John G. Kelton

John G. Kelton is a Canadian hematologist and the former Dean of the McMaster University Medical School, as well as the Dean and Vice-President of the McMaster Faculty of Health Sciences. He concluded his 15-year term in June 2016 and currently serves as the Executive Director of the Michael G. DeGroote Initiative for Innovation in Healthcare at McMaster University in Hamilton. Dr. Kelton is recognized as an expert in heparin-induced thrombocytopenia and is renowned for developing a diagnostic test for heparin-induced thrombocytopenia in 1986.

Education Kelton graduated medicine cum laude from the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry at The University of Western Ontario in 1973.

Awards 2015 Prix Galien Canada Prize with Ted Warkentin for significant advances in pharmaceutical research for work on heparin-induced thrombocytopenia Jean Julliard Award from the International Society of Blood Transfusion Emily Cooley Award from the American Association of Blood Banks Bernard L. Schwartz Award from the Scripps Research Institute Karl Landsteiner Award from the German Society of Transfusion Medicine and Immunohematology Member of the Order of Canada from the Government of Canada