Member of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: July 11, 1988
• Invested on: November 08, 1988

The first non-French citizen to be awarded the prestigious 1987 Rhone-Poulenc Prize in pediatrics for his unique work in congenital hypothyroidism, this endocrinologist working at the Laval University Hospital Centre developed a blood test for the early detection of cretinism, a form of mental debility and physical degeneration caused by thyroid deficiency in newborns. Now administered in Canada and abroad, the test has eradicated this condition wherever it is in use.