Officer of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: November 15, 1995
• Invested on: May 08, 1996

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.