After obtaining his medical degree from Université Laval in 1965, Raynald Pineault opted for health administration, a field in which he earned a master's degree from Université de Montréal in 1970. In 1974, he was awarded a Ph.D. in Medical Care Organization from the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor). Since 1974, he has been a professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the Université de Montréal, as well as being clinically attached to the Department of Community Health at the Cité de la Santé in Laval. In 1981, he was appointed Director of the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, and in 1993 became Vice-Dean of Public Health at the Université de Montréal Faculty of Medicine.
