When Dr. Reg L. Perkin was 13 he developed an acute illness with a high fever. His family doctor placed him on bed rest, ordered tests, and made a house call every day for a week until he spontaneously recovered. The memory of his physician at his bedside daily, working to help him get back […]
Dr. Eva Grunfeld completed medical school at McMaster University, a doctorate in epidemiology at Oxford University, and a diploma in acupuncture through the Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine. Since 2008 Dr. Grunfeld has been the Giblon Professor and Vice-Chair, Research, in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto. She is […]
Dr. June Carroll completed her medical degree and family medicine residency at the University of Toronto. As a student she found biology and genetics fascinating; she chose family medicine as a career for its diverse challenges, its involvement with patients over the entire life cycle, and the ability to make a difference in people’s lives. […]
Dr. David Price earned his medical degree from the University of British Columbia and then completed a rotating internship at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Montreal. He did three years of locums in Cambellton, New Brunswick, Vancouver, and Whitehorse, followed by a pediatric residency at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario in Ottawa, and a […]
Dr. Clinton Wong is an anesthesiologist and a clinical professor at the University of British Columbia (UBC) Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology, and Therapeutics. He attended both medical school and a PGY2 anesthesia residency at UBC, moving on to general practice and general practice anesthesia in Fort Nelson, British Columbia, from 1985 to 1988. He completed […]
Born in New Zealand, Dr. Derelie Mangin earned her medical degree at the University of Otago in 1985, and then took vocational training in family medicine and postgraduate training in public health. She spent her first years of practice in Christchurch, and was director of the Primary Care Research Unit at the University of Otago, […]
Dr. Scott McLeod earned his undergraduate degree in biochemistry from the University of Regina, and then completed medical school and family medicine residency at the University of Saskatchewan. From 2003 to 2004, he attended the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine and the University of Texas School of Public Health in San Antonio Texas, […]
I began my academic career at the University of Montreal in 2000, held a Canada Research Chair at the University of Sherbrooke from 2005 to 2009, and am currently a full professor in the McGill Department of Family Medicine, where I have worked since 2010. I hold an endowed research chair in family and community […]
After completing her bachelor of science in chemistry at Mount Allison University, Dr. Christy Sutherland went on to complete her medical degree at Dalhousie University. She completed a family medicine residency at the University of British Columbia, where she is now a clinical assistant professor and serves as a preceptor and mentor to a variety […]
Dr. Dieter Poenn obtained his medical degree from McMaster University, and completed his residency at Queen’s University. He currently is lead physician at the Northeastern Manitoulin Family Health Team and medical director at Manitoulin Centennial Manor (a municipal home for the aged in Little Current, Ontario), runs a family practice in Little Current, and provides […]
