Antoine Hakim

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Antoine M. Hakim (born April 30, 1942) is a Canadian engineer and physician. [1]

He first trained as a chemical engineer and worked for Syncrude in Alberta. [2] Wishing to change careers, Hakim taught school for a short time in Montreal. [3] He then earned a PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York and went on to study medicine at Albany Medical College. [4] He completed his residency at the Montreal Neurological Institute and later became a professor at McGill University. In 1992, he became chair of the Neurology department and director of the Neuroscience Research Institute at the University of Ottawa. [1] From 1992 to 2000, he was head of the Neurology division at The Ottawa Hospital. [5]

When Hakim began his research, strokes were widely regarded as unpreventable and available treatments were limited. [2] By gaining a better understanding of the process of a stroke and the nature of the damage to the brain, he was able to identify possible treatments and, later, how to reduce the likelihood of strokes. [1]

Hakim helped create the Canadian Stroke Network [1] and served as its CEO and scientific director. [4] From 2001 to 2008, he was the founding scientific director of the Heart and Stroke Foundation Centre for Stroke Recovery. [5]

In 2007, he was named an Officer in the Order of Canada. In 2013, he was inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame. [1] In 2017, he was selected for the prestigious Canada Gairdner Wightman Award for his outstanding research into strokes and their consequences and championing stroke prevention and treatment in Canada and beyond. [6]

Hakim has written the book Save your mind: seven rules to avoid dementia in 2017 ( ISBN   1988025214), which is also available in French "Préservez votre vitalité mentale: 7 règles pour prévenir la démence".

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  2. 1 2 "Ottawa MD wins top award for stroke research". Ottawa Citizen. February 7, 2007.
  3. ↑ "From engineer to medical hero: Canadian Medical Hall of Fame laureate Dr. Antoine Hakim". University of Ottawa Gazette. July 17, 2013. Archived from the original on August 19, 2014.
  4. 1 2 "Network Personnel". Canadian Stroke Network. Archived from the original on 2014-07-13.
  5. 1 2 "Antoine M. Hakim, O.C., MD, PhD, FRCPC". Ottawa Hospital Research Institute.
  6. ↑ "All Gairdner Awards Laureates". Gairdner Foundation. Retrieved 2019-10-08.


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