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Université de Montréal Faculty of Medicine

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The Faculty of Medicine (French: Faculté de médecine) is one of four medical schools in Quebec. The faculty is part of the Université de Montréal and is located in Montreal and Trois-Rivières.Recent accolades for the school include an endowment by Pfizer (worth $1.8 million) for a chair in atherosclerosis and being awarded a million-dollar grant for the study of leukemia.

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Université de Montréal Faculty of Medicine
Boulevard Édouard-Montpetit, Montreal Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce

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