Completing his undergraduate work at the University of Burgundy , Guillemin received his M.D. degree from the Medical Faculty at Lyon in 1949 , and went to Montreal , Quebec , Canada , to work with Hans Selye at the Institute of Experimental Medicine and Surgery at the Université de Montréal where he received a Ph.D. in 1953 .
Completing his undergraduate work at the University of Burgundy , Guillemin received his M.D. degree from the Medical Faculty at Lyon in 1949 , and went to Montréal , Québec , Canada to work with Hans Selye at the Institute of Experimental Medicine and Surgery at the Université de Montréal where he received a Ph.D. in 1953 .