Claude Bertrand (neurosurgeon) explained

Claude Bertrand
Birth Date:28 March 1917
Birth Place:Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
Death Place:Montreal, Quebec
Known For:Neurosurgeon
Awards:Order of Canada

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

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".

He died on August 7, 2014.[2] He was 97 years old.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Claude Bertrand, MD. February 6, 2006. January 23, 2005. https://web.archive.org/web/20050123010023/http://www.societyns.org/society/bio.aspx?MemberID=14553. dead.
  2. Web site: Claude BERTRAND obituary. .