Pierre-Paul Yale

Pierre-Paul Yale (born March 10, 1948) is a psychiatrist and ex-vice-president of the Association des médecins psychiatres du Québec. He was the expert member representing the association on a committee on mental health for the Premier of Quebec, Philippe Couillard, involving the Ministry of Health and Social Services. He was professor in psychiatry at Sherbrooke University, and published various works on psychiatry.

Notably, he was the Canadian deleguate of the American Psychiatric Association, and was made a Fellow of the association, receiving his fellowship in San Francisco, California.

Early life

Pierre-Paul Yale was born on March 10, 1948, to Denise Goulet and Wilfrid Yale, son of August Yale, members of the Yale family. His grandfather August was the cousin of politician Arthur Yale, and fur merchant William Yale, a pioneer of Mont-Laurier, Quebec. Yale's father, Wilfrid Yale, resident of Mont-Royal, was a professor and director of special works at École d'arts et métiers of Montreal, and later, professor and director of the civil engineering department at Collège Ahuntsic, named Institut de Technologie Laval. He received awards from the Lt. Gov of Quebec, Esioff-Léon Patenaude, for his artistic works.

Members of his family included André Rousseau, Minister of Commerce and President of Quebec Liberal Party, Jacques Rousseau, cofounder of Montreal Botanical Garden and professor at Sorbonne University in Paris, and François Rousseau, chief-engineer of Hydro Quebec, MIT graduate and cofounder of Groupe RSW with SNC Lavalin President, Guy Saint-Pierre. Other in-laws included Marc Rousseau, President of Decalcomania in Plateau-Mount Royal, Claude Rousseau, industrialist of Montmagny, Quebec, Thomas Rousseau, Père Blanc in Africa, George Rousseau, lawyer, Alfred A. Goulet, alderman of the city of Montreal, and Dr. Marie Rousseau and Dr. Georges Reinhardt. Yale was also a third cousin of Montreal lawyer Jacob Yale Fortier. Yale's medical software allowed the digital management of the medical files of each patients; a model which would later be implemented by other companies in the healthcare industry. The contract was later the subject of an enquiry by Senator Thérèse Lavoie-Roux, at the time Minister of Health and Social Services under Premier Robert Bourassa.

The investigating commissioner found no irregularities on Yale's part and was fully exonerated, as his software was an innovation and caused misunderstandings by journalists. Yale was named the vice-presidency of Purkinje Inc and Développement Purkinje Inc, which were, at the time, expanding their medical software offerings to international markets.

Later career

Yale was vice-president of the Association des médecins psychiatres du Québec under President Yves Lamontagne, later President of the Collège des médecins du Québec. The association has a membership of about 1,200 psychiatrists, and is affiliated with the Fédération des médecins spécialistes du Québec. Yale was involved with mental health services programs with Quebec government, and criticized the government's reorganization plan regarding its management of mental health services, citing issues with its speed of execution, and signed an open letter with 200 experts to bring awareness to the issue.

In 1993, Yale became a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, and received his fellowship in San Francisco, California, on May of the same year. The committee was involved in advising the government in relation to the organization of mental health services by the Ministry, such as suicide prevention.

Yale married to Carole Grenier, daughter of Dorilas Grenier and Marie-Anna Dodier, on June 14, 1975.

Throughout his career, his brother Jean-Francois became president and Chairman of the Clinical and Scientific department of the Canadian Diabetes Association, President and Chairman of the Expert Committee, member of the Steering Committee with the CDA, and published about 250 publications as a senior researcher. He is board director of Diagnos, an AI medical software company using big data, listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange. Yale is also a public speaker, senior research scientist, lead researcher, professor of endocrinology at McGill University, and department award recipient by Rector Yves Martin.