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Physiology (PHGY)

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Physiology (PHGY)

Location

Location

  • McIntyre Medical Sciences Building, Room 1021
  • 3655 Promenade Sir-William-Osler
  • Montreal, Quebec H3G 1Y6
  • Telephone: 514-398-4316
  • Fax: 514-398-7452
  • Website:

About Physiology

About Physiology

Physiology has its roots in many of the basic sciences including biology, chemistry, mathematics, and physics. Physiology overlaps with other biomedical sciences such as anatomy, biochemistry, pathology and pharmacology, and with psychology and biomedical engineering, and is one of the prime contributors of basic scientific knowledge to the clinical medical sciences.

Members of the Department of Physiology at McGill are engaged in studies dealing with molecules, single cells, or entire systems in a variety of vertebrates, including man. A wide range of interest and expertise is represented, including cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal and renal physiology, the physiology of exercise, neurophysiology, endocrinology, immunology, biophysics, and biomathematics. Some faculty members have formal or informal links with the departments of mathematics, physics, electrical engineering, and chemistry, and with clinical departments (medicine, surgery, pediatrics, neurology, obstetrics, psychiatry, anesthesia), reflecting and reinforcing the close ties between physiology and other disciplines.

Graduates at the B.Sc. level have found rewarding careers in teaching, in secondary schools and CEGEPs, government service, and laboratory technical assistance, such as in pharmaceutical houses, hospitals, and institutions of higher learning. Moreover, physiology provides an excellent background for medicine, dentistry or other postgraduate work, in such fields as physiology, experimental medicine, pharmacology, biochemistry, or physiological psychology.

The programs offered in Physiology differ in their orientation but they all have a common core of material covering cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal and renal physiology, neurophysiology, endocrinology, and immunology. The specified U1 courses are identical for all programs except the Joint Major programs in Physiology and Physics, Physiology and Mathematics, and the Joint Honours program in Immunology, and thus afford the student maximal flexibility before deciding on a particular program to follow in U2 and U3.

Academic advising is compulsory. All new students to the Department, Freshman and CEGEP, must see an adviser upon entering the program. Contact the Student Affairs Officer at 514-398-3689 for more information.

Returning students are required to consult with their advisers during the advising period for returning students, and regularly throughout the year. It is important that graduating students have their record checked by their adviser at the beginning of their final year.

PLEASE NOTE: Complementary courses are not electives.

The difference between Complementary courses and Required courses is that Complementary courses are defined as offering an element of choice, however small that choice may be. Students may choose from the two (or more) courses specified within Complementary Course segments of a program description, but ONLY from those. For further information, refer to University Regulations and Information > Course Information and Regulations.

Programs, Courses and University Regulations—2011-2012 (last updated Aug. 16, 2011) (disclaimer)

