Carl Arthur Goresky, OC

Order of Canada

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 (August 25, 1932 – March 21, 1996) was a Canadian

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 physician and scientist at the Montreal General Hospital

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. His theoretical treatment of the transport of substances through intact organs

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, which formed the basis of his PhD

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 thesis, led the basis for the understanding of events within the microvasculature.

In November 1995, Goresky was inducted into the Order of Canada

Order of Canada

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as Officer.