Obituary: Jacques Genest was a pioneering cardiologist

A cardiologist who was a pillar of the clinical research community at McGill and Université de Montréal has died at age 98.
Jacques Genest founded the clinical research department of Hôtel-Dieu in the 1950s and became known for his work on arterial hypertension.
In 1967, he founded the Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal (IRCM) to unite researchers and clinicians in both the Université de Montréal and McGill health networks. He directed the