death_date birth_place awards nationality birth_date article_title name occupation
march 23 , 2003 quebec city , quebec cm , oq canadian 1941 jean dussault
 jean h. dussault endocrinologist
jean dussault

jean h. dussault , -lrb- 1941 -- march 23 , 2003 -rrb- was a canadian endocrinologist .
he helped develop a blood test for the early detection of congenital hypothyroidism , a condition of severely stunted physical and mental growth due to untreated congenital deficiency of thyroid hormones .
born in quebec city , quebec , dussault received a bachelor 's degree from the université de montréal in 1960 and a doctor of medicine in 1965 from the université laval .
he took his residency in medicine at the enfant-jesus hospital in quebec city and additional research training at the university of toronto and ucla .
in 1971 , he joined the department of endocrinology and metabolism at the faculté de médecine - université laval .
in 1982 , he was nominated for the nobel prize in medicine .
in 1988 , he was made a member of the order of canada and was awarded the ernest c. manning awards foundation innovation award for having `` formulated a method of testing infants for congenital hypothyroidism , thus saving children from irreversible mental retardation '' .
in 2000 , he was made an officer of the national order of quebec .
in 2007 , he was inducted into the canadian medical hall of fame .
