{{Infobox scientist | name = Michael Graham Saunders | image = Michael_Graham_Saunders.jpg | caption = Michael Graham Saunders, ca. 1950 | birth_date = {{birth date|1920|11|6|df=y}} | birth_place = London, England | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1975|3|4|1920|11|6}} | death_place = Minneapolis, Minnesota, US | citizenship = English, later Canadian | field = Electroencephalography, Computer science | spouse = Leonore Gladwell }}
'''Michael Graham Saunders''' (11 June 1920 – 3 April 1975) was a Neurophysiologist, Medical Doctor, and Medical Researcher who was fundamental in the development of the Electroencephalography, as well as a strong advocate for the advancement of computer use in medicine.
==Early years== He was born in London, England, to Eric Graham Saunders and Rose Kate Gasson, and received his early education at Launceston College, Cornwall. He then attended Victoria University of Manchester, attaining a BSc in 1940 in anatomy and physiology ]; MB ChB 1944; MSc 1944 in physiology (medical electronics) and MD (by published papers) in 1964.
==Career== Dr. and Mrs. Saunders left England and came to Winnipeg, Manitoba in April 1949.<ref name="umanitoba1">{{cite web|url=http://umanitoba.ca/libraries/units/archives/collections/rad/saunders_l.html |title=University of Manitoba - Libraries - Leonore Saunders fonds |publisher=Umanitoba.ca |date=1957-03-30 |accessdate=2014-02-08}}</ref> He was appointed assistant professor of Physiology specializing in Neurophysiology at the University of Manitoba, and also Director of the Electroencephalography Departments of the Winnipeg General Hospital and Children's Hospital<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/222246546 |title=An automatic device to convert electroencephalograph records into digital form |date= |accessdate=2014-02-08}}</ref> and consultant EEG Services to the Department of Health, Province of Manitoba and to the St. Boniface General Hospital (Winnipeg).
As his wife was a graduate physiotherapist,<ref name="umanitoba1"/> Dr. Saunders' early interests in this area led to an appointment as Director of the Electromyography department of the Manitoba Rehabilitation Hospital (now the Rehabilitation Centre).<ref>{{cite web|author=Gordon Goldsborough |url=http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/saunders_mg.shtml |title=Memorable Manitobans: Michael Graham Saunders (1920-1975) |publisher=Mhs.mb.ca |date=2008-04-25 |accessdate=2014-02-08}}</ref>
In 1941 he was a founder member of the EEG Society (U.K.); a member of the Neurological Club, National Hospital, Queen's Square, London; and upon settling in Winnipeg he joined the comparable societies in Canada and the United States, being a founder member of the Canadian Society of EEG. He held executive positions in several organizations. He was an honorary member of the Canadian Physiotherapy Association; the Canadian Association of EEG Technicians; a member of the University of Manitoba Committee for Safety in Experimental Deprivation; a member of the council and an examiner for the American Board of Registration of EEG technologists; examiner for the Board of Qualification, American EEG Society; secretary and later president, Canadian Society of Electroencephalographers; president and member of Council of the Central EEG Society (U.S.); president (Manitoba Chapter) and delegate (National Society) of the Computer Society of Canada. He was also Procedural Counselor, delegate-at-large, and Chairman of the Rules Committee for the Vienna meeting of the International Federation of Societies for Encephalography and Clinical Physiology (IFECN). Saunders was also a founding member of the Canadian Board of Registration of Electroencephalograph Technologists, founded in 1972.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cbret.org/about/ |title=CBRET |publisher=CBRET |date= |accessdate=2014-02-08}}</ref>
He died on April 4, 1975.
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