=Hanaway|first1=Joseph|last2=Burgess|first2=John H.|date=2016-05-01|publisher=McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP|isbn=9780773598645|language=en}} (1969–1970) and an Officer, Order of Canada (1995).