Doctor to the North

John Burgess is an emeritus cardiologist at the McGill Health Centre, professor of medicine, McGill University, past-president of The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and author of numerous research and review articles in medical journa

• Acknowledgments1 The Long Road to an md; 2 Expanding Horizons during Postgraduate Training; 3 Return to North America; 4 Cardiologist at the Montreal General Hospital and McGill University; 5 My Road to the Presidency of the Royal College; 6 Doctor to the North; 7 History of the Eastern Canadian Inuit; 8 History of the Eastern Canadian Inuit Health Care; 9 Congenital Heart Disease; 10 Valvular Heart Disease; 11 Infective Endocarditis; 12 Pulmonary Heart Disease; 13 Cardiomyopathy; 14 Coronary Artery Disease; 15 Auyuittuq Park: An Arctic Holiday; 16 The Future; 17 TransitionsNotes

"First-hand clinical experience by one of Canada's leading, superbly trained physicians, and the only Canadian who had the opportunity to "sub specialize" in Arctic cardiology - a fine biography." C. Stuart Houston, author of Steps on the Road to Medicare: Why Saskatchewan Led the Way "Dr Burgess has an impressive ability to make complex abnormalities easily understood ... a very useful introduction to cardiology for every medical student." Louis Horlick, author of J. Wendell Macleod: Saskatchewan's Red Dean