Dr. Luanne Metz is an Emerita Professor, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary. She was was Head of the Division of Neurology at the University of Calgary 2014-2019. She has led the internationally recognized Calgary Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Clinic with innovative research, treatment and care. She has raised the standards of medical care for MS patients in Calgary, Alberta and nationally. Her pioneering of many clinical activities including leading a successful Phase III trial of minocycline in early MS published in the New England Journal of Medicine has provided the MS field worldwide with many novel insights and advances in treating the disorder.
Since May 2023 Dr Metz has been the MLA for Calgary Varsity in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. She is the Alberta NDP Caucus Health Critic.