Claude Bertrand (neurosurgeon)

Claude Bertrand, CC (March 28, 1917 August 7, 2014) was a Canadian neurosurgeon.[1]

Claude Bertrand
Born(1917-03-28)March 28, 1917
DiedAugust 7, 2014(2014-08-07) (aged 97)
Montreal, Quebec
NationalityCanadian
Known forNeurosurgeon
AwardsOrder of Canada

Born in Sherbrooke, Quebec, he received a Bachelor of Arts in 1934 and a Doctor of Medicine from Université de Montréal in 1940. Elected a Rhodes Scholar in 1940, he went to Oxford in 1946, to work under Professor LeGros Clarke and Professor Graham Weddell.

In 1971, he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada "for his research work and his contribution to the advancement of neurosurgery".[2]

He died on August 7, 2014.[3] He was 97 years old.

References

  1. "Claude Bertrand, MD". Retrieved February 6, 2006.
  2. Office of the Governor General of Canada. Order of Canada citation. Queen's Printer for Canada. Retrieved 24 May 2010
  3. "Claude BERTRAND obituary".


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