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R. F. Patrick Cronin

Known for his eye for logistics, Dr. Cronin was recruited by the Aga Khan in 1976 in an advisory capacity to help set up a teaching hospital in Karachi.

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For the next fifteen years, he continued to work for the Aga Khan Health Services, overseeing the construction and operation of hospitals and healthcare facilities in Tanzania, Pakistan, and Nairobi, as well as setting up their curriculum for educating medical personnel.

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In the early 1960s, he initiated an exchange program between McGill and local doctors in Nairobi, Kenya, and he later worked for the Osler Medical Aid Foundation, now known as the McGill International Health Initiative.

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