The field of women’s sexual health has lost another crusader.  Fernand Labrie, born in Laurierville, Quebec on June 28, 1937 and one of the greatest scientists in Canada’s history, died on Wednesday of an infection at age 81. 

 

Fernand received his medical degree from Laval University in 1962. While many sexual medical specialists know him as the founder of Endoceutics and inventor of Intrarosa, he established the first molecular endocrinology laboratory in the world at Laval University Quebec Canada. He studied prostate cancer before turning his interest to androgens and estrogens in menopause.  

 

Fernand was a very special dynamic and hard-working researcher. Over the course of his lifetime he published more than 1240 peer review articles and was cited more than 50,000 times, making him the most cited Canadian researcher in the world, in all areas of research combined. This includes several publications in the Journal of Sexual Medicine regarding his invention Intravaginal prasterone.

 

As his passion was women's sexual health, Fernand was an ardent supporter of ISSWSH. He lectured at ISSWSH, back in its infancy in 1998, while he was still a researcher at Laval University. He subsequently lectured at ISSWSH, primarily on intracrinology, and just last year attended the ISSWSH Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA. His research will benefit many of our patients and change the way we look at hormones for years to come.