Background
Chretien, Michel was born on March 26, 1936 in Shawinigan, Quebec, Canada. Son of Willie and Marie (Boisvert) Chretien.
administrator educator physician
Chretien, Michel was born on March 26, 1936 in Shawinigan, Quebec, Canada. Son of Willie and Marie (Boisvert) Chretien.
Born in Shawinigan, Quebec, he is the brother of Jean Chrétien, the Prime Minister of Canada from 1993 to 2003. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Séminaire de Joliette in 1955, a M.D. from the Université de Montréal in 1960, and a Master of Science from McGill University in 1962. He did post-graduate studies from 1962 to 1964 at Harvard University and from 1964 to 1967 at the University of California, Berkeley and University of California, San Francisco.
Intern, Montreal Hospitals and McGill University, 1959-1960;
research fellow, Montreal Hospitals and McGill University, 1960-1962;
resident in medicine, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital and Harvard University, 1962-1964;
assistant Bio-chemical Hormone Research Laboratory, University of California-Berkeley, 1964-1967;
director Laboratory Molecular Neuroendocrinology, Clinical Research Institute Montreal, since 1967;
science director, chief Executive officer, Clinical Research Institute Montreal, 1984-1994;
physician department medicine, Hotel-Dieu Hospital, Montreal, since 1967;
head endocrinology section, Hotel-Dieu Hospital, Montreal, 1978-1984;
professor experimental medicine, McGill University, since 1969;
titular of medicine, U. Montreal, since 1975. Visiting scientist Cambridge U., England, 1979, Laboratory Neuroendocrinology, Salk Institute of San Diego, 1980. Member grant committee Bio-chemical Medical Research Coun.Can.
Frequent national and international guest speaker, lecturer. Sandoz speaker Canada Society Endocrinology and Metabolism.
In 1986, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in recognition for being "at the forefront of Canadian scientific research and an international leader in the field of neuroendocrinology". In 1994, he was made an Officer of the National Order of Quebec. In 2004, he was made a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur and was promoted to Officer in 2011. In 1981, he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. In 1996, he was made a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He has received honorary degrees from University of Liège (1980), Paris Descartes University (1992), Laurentian University (1996), University of Guelph (1999), and Memorial University of Newfoundland (2000). In 2009, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Fellow American College of Physicians, Royal College Physicians (Canada). Member American Federation Clinical Research, Canada Society Clinical Investigation (president 1977), American Association for the Advancement of Science, Club de Recherches Cliniques du Quebec (Michel Sarrazin award 1977), Canada BiochemicalSoc. (president 1983, Boehringer-Mannheim Canada prize 1993), Endocrine Society, New York Academy Sciences, Canada Society Endocrinology and Metabolism (president 1986-1988, Sandoz speaker), American Society Clinical Investigation, American Clinical and Climatological Association (Jeremiah Metzger lecturer 1990), Association des medecins delangue francaise du Canada (general council, president research committee, past board directors, Fundamental Research award 1971), Association American Physicians, Sigma Xi.
Married Micheline Ruel, July 9, 1960. Children— Marie, Lyne.
