Completing his undergraduate work at the University of Burgundy , Guillemin received his M.D. degree from the Medical Faculty at Lyon in 1949 , and went to MontrÃ al , QuÃ bec , Canada to work with Hans Selye at the Institute of Experimental Medicine and Surgery at the UniversitÃ de MontrÃ al where he received a Ph. D. in 1953 . Completing his undergraduate work at the University of Burgundy , Guillemin received his M.D. degree from the Medical Faculty at Lyon in 1949 , and went to Montreal , Quebec , Canada , to work with Hans Selye at the Institute of Experimental Medicine and Surgery at the UniversitÃ de MontrÃ alwhere he received a Ph. D. in 1953 .