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Jan 18, 1918 Montreal, Quebec, Canada Died on 09 May 1996 (aged 78)
physician, founder of the Montreal Institute of Rehabilitation
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About Gustave Gingras
- Gustave Gingras, (January 18, 1918 – May 9, 1996) was a Canadian physician and founder of the Montreal Institute of Rehabilitation in 1949. Born in Montreal, Quebec, he studied medicine at the Université de Montréal following the completion of his BA at College Bourget in Rigaud, Quebec.
- In 1942, he joined the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps and served overseas during World War II.
- There, he studied neurosurgery as an intern at the Canadian Neurosurgical and Plastic Surgery Hospital in Basingstoke, England.
- Upon his return to Canada, he was inspired by Dr.
- Wilder Penfield, a neurosurgeon in Montreal, to focus on helping paraplegic and quadriplegic veterans of the war.
- As an expert in rehabilitation of the disabled, he served as a consultant to the World Health Organization, the United Nations, the Canadian Red Cross and the Canadian International Development Agency.
- He was president of the Canadian Medical Association from 1972 to 1973.
- He was Chancellor of the University of Prince Edward Island from 1974 to 1982.
