Dr. Jacques LeLorier MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Medicine & Pharmacology, University of Montreal
An essay by Dr. Jacques LeLorier MD, PhD

Dr. Jacques LeLorier is a professor at the University of Montreal’s Departments of Medicine and Pharmacology as well as Chief, Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomy research unit at the Hôtel-Dieu, Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal. He is a member of the Board’s Expert Human Drug Advisory Panel (HDAP), Review Board Patented Medicine Prices, Government of Canada as well as a member of the Ethics Committee of the Clinical Research Institute of Montreal (IRCM).

Dr. LeLorier got his medical degree at the University of Mexico, obtained a PhD in Pharmacology and Biostatistics and completed a residency in internal medicine in Minnesota.

He then moved to Montreal where he became assistant director of the clinical pharmacology department at Ayerst Laboratories and later became member of the pharmacology department of the faculty of medicine of the University of Montreal and of the department of medicine of the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal hospital. He founded the medical obstetrics department at Sainte-Justine hospital and the service of Clinical Pharmacology at the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal hospital.

In 2005, Dr. LeLorier was honoured the University of Montreal Medical School’s Award of Excellence in teaching residents.

Dr. LeLorier’s main research interests are Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics. He has published more than 130 Scientific Articles in peer-review journals.