Charles Robert Scriver (born November 7, 1930) is a Canadian physician and genetics researcher. He discovered the importance of vitamin D in children’s skeletal disease of rickets. He helped establish a nationwide metabolite screening program for newborns that was considered landmark work in genetics research. November 7 is the 311th day of the year (312th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 54 days remaining. ... 1930 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... A physician is a person who practices medicine. ... Genetics (from the Greek genno γεννώ= give birth) is the science of genes, heredity, and the variation of organisms. ... Vitamin D is a fat soluble vitamin that contributes to the maintenance of normal levels of calcium and phosphorus in the bloodstream. ... X-ray of the legs in a two-year-old child with rickets Rickets is a disorder of infancy and early childhood of multiple etiologies. ... A metabolite is the product of metabolism. ...

Born in Montreal, Quebec, Scriver graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1951 and from the Faculty of Medicine of McGill University in 1955. He was appointed to the Department of Paediatrics at McGill and as a Markle scholar in 1961, becoming a professor in pediatrics in 1969. This article needs cleanup. ... A Bachelor of Arts (B.A. or A.B., from the Latin Artium Baccalaureus) is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course or program in the arts and/or sciences. ... 1951 was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... McGill University is a publicly funded, research-intensive, non-denominational, co-educational, international university located in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... 1955 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1961 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ...

He was the Samuel Rudin Distinguished Visiting Professorship at Columbia University from 1979 to 1980. Columbia University is a private university in New York City. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...

He is the Alva professor Emeritus of Human Genetics in the Faculty of Medicine of McGill University.

He is co-editor of the authoritative multi-volume textbook entitled The Metabolic & Molecular Bases of Inherited Disease, published by McGraw-Hill.

He and his wife, Esther, have four children.

Honours

• He was awarded the McLauglin Medal from the Royal Society of Canada in 1981.
• In 1985 he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada
• In 1996 he was promoted to Companion of the Order of Canada
• He was the 1996 recipient of the Canadian Medical Association Medal of Service, awarded to a physician who has made "an exceptional and outstanding contribution to the advancement of health care in Canada."
• In 1997 he was made a Grand Officer of the National Order of Quebec.
• In 2001 he was inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame