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Dr. Dunn recognized as pioneer in family medicine research

August 24, 2015

Dr. Earl Dunn (family physician on the Corridor Team from the 1960’s for over 30 years) has been recognized by the College of Family Physicians of Canada (posthumously) as one of the top 20 pioneers of family medicine research in Canada.

Dr. Dunn was renowned as advancing academic family medicine both in Canada and internationally. Dr. Dunn was instrumental in bringing Telemedicine to Canada, starting IV therapies in the hospital and in the home and developing primary care research together with his early family medicine research colleagues.