Officer of the Order of Canada
Awarded on: 1995-11-15
Invested on: 1996-05-08
A leading neurologist, he was a visionary in his specialty as a professor at McGill University, and while neurologist-in-chief at the Montreal Neurological Hospital, and director of the Montreal Neurological Institute. He established a major funding campaign to ensure support for advanced brain research, and served as an advisor to several medical agencies, greatly influencing the direction of health care delivery and research on a national level.