Paul Walfish Scientist

Paul Gerald Walfish, CM OOnt is a Canadian endocrinologist "whose research in the area of thyroid physiology and pathology has contributed to improved health care in Canada, especially for newborn infants".Born in Toronto, Ontario, Walfish graduated from the University of Toronto in 1958 and specialized in Internal Medicine. After receiving a McLaughlin Foundation Fellowship, he spent a year studying endocrinology at Harvard Medical School. He joined the University of Toronto's Department of Medicine as a teacher becoming a professor in 1982.Walfish has worked at Mount Sinai Hospital since 1964 as a scientist and a clinician. He help pioneer techniques of early thyroid cancer detection using fine needle biopsies and ultrasounds.