Balfour Lecturers

The Balfour Lecture was established in 2015 following a generous donation from the Balfour family and is named in the memory of Donald Church Balfour (1882-1963). Dr. Balfour was born in Toronto, grew up in Hamilton, and obtained his BA and MD from the University of Toronto. He then went to the Mayo Clinic establishing his reputation there from 1909 – 1947. He designed the Balfour abdominal retractor, in addition to other items to equip an operating room in general surgery.

Year Award Winners

2022

2021

Dr. R. Stewart

Dr. M. Bowers

2020 None
2019 None
2018 Dr. M. Siegler
2017 Dr. Martin McKneally
2016 Dr. G. Schwarze
2015 Dr. C. Bosk