Speaker Introduction

Dr. Neville is currently the Assistant Dean, Undergraduate MD Program at McMaster University, a Professor in the Departments of Medicine Oncology and a Medical Oncologist at the Juravinski Cancer Centre, where he specializes in lung cancer and genitourinary cancers.

He received his B.Med.Biology (Honours) (Pathology) and MBChB from the University of Aberdeen in Scotland.  He undertook medical residency training in Aberdeen and at McMaster and his training in Medical Oncology at the University of Wisconsin.  Since joining McMaster University, he has held a number of Undergraduate and Postgraduate educational roles and assumed the position of Assistant Dean of the Undergraduate MD Program in 1997.  He was closely affiliated with Educating Future Physicians for Ontario (EFPO) as an EFPO Fellow and McMaster Site Coordinator.  His research interests lie in medical education.  He obtained his M.Ed from University of Toronto (OISE) in 1998.  He was awarded Fellowship in the Royal College of Physicians of London in 2002 and the CPSO Council Award in 2004.  He currently chairs a number of educational working groups of the Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada including the National Clinical Skills Working Group and the National Management Group for EFPPEC.  He is actively involved in the development of national collaborative undergraduate medical school curricula in aboriginal health, gender health, complementary and alternative medicine and palliative and end-of-life care.