Louis de Lotbinière-Harwood | |
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| Dean of Medicine at Université de Montréal | |
| In office 1918–1934 | |
| President of the Hôpital Notre-Dame | |
| President of L'Union Médicale du Canada | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 April 1866 Manor of Vaudreuil, Canada East |
| Died | 15 May 1934 (aged 68) 564 Sherbrooke Street, Montreal |
| Nationality | French Canadian |
Louis de Lotbinière-Harwood (1866–1934) F.A.C.S., was a Canadian gynaecologist. He was Dean of Medicine at Université de Montréal, the second campus of Université Laval. He was President of the Medical Union of Canada, President of the Hôpital Notre-Dame and President of the Radium Institute, Paris. His reputation as an educator and a surgeon extended throughout North America and Europe, recognised through his creation as an Officier de Le Légion d'honneur in France.[1] He has been referred to as the 'Father of Canadian Gynaecology'.
- ^ The Canadian Medical Association Journal. July, 1934. Page 106.