B.C. HIV/AIDS researcher up for hall of fame

WATCH: Dr. Julio Montaner spoke with Global News about his induction in the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame

VANCOUVER – A Vancouver doctor and world-renowned HIV/AIDS researcher has been selected for induction into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame.

Dr. Julio Montaner, director of the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, is one of six Canadian physicians chosen for the award honouring contributions that have led to extraordinary improvements in human health.

Get daily National news

Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.

Sign up for daily National newsletter Sign Up

By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy.

A written news release says Montaner’s work includes pioneering the HIV cocktail, which was adopted by the World Health Organization and the UNAIDS program in 2000.

Montaner is also a longtime advocate of the AIDS/HIV treatment-as-prevention model, which he says has led B.C. to see a consistent decline in both mortality rates and new cases of HIV.

Montaner is now attempting to apply the treatment-as-prevention program to other infectious diseases such as Hepatitis C.

The other nominees include Dr. Judith Hall of Vancouver, three physicians in Ontario and another from Quebec.