Honors and Awards
MLA
- Honorary member (Fellow), 1956
Other Awards
- Balfour DC. A method of anastomosis between sigmoid and rectum. Ann Surg. 1910;51(2):239– Article selected for: Classic articles in colonic and rectal surgery. Dis Colon Rectum. 1984 Aug;27(8):559–62.
- Donald C. Balfour Mayo Clinic Alumni Association Outstanding Research Award established 1980
- Donald Church Balfour Visiting Professorship, Mayo Foundation, created 1960
- American Gastroenterological Association, Friedenwald Medal, 1956
- American Medical Association, Distinguished Service Award, 1955
- Northwestern University, Centennial Award, 1951
- University of Minnesota, Builder of the Name Award, 1950
- Royal College of Surgeons of England, Edinburgh, and Australasia, Honorary Fellowships
- University of Toronto, Carleton College, St. Olaf College, Honorary LLD degrees
- McMaster University, Northwestern University, Honorary DSC degrees
- President’s Certificate of Merit, in recognition of his services to the Army and Navy during the Second World War, 1948
- Sigma Chi, Minnesota Chapter, elected member, 1920
Other Accomplishments and Activities (selected)
- Medical educator and gastric surgeon of international renown
- Invented Balfour operating table and Balfour abdominal retractor
- American College of Surgeons, president, 1935–1936
- Minnesota Medical Foundation, patron member
- World Medical Organization, founder
- World Health Organization, charter member
- American Medical Association, Advisory Board for Medical Specialties, member
- Medical societies in France, Britain, Italy, and Hungary, member
- Interstate Postgraduate Medical Assembly of North America, president 1945
- Army Medical Library, honorary consultant, 1943
- Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, US Navy, honorary consultant, 1941
- Accomplished musician on organ and piano
Publications (5 representative)
- Balfour DC, Keys TE. A stained glass window on the history of medicine. Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1944 Oct;32(4):488–95.
- Balfour, DC. Factors of significance in the prognosis of cancer of the stomach. Ann Surg. 1937 May;105(5):733–
- Busterman GB, Balfour DC. The stomach and duodenum. W.B. Saunders; 1935.
- Balfour DC. Results of gastroenterostomy for ulcer of the duodenum and stomach. Ann Surg. 1935 Oct;92(4):558–
- Balfour DC, Good RW. Phytobeozar associated with gastric ulcer. Am J Surg. 1929 May;6(5):579–
Professional Positions
- Visiting Lecturer, University of Edinburgh, 1950
- Director Emeritus, Mayo Foundation, Rochester, MN, 1947
- Director, Department of Surgery and Mayo Clinic Foundation, Rochester, MN, 1937–1947
- Professor of Surgery, Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, Graduate School, University of Minnesota, 1917–1947
- Member, 1929–1947; Chair, 1933–1936; Mayo Clinic Board of Governors, Rochester, MN
- Head, General Surgery Section, Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 1912
- Assistant, Department of Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 1909
MLA published statements about the fellow
- Keys TE. Donald C. Balfour, 1882–1963 [obituary]. Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1963 Oct;51(4):617–
- Proceedings, Fifty-fifth Annual Meeting, Medical Library Association, Inc. Los Angeles, California, June 19–22, 1956: Honorary Membership in MLA conferred. Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1957 Jan;45(1):86.
Education
- MD, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, 1914
- Intern, Hamilton City Hospital, Hamilton, ON, Canada, 1906–1907
- Bachelor of medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, 1906
- Undergraduate education, Hamilton Collegiate Institute, Hamilton, ON, Canada
(Birth: 1882; Death 1963)
