Mary Shomon: First, Dr. Derry, can you tell us a little bit about your medical background, and interest in thyroid testing and treatment?
David Derry: I have always been interested in Medical research. I graduated with a Medical Degree from the University of British Columbia, Canada in Vancouver in 1962. I interned at the Toronto General Hospital. From there I went to McGill University and went into a four year program to get my PhD in biochemistry and more specifically in Neurochemistry at the institute set up by Wilder Penfield called the Montreal Neurological Institute in Montreal. In 1967 I graduated with a PhD in biochemistry from McGill. I was hired by the department of Pharmacology at the University of Toronto Medical School as an assistant professor. For five years I did basic biochemical research and taught medical students, dentistry students and pharmacy students. Not long after I arrived in Toronto I was became a Scholar of the Medical Research Council of Canada. That is to say, my salary was paid by The Medical Research Council of Canada to do pure research for five years. At the same time I worked week-ends
