Manuel Borod MD, CM, MSc, MBA

Dr. Manuel Borod was born in Montreal and received a BSc degree in biochemistry from McGill University. Afterward, he attended McGill medical school. Following an internship at St. Mary’s Hospital in Montreal, he spent a year doing emergency home visits for Telemedicine – the predecessor of Urgences Santé. He then returned to complete his family medicine training at the Montreal General Hospital. After a two-year stint in San Diego practicing family medicine and completing his Master’s Degree in Public Health at UCLA, he returned to Montreal to become director of staff health at the Jewish General Hospital. During this period he completed his MBA at Concordia University.

Dr. Borod practiced family medicine in Ahuntsic and launched what became the largest Quebec-based employee assistance program – Proact which included a national critical incident response program. He decided to embark on a career change and reoriented his interest in Palliative Care. After working for a year on the ward at the Royal Victoria Hospital Palliative Care Unit he launched the Mount Sinai Palliative home care program. At the MUHC he became clinical director for palliative care and subsequently the director of the Palliative Care Division.