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Minister

Philppe Couillard - Ministre de la Santé et des Services sociaux

Mr Philippe Couillard

Minister of Health and Social Services
Chairman of the Comité ministériel du développement social

MP for Mont-Royal
Liberal Party of Québec

Mr. Philippe Couillard was awarded a doctorate in medicine from the Université de Montréal at the age of 22 and became a certified neurosurgeon at 28. By the time he was 32, he was the Head Surgeon of the Department of Neurosurgery at the Hôpital Saint-Luc.

Actively involved in his medical practice as well as in teaching and medical administration, Mr. Philippe Couillard was a co-founder of the Department of Neurosurgery in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia (1992-1996). He has also been a member of the Council and of the Health and Public Policy Committee of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

 

As an active member of the Department of Surgery of the Centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke, he served as Coordinator of Scientific Activities for the Department of Surgery of the Centre universitaire de santé de l’Estrie, was co-representative of the Quebec Association of Neuro-Surgeons and of the Federation of Medical Specialists of Québec, and was an elected member of the James IV Association of Surgeons in 2002.

Until quite recently, Mr. Philippe Couillard held the position of Head Surgeon and Director of the Department of Surgery at the Centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke, and was also a professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the Université de Sherbrooke.

On April 14, 2003, Philippe Couillard was elected Member of Parliament for the riding of Mont-Royal. On April 29, 2003, he was named Minister of Health and Social Services. He also chairs the Comité ministériel du développement social (Ministerial Committee on Social Development).

Office Addresses

MSSS

Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux
Catherine-de-Longpré Building
1075 Ch. Sainte-Foy
15th Floor
Québec, Québec
G1S 2M1
Telephone: (418) 266-7171
Fax: (418) 266-7197
ministre@msss.gouv.qc.ca

Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux
600 Fullum St.
7th Floor
Montréal, Québec
H2K 4S7
Telephone: (514) 873-3700
Fax: (514) 873-7488
ministre@msss.gouv.qc.ca

Electoral Division

3400 Jean-Talon Street West
Suite 100
Montréal, Québec
H3R 2E8
Telephone: (514) 341-1151
Fax: (514) 341-4777
ministre@msss.gouv.qc.ca

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