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In the immediate aftermath of World War II, Canadian Major General Dr. G. Brock Chisholm, was instrumental in the creation of the World Health Organization (WHO), Serving as its first Director General from 1948 until 1953, he effectively became “Doctor to the World,” with a practice embracing 3 billion people, helping build the cooperative international institutions that sustain the world today. Dr. Chisholm enlisted as a soldier in 1915 later earning his MD from the University of Toronto in 1924. He interned in England specializing in psychiatry, and, after continuing his studies at Yale, established Toronto’s first private psychiatric practice in the height of the Depression accepting ‘payment in kind’ from patients who could not pay in cash. During the Second World War, Dr. Chisholm served as Director General of Medical Services, the Canadian Army’s highest ranking medical position. In 1946, he defined health as “a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” This enlightened summary is now enshrined in the WHO’s constitution. Dr. Chisholm also served as president of the World Federation for Mental Health 1957-58.