René Simard, (born October 4, 1935) is a Canadian physician, cancer researcher and university administrator. Early life and education Born in Montreal, Quebec, he received a Bachelor of Arts from College Saint-Laurent in 1956 and a Doctor of Medicine from the Université de Montréal in 1962. He did his residency in pathology at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and he received a Doctor of Science from the University of Paris in 1968. Career From 1993 to 1998, he was the rector of the Université de Montréal. He is a co-author of On Being Human: Where Ethics, Medicine and Spirituality Converge. Honours In 1989, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. References 1935 births Living people Canadian university and college chief executives Canadian medical researchers Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada Officers of the Order of Canada People from Montreal French Quebecers Université de Montréal alumni University of Paris alumni