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Université de Montréal Professor Dr. Hans Selye inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame
April 18, 2006 – Université de Montréal professor Dr. Hans Selye (1907-1982) will be inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame (CMHF) on April 26, 2006.
Dr. Selye was an endocrinologist and Nobel Prize nominee credited with the discovery of the biological stress response. His theories on the role of organic responses to emotion, illness and injury have revolutionized our understanding of the causes and mechanisms of disease and of the mind-body connection. He demonstrated the role of stress in illness and the interaction between the mind and the body, initiating the era of modern neuroendocrinology.
Dr. Selye was Professor and Director of the Institute of Experimental Medicine and Surgery at the Université de Montréal (1945-1977) and President and Founder of the International Institute of Stress also at the Université de Montréal (1977-1982).
Dr. Selye published more than 1,700 articles and 39 books on stress. His work has been cited in over 362,000 scientific papers. In addition to his doctorates he held 43 honorary degrees. He was fluent in at least ten languages. His honours included Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and Honorary Fellow of 68 other scientific societies. He was made a Companion of the Order of Canada. In 1982, he died at the age of seventy five in Montreal.
The Canadian Medical Hall of Fame will formally induct Dr. Selye on April 26, 2006, at the Shaw Convention Centre in Edmonton, Alberta.
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