This annual keynote lecture and symposium was established in 1981 by Dr. Wiselberg’s sisters, Rose and Fanny, to honor her memory. Dr. Wiselberg graduated from McGill University in 1930 and pursued post-graduate training in New York. Upon completing her training, she was invited to join the staff of the Royal Edward Chest Hospital (now Montreal Chest Institute) by Dr. Hugh Burke. Dr. Wiselberg remained an active member of the attending staff until her death in 1970. One of the first female physicians to work in the field of pulmonary diseases in Montreal, Dr. Wiselberg administered to patients suffering from tuberculosis for much of her career. In later years she was a member of the Medical Board of the hospital and held a teaching position at McGill University. Throughout her career, Dr. Wiselberg was noted for her great kindness and for the love and respect she engendered from her patients and those who worked with her.
2026
36th Doctor Dorothy Wiselberg Lecture
Use of AI in diagnosis and management of respiratory diseases
Wim Janssens, Universitair Ziekenhuis Leuven, Belgium
2025
35th Doctor Dorothy Wiselberg Lecture
From lung fibroblasts to clinical trials – A journey of IPF and ILD treatment
Martin Kolb, McMaster University, Canada
2024
34th Doctor Dorothy Wiselberg Lecture
Moving from downstream firefighters to fire alarms in obstructive airway disease
Ian Pavord, University of Oxford, UK
2023
33rd Doctor Dorothy Wiselberg Lecture
Climate crisis and lung health
Gregory Downey, National Jewish Health, University of Colorado, USA
2019
32nd Doctor Dorothy Wiselberg Lecture
Home Mechanical Ventilation: History, current and future use of a major medical breakthrough
Anita Simonds, Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, UK
2018
31st Doctor Dorothy Wiselberg Lecture
Asthma: Looking to treatments the future may bring
John Fahy, University of California, USA
2017
30th Doctor Dorothy Wiselberg Lecture
The Zero TB Initiative: A comprehensive road-map for TB elimination
Salmaan Keshavjee, Harvard University, USA
2016
29th Doctor Dorothy Wiselberg Lecture
OSA and cardiovascular disease
Susan Redline, Harvard Medical School, USA
2015
Special Doctor Dorothy Wiselberg Lecture In conjunction with the Rare Respiratory Diseases Workshop
Rare respiratory diseases: an overview
Bruce Trapnell, University of Cincinnati, USA
2014
28th Doctor Dorothy Wiselberg Lecture
Leukocytes, leukemia, lymphedema and the lung: This has GATA2 be important
Steve Holland, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, USA
2012
27th Doctor Dorothy Wiselberg Seminar
COPD using fixed threshold or LLN: Does it matter?”
David M. Mannino, College of Public Health, University of Kentucky, USA
2010
26th Doctor Dorothy Wiselberg Lecture
Rare Lung Diseases at the NIH: Lessons Learned from LAM
Joel Moss, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, USA
2009
25th Dorothy Wiselberg Seminar
Severe asthma and its phenotpyes
Sally E Wenzel, University of Pittsburgh, USA
2008
24th Dorothy Wiselberg Seminar
Berylliosis
Milton Rossman, University of Philadelphia Medical Centre, USA
2007
23rd Dorothy Wiselberg Seminar
Topic: Diagnostic Imaging & Staging Lung Cancer
2006
22nd Dorothy Wiselberg Seminar
Topic: Screening Immigrants to Canada. Why do we Screen for TB and not for other Diseases
2005
21st Dorothy Wiselberg Seminar
2004
20th Dorothy Wiselberg Seminar
The COPD epidemic and path forward
Steven Shapiro, Harvard Medical School, USA
2003
19th Dorothy Wiselberg Seminar
Molecular regulation of chronic fibrosis: Control of matrix deposition
Jack Gauldie, McMaster University, Canada
2002
18th Dorothy Wiselberg Seminar
Recent Advances in the Treatment of Asthma
Paul O’Byrne, McMaster University, Canada
2001
17th Dorothy Wiselberg Seminar
Michael Matthay
2001
17th Dorothy Wiselberg Seminar
Thomas R. Martin
2000
16th Dorothy Wiselberg Seminar
Allan Pack
1999
15th Dorothy Wiselberg Seminar
Marc Decramer
1998
14th Dorothy Wiselberg Seminar
Rick Boucher
1995
13th Dorothy Wiselberg Seminar
Bartolome Celli
1993
12th Dorothy Wiselberg Seminar
James C. Hogg, University of British Columbia, Canada
1992
11th Dorothy Wiselberg Seminar
Judah Denburg
1991
10th Dorothy Wiselberg Seminar
Don Enarson
1990
9th Dorothy Wiselberg Seminar
Tim Higgenbottam
1989
8th Dorothy Wiselberg Seminar
Charis Roussos
1988
7th Dorothy Wiselberg Seminar
Colin Sullivan
1987
6th Dorothy Wiselberg Seminar
Nicholas R. Anthonisen
1986
5th Dorothy Wiselberg Seminar
John F. Murray
1985
4th Dorothy Wiselberg Seminar
Leonard D. Hudson
1984
3rd Dorothy Wiselberg Seminar
Pamela B. Davis
1983
2nd Dorothy Wiselberg Seminar
Alan Pierce
1982
1st Dorothy Wiselberg Seminar
Margaret Turner-Warwick