Guy Breton

Guy Breton (born April 1, 1950, in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec[1]) is a radiologist and academic administrator. In 2010, he was named rector of the Université de Montréal.[2][3]

Breton received a B.A. from the Séminaire de Saint-Hyacinthe, and a M.D. in medicine in 1974 from Sherbrooke University.[1] After serving a residency in diagnostic radiology at McGill University, he joined the Department of Radiology, Radio-Oncology and Nuclear Medicine at Montréal in 1979, was promoted to full professor in 1994, and became head of the department in 1996.[1][3] He has also served as president of the Association des radiologistes du Québec from 1987 to 1997 and in 2009 was awarded their Albert Jutras Prize.[1][4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Guy Breton biography, Université de Montréal, retrieved 2010-08-18.
  2. ^ "Université de Montréal names Breton as Rector", Montreal Gazette, February 24, 2010 .
  3. ^ a b "Guy Breton named Université de Montréal rector", UdeMNouvelles (Université de Montréal), February 23, 2010, http://www.nouvelles.umontreal.ca/udem-news/news/guy-breton-named-universite-de-montreal-rector.html .
  4. ^ Jutras Prize award statement (in French), Association des radiologistes du Québec, retrieved 2010-08-18.