birth_place awards birth_date article_title name occupation
montreal , quebec order of canada 4 october 1935 rené simard -lrb- health professional -rrb-
 rené simard physician , cancer researcher and university administrator
rené simard -lrb- health professional -rrb-

rené simard , -lrb- born october 4 , 1935 -rrb- is a canadian physician , cancer researcher and university administrator .
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 .
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 '' .
in 1989 , he was made an officer of the order of canada and a fellow of the royal society of canada .
