[2] Wishing to change careers, Hakim taught school for a short time in Montreal.
[3] He then earned a PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York and went on to study medicine at Albany Medical College.
[5] When Hakim began his research, strokes were widely regarded as unpreventable and available treatments were limited.
[1] Hakim helped create the Canadian Stroke Network[1] and served as its CEO and scientific director.
[6] Hakim has written the book Save your mind: seven rules to avoid dementia in 2017 (ISBN 1988025214), which is also available in French "Préservez votre vitalité mentale: 7 règles pour prévenir la démence".