Julio S.G. Montaner, MD

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Montaner, MD <span class="header__content__laureate__content"> <a href="/infectious-disease-allergy-immunity-0">Infectious Disease, Allergy & Immunity</a>, <a href="/global-health">Global Health</a>, <a href="/public-health-health-promotion-advocacy">Public Health, Health Promotion & Advocacy</a> </span> </h1> </div> <div class="grid header__content__laureate__bio"> <div class="grid__col--md-6"> <div class="header__content__laureate__bio__item"> <div class="header__content__laureate__bio__item--strong">Born: </div> <p>April 13, 1956</p> <p>(Buenos Aires, Argentina)</p> </div> <div class="header__content__laureate__bio__item"> <div class="header__content__laureate__bio__item--strong">Education: </div> <p>MD, University of Buenos Aires (1979)</p> </div> </div> <div class="grid__col--md-6"> <div class="header__content__laureate__bio__item header__content__laureate__bio__item__awards"> <div class="header__content__laureate__bio__item--strong"> Awards & Honours: </div> <p>2014: Officer of the Order of Canada</p> <p>2014: Honorary Degree, Douglas College</p> <a href="#" data-popup="popup-awards"><i class="fal fa-arrow-right"></i> See All Awards </a> <div id="popup-awards" class="popup"> <button class="popup__close"><i class="far fa-times" aria-hidden="true"></i><span class="webaim-hidden">Close popup</span></button> <div class="scrolling-content scrolling-content__awards"> <h3>Awards & Honours: </h3> <p>2014: Officer of the Order of Canada</p> <p>2014: Honorary Degree, Douglas College</p> <p>2013: FNG Start Award of the CMA</p> <p>2013: Rx&D Health Research Foundation Medal of Honour</p> <p>2012: Grand Decoration of Honour of Austria</p> <p>2012: Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal</p> <p>2012: Honorary Degree, Cordoba University</p> <p>2010: Fellow of the American College of Physicians</p> <p>2010: Prix Galien</p> <p>2010 Albert Einstein World Award for Science</p> <p>2010: Honorary Degree, Simon Fraser University</p> <p>2010: Order of British Columbia</p> <p>2009: Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid__col--md-5"> <div class="header__content__laureate--img"> <div class="header__content__laureate--img--relative"> <img src='https://www.cdnmedhall.ca/sites/default/files/2021-03/Julio%20Montaner%20Feature.jpg' alt='Picture of Julio Montaner'> <div class="header__content__laureate--button--absolute"> <button data-popup="popup-video" class="button button--watch">Watch tribute video<i class="fas fa-caret-right"></i></button> <div id="popup-video" class="popup"> <button class="popup__close"><i class="far fa-times" aria-hidden="true"></i><span class="webaim-hidden">Close popup</span></button> <div class="scrolling-content breakpoint-shown-md"> <iframe width="748" height="483" id="youtube_player_desktop" class="yt_player_iframe" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/OFmO0J0r4Cw?version=3&enablejsapi=1&playerapiid=ytplayer" allow="accelerometer; 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With his team, he established the impact of HAART on decreasing HIV transmission in BC, and pioneered the notion of Treatment as Prevention. The success of this strategy led Dr. Montaner to advocate the 90-90-90 Target, which calls for 90% of HIV cases to be diagnosed, 90% of them to have access to HAART, and 90% of them to be virologically suppressed globally.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section id="key-facts" class="section--padded"> <div class="container"> <h2 class="text--centered">Key Facts</h2> <div class="grid grid--flex"> <div class="grid__col--sm-12 grid__col--md-4 cards cards__key_facts"> <p>Pioneered the concept of Treatment as Prevention (TasP)</p></div> <div class="grid__col--sm-12 grid__col--md-4 cards cards__key_facts"> <p style="margin-top:11px;">Authored more than 1,000 peer-reviewed scientific publications</p></div> <div class="grid__col--sm-12 grid__col--md-4 cards cards__key_facts"> <p style="margin-top:11px;">Played an important role in the establishment and success of North America’s first legal, supervised