Officer of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: November 20, 2014
• Invested on: February 12, 2016

For his contributions to the treatment of gastrointestinal diseases and for his work to disseminate the latest advances in therapeutic endoscopy.

Norman Marcon has popularized several minimally invasive techniques used across Canada to treat digestive diseases. A specialist for over 40 years, he was the head of gastroenterology at the Wellesley Hospital and is now the director of the advanced therapeutic endoscopy training fellowship program at St. Michael’s Hospital. He initiated the use of flexible endoscopes as an alternative to open surgical procedures to treat gastrointestinal cancers. Also a gifted educator, he founded the world’s premier international course in therapeutic endoscopy, which has disseminated the latest developments in the field for over a quarter century.