The first inborn error of amino acid transport-Hartnup disorder (Scriver et al. Genetic medicine in Canada and internationally. He has been at McGill ever since, and his work has had a lasting impact on Ross, who was the chief of pediatrics at the time, he established the de Belle Laboratoryįor Biochemical Genetics in a new expanded Department of Medical Genetics with Clarkeįraser. To McGill in 1960 to become chief resident of pediatrics, and with guidance from Alan Of amino acid metabolism and chromatographic methods and started thinking about geneticĭisease in ways that would form the basis for much of the rest of his career. In London with help from a McLaughlin Fellowship. This desire led him to work with Charles Dent and Harry Harris Training, he wanted not only to be able to label their diseases but also to understand Inspired by the many interesting patients he saw during his clinical
(1951) and medical (1955) degrees, he did his internship and residency in medicineĪt the Royal Victoria Hospital before completing a residency in pediatrics at BostonĬhildren's Hospital. Scriver followed in his mother's footsteps to McGill, and after completing his undergraduate Of McGill University's class of 1922, the first medical school class to accept women. Both of his parents were physicians, and his mother was a member To making major contributions to the way we understand, detect, and manage inbornĮrrors of metabolism. Scriver has dedicated nearly his entire life in Montreal Scriver, M.D., President, American Society of Human Genetics, 1986.