injection site</p></div> </div> </div> </section> <section id="timeline-introduction" class="section--padded"> <div class="container"> <h3 class="text--centered">Professional timeline</h3> <div class="grid"> <div class="grid__col--sm-12 grid__col--md-4 grid__col--offset-right-md-2"> <div class="timeline-introduction__text"> <h4>Impact on lives today</h4> <p style="margin-top:11px;">When Dr. Montaner joined St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver in the 1980s, the AIDS pandemic was just beginning. Patients’ prognosis were bleak and many lives were lost. Over many decades of visionary research and treatment, Dr. Montaner has played an instrumental role in the world’s management and reduction of the disease. His work saves lives on a daily basis and gives hope to many that this devastating disease will one day become a rare condition.</p> </div> </div> <div class="grid__col--sm-12 grid__col--md-6 "> <img src='https://www.cdnmedhall.ca/sites/default/files/2021-03/Julio%20Montaner%20Timeline.jpg' alt='Picture of Julio Montaner'> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section id="timeline"> <div class="container laureate_achievement"> <div class="grid"> <div class="grid__col--sm-12 grid__col--md-6 grid__col--offset-right-md-7 timeline__end_year"> <h3>2024</h3> </div> </div> <ul> <li> <div class="laureate_achievement__container"> <img src='https://www.cdnmedhall.ca/sites/default/files/2021-09/J.%20Montaner%20stamp.jpeg' alt='J. Montaner postage stamp'> <time>September 14, 2020</time> <p class="laureate_achievement__title">Canada Post issued five stamps honouring six Canadian physicians and researchers whose discoveries have saved lives and revolutionized patient care around the world</p> <p class="laureate_achievement__description">CMHF Laureates, Drs. Bruce Chown, Julio Montaner, Balfour Mount, Vera Peters and James Till and Ernest McCulloch were honoured in this stamp series. </p> </div> </li> <li> <div class="laureate_achievement__container"> <img src='https://www.cdnmedhall.ca/sites/default/files/2021-01/Julio%20Montaner%20Induction.jpg' alt='Julio Montaner Induction'> <time>April 23, 2015</time> <p class="laureate_achievement__title">Julio Montaner inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame</p> <p class="laureate_achievement__description">Winnipeg, Manitoba </p> </div> </li> <li> <div class="laureate_achievement__container"> <time>2013</time> <p class="laureate_achievement__title">TasP was fully incorporated into the WHO Consolidated ARV Guidelines</p> <a class="laureate_achievement__theme" href=/global-health>Global Health</a> <p class="laureate_achievement__description">Meeting the 90-90-90 Target is expected to lead to a 90% decrease in AIDS mortality and HIV incidence. </p> </div> </li> <li> <div class="laureate_achievement__container"> <time>2012</time> <p class="laureate_achievement__title">British Columbia was the only province to implement the HAART strategy</p> <p class="laureate_achievement__description">In 2012, the province reported that the number of new HIV diagnoses had fallen from approximately 800 per year prior to 1996 to 238 in 2012. </p> </div> </li> <li> <div class="laureate_achievement__container"> <img src='https://www.cdnmedhall.ca/sites/default/files/2024-09/images%20%281%29.png' alt='logo'> <time>2008</time> <p class="laureate_achievement__title">As a sign of the international influence of his work, Dr. Montaner became President of the International AIDS Society in 2008</p> <a class="laureate_achievement__theme" href=/leadership-organizational-development>Leadership in Organizational Development</a> <p class="laureate_achievement__description"> </p> </div> </li> <li> <div class="laureate_achievement__container"> <time>2006</time> <p class="laureate_achievement__title">In a landmark Lancet paper, Dr. Montaner postulated that wide availability of antiretroviral therapy immediately following HIV diagnosis would stop HIV/AIDS related morbidity and mortality and, at the same time, virtually stop HIV transmission</p> <a class="laureate_achievement__theme" href=/patient-care>Patient Care</a>, <a