Paul Walfish

Paul Gerald Walfish, was a Canadian endocrinologist "whose research in the area of thyroid physiology and pathology has contributed to improved health care in Canada, especially for newborn infants".

Born in Toronto, Ontario, Walfish graduated from the University of Toronto in 1958 and specialized in internal medicine. After receiving a McLaughlin Foundation Fellowship, he spent a year studying endocrinology at Harvard Medical School. He joined the University of Toronto's Department of Medicine as a teacher, becoming a professor in 1982.

Walfish has worked at Mount Sinai Hospital since 1964 as a scientist and a clinician. He helped pioneer techniques of early thyroid cancer detection using fine-needle biopsies and ultrasounds.

Walfish died from leukemia on 28 July 2018, aged 83. Provided by Wikipedia