In 1956, he joined the attending staff of Vancouver General Hospital and was appointed an instructor in the Department of Paediatrics in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia. He was appointed a Professor in 1968 and a Professor Emeritus in 1985.[2]
In 1973, Segal was one of the founders of The Canadian Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths and helped with first Canadian SIDS conference held in 1974. He helped open the first intensive-care unit for newborns at Vancouver General Hospital.[3]
In 1989, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada in recognition for having "made a lifelong contribution to the welfare of children everywhere".[1] In 1993, he was made a member of the Order of British Columbia.[4]
sydney, segal, 1920, june, 1997, canadian, pediatrician, neonatologist, actively, involved, areas, medical, ethics, fetal, medicine, drug, addicted, newborns, respiratory, pediatrics, children, with, aids, sudden, infant, death, syndrome, born1920montreal, que. Sydney Segal CM OBC 1920 June 21 1997 was a Canadian pediatrician and neonatologist He was actively involved in the areas of medical ethics fetal medicine drug addicted newborns respiratory pediatrics children with AIDS and sudden infant death syndrome 1 Sydney SegalBorn1920Montreal QuebecDiedJune 21 1997 aged 76 77 Vancouver British ColumbiaNationalityCanadianOccupation s pediatrician and neonatologistKnown forHis work with sudden infant death syndromeBorn in Montreal Quebec Segal received a Bachelor of Science degree from McGill University in 1941 and then served in World War II He received his medical degree in 1950 from Queen s University and received a Master of Arts degree in Physiology from the University of British Columbia in 1954 He did his internship and residency at the Vancouver General Hospital He was a research and teaching fellow at the University of British Columbia Boston Lying in Hospital the Children s Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School In 1956 he received his Certification in Paediatrics from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada 2 In 1956 he joined the attending staff of Vancouver General Hospital and was appointed an instructor in the Department of Paediatrics in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia He was appointed a Professor in 1968 and a Professor Emeritus in 1985 2 In 1973 Segal was one of the founders of The Canadian Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths and helped with first Canadian SIDS conference held in 1974 He helped open the first intensive care unit for newborns at Vancouver General Hospital 3 In 1989 he was made a Member of the Order of Canada in recognition for having made a lifelong contribution to the welfare of children everywhere 1 In 1993 he was made a member of the Order of British Columbia 4 Segal died in Vancouver British Columbia in 1997 2 References Edit a b Order of Canada citation permanent dead link a b c Dr Sydney Segal fonds Archived from the original on 2007 05 29 Dr Sydney Segal Research Grants Archived from the original on 2008 05 09 Order of British Columbia citation Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sydney Segal amp oldid 1171935750, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
