Guy Breton
{{Short description|Canadian academic administrator (born 1950)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Guy Breton
| honorific_suffix = {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|CM|OQ|size=100%}}
| image = File:Breton-Guy-collation2010 5542.jpg
| caption = Breton in 2010
| order =
| title = 11th Rector of the Université de Montréal
| term_start = June 1, 2010
| term_end = May 31, 2020
| chancellor =
| predecessor = Luc Vinet
| successor = Daniel Jutras
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|04|01}}
| birth_place = Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada
| occupation = Radiologist
| alma_mater = Université de Sherbrooke (BA), (MD)
McGill University (Res.)
}}
Guy Breton {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|CM|OQ}} (born April 1, 1950, in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec[http://www.recteur.umontreal.ca/direction/guy.breton/biography/ Guy Breton biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105200946/http://www.recteur.umontreal.ca/direction/guy.breton/biography |date=2012-11-05 }}, Université de Montréal, retrieved 2010-08-18.) is a Canadian radiologist and academic administrator. From 2010 to 2020, he was rector of the Université de Montréal in Quebec, Canada.{{citation|title=Université de Montréal names Breton as Rector|date=February 24, 2010|journal=Montreal Gazette}}.{{citation|title=Guy Breton named Université de Montréal rector|date=February 23, 2010|url=http://www.nouvelles.umontreal.ca/udem-news/news/guy-breton-named-universite-de-montreal-rector.html|journal=UdeMNouvelles|publisher=Université de Montréal|access-date=August 18, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110530012620/http://www.nouvelles.umontreal.ca/udem-news/news/guy-breton-named-universite-de-montreal-rector.html|archive-date=May 30, 2011|url-status=dead}}.{{citation|title=Daniel Jutras appointed rector of Université de Montréal|date=February 25, 2020|url=https://nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2020/02/25/daniel-jutras-appointed-rector-of-the-universite-de-montreal/|journal=UdeMNouvelles|publisher=Université de Montréal|access-date=September 4, 2020}}
Early life and education
Breton received a Bachelor of Arts from the Séminaire de Saint-Hyacinthe, as well as a medical degree (M.D.) in 1974 from Université de Sherbrooke. After completing a residency in diagnostic radiology at McGill University, he complemented his training with a fellowship in neuroradiology at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital.[https://recteur.umontreal.ca/le-recteur/biographie/#c6505 Recteur de l'Université de Montréal : Biographie détaillée], Université de Montréal, retrieved 2019-01-21.
Career
In 1979, he joined the Department of Radiology, Radio-Oncology and Nuclear Medicine at the Université de Montréal, where he was promoted to full professor in 1994, and became head of the department in 1996. He has also served as president of the Association des radiologistes du Québec from 1987 to 1997, where he negotiated budgets on behalf of nearly 500 radiologist members. In 2010, he was appointed as the rector of the Université de Montréal.
Honours
In 2009, he was awarded the Albert Jutras Prize from the Association des radiologistes du Québec.[http://www.arq.qc.ca/index.php?page=406 Jutras Prize award statement] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706200331/http://www.arq.qc.ca/index.php?page=406 |date=2011-07-06 }} (in French), Association des radiologistes du Québec, retrieved 2010-08-18.
In 2014, Breton was named a Member of the Order of Canada and, in 2020, and officer of National Order of Quebec.{{cite news|url=http://www.gg.ca/document.aspx?id=15694&lan=eng|title=Order of Canada Appointments|date=June 30, 2014|accessdate=July 1, 2014}}{{cite web|publisher=Ordre national du Québec|title=L'Ordre national du Québec honorera des personnalités qui ont changé le visage du Québec|date=May 11, 2021|language=fr|url=https://www.ordre-national.gouv.qc.ca/actualites/communiques/2021-05-11.asp}}
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Category:Canadian radiologists
Category:Academic staff of the Université de Montréal
Category:People from Saint-Hyacinthe