Neil McKenzie
Dr. McKenzie was raised in Scotland where he received his medical degree at the University of Aberdeen in 1968. After internship, he was a British Heart Foundation research fellow for two years and worked in Sweden on measurement of platelet behaviour in vivo and subsequently completed general surgical training. In 1974 he became a senior resident in Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery at University Hospital in London, Ontario and in 1976 was appointed consultant cardiovascular and thoracic surgeon at University Hospital and assistant professor in the Department of Surgery at the University of Western Ontario. He was Chief of the Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Division at University Hospital from 1984 and Chairman of the Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery at the University of Western Ontario from 1988 until June 1997.Dr. McKenzie remains active in the field of adult cardiac surgery and was awarded the Dean’s Lifetime Achievement Award by Dr. Dean Strong, Western University, in May 2015.
