Dr. John Turnbull

Dr. John Turnbull received his Honours B.Sc. in Chemistry from York University, a Masters Degree in Mining and Metallurgical Engineering from Laval University, and a Ph.D. in Pharmacology and Toxicology from the University of Montreal. He received his MD degree from the University of Western Ontario, obtained his fellowship in Internal Medicine from McMaster University, and his fellowship in Neurology from the University of Western Ontario. He undertook two years of post-doctoral training at the University of California (Irvine), at the Centre for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory.

He is the Andrew Bruce Douglas Chair in Neurology since 2005. He is former Director of the Occupational Medicine Residency Program and former Director of the Neurology Residency Program at McMaster. He was for many years Chair and Assistant Dean, McMaster University, for Continuing Education in the Faculty of Health Sciences, and during this time Chair of the Council of Ontario Faculties of Medicine Standing Committee on CME and Chair of the Association of Canadian Medical Colleges Standing Committee on CME. He sat on the Academic Advisory Committee of the CPSO and was a founding director of the Foundation for Medical Practice Education. He was on the Steering Committee for the Educating Future Physicians of Ontario (EFPO) project. He was former Examiner and Chief Examiner for the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons in Neurology.

His chief clinical interests are in motor neuron diseases.