Lillian Alice Chase (July 12, 1894 – August 28, 1987) was a Canadian physician who is regarded as an early expert in the treatment of diabetes.
[5] After graduating from Acadia, she worked as a schoolteacher for a year before enrolling at the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, and completed her medical degree in 1922.
[3] Chase began her career as an intern at Toronto General Hospital, where she became interested in the treatment of diabetes after meeting Leonard Thompson, the first patient to receive insulin.
[6] She served with the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps from 1942 to 1945, during which time she worked at Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto as well as caring for soldiers on ships to and from England.
In 1945, she joined the staff of Women's College Hospital in Toronto, where she conducted a weekly diabetes clinic.