Dr. Patrick Vinay
Dr. Patrick Vinay holds a B.A. and an M.D. from the Université de Montréal. After two years of post-doctoral training at Oxford University under Professor Hans Krebs, winner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine, he began a career in research at l'Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal. He is Professor Emeritus of Medicine at the Université de Montréal. Throughout his 40-year career, Dr. Vinay has published more than 200 articles, mostly related to nephrology and kidney metabolism. Since 2004, he has focused his academic and clinical activities on palliative care. A talented administrator, he was President of the Fonds de la recherche en santé du Québec, Chief of the Department of Medicine at Notre-Dame Hospital, and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at l'Université de Montréal for two terms. He is a member of the Royal Society of Canada and a knight of l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques de France.