class="laureate_achievement__theme" href=/infectious-disease-allergy-immunity-0>Infectious Disease, Allergy & Immunity</a> <p class="laureate_achievement__description">In the same year, he presented his proposed new HIV/AIDS control strategy at the International AIDS Conference in Toronto under the name of Treatment as Prevention. </p> </div> </li> <li> <div class="laureate_achievement__container"> <time>1996</time> <p class="laureate_achievement__title">HAART became the new standard of care for HIV in North America and Europe</p> <a class="laureate_achievement__theme" href=/infectious-disease-allergy-immunity-0>Infectious Disease, Allergy & Immunity</a>, <a class="laureate_achievement__theme" href=/patient-care>Patient Care</a> <p class="laureate_achievement__description">Later, HAART was adopted by the World Health Organization. </p> </div> </li> <li> <div class="laureate_achievement__container"> <time>1992</time> <p class="laureate_achievement__title">As the AIDS Crisis continued unabated, Dr. Montaner played a key role in the establishment of the B.C. Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS</p> <a class="laureate_achievement__theme" href=/infectious-disease-allergy-immunity-0>Infectious Disease, Allergy & Immunity</a>, <a class="laureate_achievement__theme" href=/leadership-organizational-development>Leadership in Organizational Development</a> <p class="laureate_achievement__description">He served as the organization’s first Executive Director and Physician-in-Chief. </p> </div> </li> <li> <div class="laureate_achievement__container"> <img src='https://www.cdnmedhall.ca/sites/default/files/2024-09/logo_0.png' alt='logo'> <time>1988</time> <p class="laureate_achievement__title">Dr. Montaner was appointed Clinical Instructor in the Department of Medicine at UBC as well as Director of AIDS Research</p> <a class="laureate_achievement__theme" href=/leadership-organizational-development>Leadership in Organizational Development</a>, <a class="laureate_achievement__theme" href=/health-and-medical-education>Health and Medical Education & Training</a> <p class="laureate_achievement__description">In addition to research, Dr. Montaner became the Director of the HIV Clinic at St. Paul Hospital in Vancouver. </p> </div> </li> <li> <div class="laureate_achievement__container"> <img src='https://www.cdnmedhall.ca/sites/default/files/2024-08/29016431894_2f218cea36_b.jpg' alt='logo'> <time>1981</time> <p class="laureate_achievement__title">Arrival in Canada</p> <p class="laureate_achievement__description">Dr. Montaner came to Canada and completed his postgraduate residency training at the University of British Columbia. As a young internist, he treated some of the earliest cases of AIDS in Canada. </p> </div> </li> </ul> <div class="grid"> <div class="grid__col--md-6 grid__col--offset-right-md-4 timeline__start_year"> <h3>1981</h3> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section id="quote" class="section--padded"> <div class="container"> <div class="grid"> <div class="grid__col--md-6 grid__col--offset-right-md-3 text--centered"> <q>He changes the world every day. </q> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section id="additional-resources" class="section--padded"> <div class="container container__additional-resources"> <div class="grid"> <h2 class="h6 additional-resources__title">Additional Resources: </h2> <ul> <li> <a href=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD300TfZvfE&ab_channel=AdamsLoveGlobal>Achieving an AIDS Free World: What Will It Take?</a> <i class="far fa-external-link-alt"></i> </li> <li> <a href=https://www.canadapost.ca/blogs/personal/perspectives/stamps-honour-six-canadian-medical-groundbreakers/#link-to-bruce-chown>Six Canadian Medical Groundbreakers</a> <i class="far fa-external-link-alt"></i> </li> <li> <a href=https://www.history.com/topics/1980s/history-of-aids>History of AIDS</a> <i class="far fa-external-link-alt"></i> </li> <li> <a href=/sites/default/files/2021-08/Montaner_biography_resource.pdf download>CMHF Laureate biography - Julio S.G. 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