Dr.
Jameel Ali was born in Trinidad. A past student of St. Mary's College and
Fatima College, he immigrated to Canada and enrolled in Medicine at the
University of Manitoba, graduating, 1966. Following Fellowships at Boston
University Medical Center and San Francisco General Hospital, Dr. Ali began
his teaching career in Surgery at the University of Manitoba Medical School,
1973, leaving there, 1988, to become Full Professor of Surgery, University
of Toronto Medical School.I nternationally known and respected in the field
of Trauma, Dr. Ali is also recognized as an excellent teacher of Surgery,
for his research into and the understanding of Trauma Care, and as an examiner
of post graduate studies in Surgery. In 1999, at the annual Gallie Day
Dinner held in Toronto, Dr. Jameel Ali, as viewed here, left, received
the Bruce Tovee Award from the Chairman of the University of Toronto’s
Department of Surgery, Dr. John Wedge, for his significant work as a teacher
and, particularly, for his pioneering in the training of physicians in
Canada and throughout the world in the principles of providing optimum
care for injured victims. [Photo, courtesy Dr. Jameel Ali]