平特五不中

2006 Emeritus Professor

Balfour Mount (OC, OQ, MD, FRCS(C)) came to 平特五不中 to study surgery and urology after earning his medical degree from Queen鈥檚 University in 1963. In 1974 his career changed dramatically when he spent a sabbatical period at St. Christopher鈥檚 Hospice in London. Over the next 30 years, Mount became the leading figure in palliative care medicine in Canada and vastly influential in his field worldwide. He established the Division of Palliative Care at 平特五不中 and in 1994 was appointed the first Eric M. Flanders Professor of Palliative Care. Mount was named an officer of the Order of Canada in 2003 and the Ordre national du Qu茅bec in 1988.