The Medical Review Panel (MRP) is composed of a group of leading scientists from across Canada who provide a "first screening" of the nominations for the Gairdner Awards, submitting their long and short list to the Medical Advisory Board.

The members of the Medical Review Panel are:

Jack Gauldie, Ph.D. (Co-Chair) MacMaster University Hamilton, ON	Peter N. Lewis, Ph.D. (Co-Chair) University of Toronto Toronto, ON	Stephen Archer, M.D. University of Chicago Chicago, USA	Samuel Aparicio, Ph.D. UBC/ British Columbia Cancer Association Vancouver, BC
Cheryl Arrowsmith, Ph.D. University of Toronto Toronto, ON	John Bell, Ph.D. Ottawa Health Research Institute Ottawa, ON	Samuel Benchimol, Ph.D. York University Toronto, ON	Eric Brown, Ph.D. McMaster University Hamilton, ON
Benoit Chabot, Ph.D. Université de Sherbrooke Sherbrooke, QC	Jacques Corbeil Université Laval Quebec City, QC	Ann Chambers, Ph.D. University of Western Ontario London, ON	Stephen Collins, MBBS McMaster University Hamilton, ON
James Cross, Ph.D. University of Calgary Calgary, AB	Roger Deeley, Ph.D. Queen's University Kingston, ON	Jacques Drouin, FRSC Institute de Récherches Cliniques de Montréal Montreal, QC	Denis M. Grant, Ph.D. University of Toronto Toronto, ON
Jody Ginsberg, M.D. University of Alberta Edmonton, AB	Jeremy M. Grimshaw, MBCHB, PHD, FRCGP University of Ottawa Ottawa, ON	Philip Hieter, M.D. University of British Columbia Vancouver, BC	Jack H. Jhamandas, M.D., Ph.D. University of Alberta Edmonton, AB
Jean-Pierre Julien, Ph.D. Université Laval Quebec City, QC	Andreas Laupacis, M.D. St Michael's Hospital Toronto, ON	Philip A. Marsden, M.D. University of Toronto Toronto, ON	Jean Marshall, Ph.D. Dalhousie University Halifax, NS
Ravi Menon, M.D. University of Western Ontario London, ON	Ralph Meyer, M.D. Queen's University Kingston, ON	Francis A. Plummer, M.D. University of Manitoba Winnipeg, ON	Michael A. Rudnicki, Ph.D. Ottawa Health Research Institute Ottawa, ON
Rafik-Pierre Sékaly, Ph.D. Université de Montréal Montreal, QC	Stephen Scherer, Ph.D. University of Toronto Toronto, ON	Michael Walsh, Ph.D. University of Calgary Calgary, AB	Jeff Wrana, Ph.D. Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute Toronto, ON