René Simard (health professional)
René Simard | |
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| Born | October 4, 1935 |
| Died | May 21, 2025 (aged 89) |
| Occupations | physician, cancer researcher and university administrator |
| Awards | Order of Canada |
René Simard, OC FRSC (October 4, 1935 – May 21, 2025) was a Canadian physician, cancer researcher and university administrator.
Early life and education
Born in Montreal, Quebec, he received a Bachelor of Arts from College Saint-Laurent in 1956 and a Doctor of Medicine from the Université de Montréal in 1962. He did his residency in pathology at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and he received a Doctor of Science from the University of Paris in 1968.
Career
From 1993 to 1998, he was the rector of the Université de Montréal.
He is a co-author of On Being Human: Where Ethics, Medicine and Spirituality Converge.
Simard died on May 21, 2025, at the age of 89.[1]
Honours
In 1989, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
References
- ^ "Dr René Simard - May 21, 2025". Retrieved 2025-12-10.
- "Canadian Who's Who 1997 entry". Retrieved March 6, 2006.