Physiology (PHGY) Faculty

Physiology (PHGY) Faculty

Chair
John Orlowski
Emeritus Professors
Thomas M.S. Chang; B.Sc., M.D.,C.M., Ph.D.(McG.), F.R.C.P.(C)
Kresmir Krnjevic; O.C., B.Sc., Ph.D., M.B., Ch.B.(Edin.), F.R.S.C
Wayne Lapp; M.S.A.(Tor.), Ph.D.(McG.)
Mortimer Levy; B.Sc., M.D.,C.M.(McG.), F.R.C.P.(C) (joint appt. with Medicine)
George Mandl; B.Sc.(C'dia), Ph.D.(McG.)
G. Melvill Jones; B.A., M.A., M.B., B.Ch., M.D.(Cant.)
J. Milic-Emili; M.D.(Milan)
C. Polosa; M.D., Ph.D.
Professors
Monroe W. Cohen; B.Sc., Ph.D.(McG.)
Ellis J. Cooper; B.Eng.(Sir G. Wms.), M.Sc.(Sur.), Ph.D.(McM.)
Kathleen Cullen; B.Sc.(Brown), Ph.D.(Chic.) (William Dawson Scholar)
Leon Glass; B.S.(Brooklyn), Ph.D.(Chic.) (Isadore Rosenfeld Professor of Cardiology)
Phil Gold; C.C., B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D., M.D.,C.M.(McG.), F.R.C.P.(C.), F.R.S.C. (joint appt. with Medicine)
David Goltzman; B.Sc., M.D.,C.M.(McG.) (Antoine G. Massabki Professor of Medicine) (joint appt. with Medicine)
John Hanrahan; Ph.D.(Br. Col.)
Gergely Lukacs; M.D., Ph.D.(Budapest)
Michael Mackey; B.A., Ph.D.(Wash.) (Joseph Morley Drake Professor of Physiology)
Sheldon Magder; M.D.(Tor.) (joint appt. with Medicine)
Jacapo P. Mortola; M.D.(Milan)
John Orlowski; B.Sc.(McG.), M.Sc., Ph.D.(Qu.) (James McGill Professor)
Premsyl Ponka; M.D., Ph.D.(Prague)
Alvin Shrier; B.Sc.(C'dia), Ph.D.(Dal.) (Hosmer Professor of Physiology)
Douglas G.D. Watt; M.D., Ph.D.(McG.)
John White; B.Sc., M.Sc.(Car.), Ph.D.(Harv.)
Assistant Professors
Maurice Chacron; Ph.D.(Ott.)
Russell Jones; Ph.D.(Tor.)
Associate Professors
Erik Cook; Ph.D.(Baylor College, Houston)
Riaz Farookhi; B.Sc., M.Sc.(MIT), Ph.D.(Tufts)
Mladen Glavinovic; B.Sc.(Zagreb), M.Sc.(Tor.), Ph.D.(McG.)
Michael Guevara; B.Sc., M.Eng., Ph.D.(McG.)
Pejmun Haghighi; Ph.D.(McG.)
Julio Martinez-Trujillo; Ph.D.(Tübingen)
Ursula Stochaj; Ph.D.(Cologne)
Ann Wechsler; B.A.(Tor.), M.Sc., Ph.D.(McG.)
Associate Professor (Part-time)
Nicole Bernard; B.Sc.(McG.), Ph.D.(Duke)
Associate Members
Anaesthesia: Steven Backman, Fernando Cervero
Biomedical Engineering: Robert E. Kearney, Satya Prakash
Electrical and Computer Engineering: Sam Musallam
Kinesiology and Physical Education: Dilson Rassier
Medicine: Albert Aguayo, Volker Blank, Mark Blostein, Andrey Cybulsky, Abraham Fuks, Claude Gagnon, Raymonde Gagnon, Imed Gallouzi, Harry Goldsmith, Geoffrey Hendy, Louise Larose, Anne Marie Lauzon, James Martin, Shree Mulay, Mariana Newkirk, Barry Posner, Shafaat Rabbani, Mary Stevenson, Simon Wing, Hans Zingg
Nephrology: Serge Lemay, Tomoko Takano
Neurology: David Ragsdale
Neurology and Neurosurgery: Jack Antel, Massimo Avoli, Charles Bourque, Sal T. Carbonetto, Daniel Guitton, Christopher Pack, Melissa Vollrath
Ophthalmology: Curtis Baker
Otolaryngology: Bernard Segal
Pediatrics: Charles Rohlicek
Pharmacology: Terence Hebert
Psychiatry: Nicolas Cermakian, Bernardo Dubrovsky, Christina Gianoulakis
Adjunct Professors
Roy Caplan, Montreal
Peter Swain, London
Programs, Courses and University Regulations—2011-2012 (last updated Aug. 16, 2011) (disclaimer)

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) - Liberal Program - Core Science Component Physiology (50 credits)

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) - Major Physiology (65 credits)

The Major program includes, in addition to some intensive studies in Physiology, a strong core content of related biomedical sciences. Admission to the Major program will be in U2, upon completion of the U1 required courses, and in consultation with the student's adviser. ...

For more information, see Major Physiology (65 credits).

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) - Major Physiology and Mathematics (77 credits)

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) - Major Physiology and Physics (80 credits)

This program provides a firm foundation in physics, mathematics, and physiology. It is appropriate for students interested in applying methods of the physical sciences to problems in physiology and allied biological sciences.

For more information, see Major Physiology and Physics (80 credits).

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) - Honours Physiology (75 credits)

All admissions to the Honours program will be in U2, and the student must have a U1 GPA of 3.30, with no less than a B in PHGY 209 and PHGY 210. Admission to U3 requires a U2 CGPA of 3.20 with no less than a B in U2 Physiology courses. Decisions for admission to U3 will be heavily influenced by student standing in U2 courses. ...

For more information, see Honours Physiology (75 credits).

Physiology (PHGY) Related Programs

Physiology (PHGY) Related Programs

Interdepartmental Honours in Immunology

Interdepartmental Honours in Immunology

For more information, see Immunology Interdepartmental Honours. This program is offered by the Departments of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, and Physiology. Students interested in the program should contact Dr. C. Piccirillo, Microbiology and Immunology, ciro.piccirillo [at] mcgill.ca, 514-398-2872; or Dr. Monroe Cohen, Physiology, monroe.cohen [at] mcgill.ca, 514-398-4342.

Programs, Courses and University Regulations—2011-2012 (last updated Aug. 16, 2011) (disclaimer)
Faculty of Science—2011-2012 (last updated Aug. 16, 2011) (disclaimer)
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