McMaster Honors Innovators

From a pool of 12 outstanding nominees, Mehran Anvari, professor of surgery, was chosen as the McMaster Innovator of the Year and Jack Hirsh, professor emeritus of medicine, was honoured with the 2009 McMaster Lifetime Innovator Award.

City MD has key role in provincial obesity fight

A Hamilton doctor is leading the province's fight against obesity by creating a registry that will track the number of people needing bariatric surgery and whether it works.