Peter Macklem

Peter Tiffany Macklem (October 4, 1931 – February 11, 2011) was a Canadian doctor, medical researcher and hospital administrator. He was educated at Queen's University and McGill University Medical School, receiving his MD, CM from McGill in 1956.

He died suddenly at home in Brockville, Ontario, in 2011, at the age of 79.

Medical career Macklem trained as a resident in internal medicine at the Royal Victoria Hospital (RVH) and then became a research fellow in the cardio-respiratory service for the hospital. This formed the basis for his lifelong interest in the mechanics of breathing. In 1963, he became a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. In 1967, Maklem became director of the Respiratory division at the RVH.

In 1972, he became a professor of Medicine at McGill and senior physician at the RVH. He was founding director of the Meakins-Christie Laboratories at McGill from 1972 to 1979. In 1979, he became chief physician at the RVH and, the following year, chair of the Department of Medicine at McGill. In 1987, he became chief physician at the Montreal Chest Institute.

In 1999, he was awarded the Trudeau Medal of the American Lung Association and the Gairdner Foundation Wightman Award. Macklem was inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame in 2012.