Nadine Caron

Nadine Caron is a Canadian surgeon. She is notable for being the first Canadian female general surgeon of First Nations descent[1] as well as the first female First Nations student to graduate from University of British Columbia's medical school.[2]

Biography

Dr. Caron was born and grew up in Kamloops, British Columbia[3] of an Ojibwe mother, a teacher, and an father who emigrated from Italy, a mason[4]. She earned an undergraduate degree from Simon Fraser University in Kinesiology,[3] where she played basketball.[5] She graduated from the medical school at University of British Columbia, and earned a Master's degree from Harvard University in Public Health during her surgical residency.[3] While attending medical school, she was the top graduating student and won the Hamber Gold Medal.[6]

Caron works as a general endocrine surgeon at Prince George Regional Hospital.[3] She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia, and was appointed Co-Director of UBC's Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Health in 2014.[7] She received the 2016 Dr. Thomas Dignan Indigenous Health Award from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.[8]

Education and academic career

Caron completed her BSc in Kinesiology at Simon Fraser University in 1993, where she was also a star basketball player and the winner of numerous awards, including the Shrum Gold Medal, awarded to the top undergraduate student.[9] While completing her MD at the University of British Columbia, Caron was again recognized as being the top ranked student.[10] Caron also completed an MA in Public Health from Harvard, while completing her surgical residency,[11] as well as a postgraduate fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco, focused on Endocrine Surgical Oncology.[12]

References

  1. ↑ "ENCORE: Meet Dr. Nadine Caron, Canada's first female First Nations surgeon". Retrieved 2016-08-12.
  2. ↑ "Training the next generation of indigenous health-care staff in B.C.". Retrieved 2016-08-12.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Nadine Caron | University of Northern British Columbia". www.unbc.ca. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
  4. ↑ "Nadine Caron receives honorary degree from University of Fraser Valley | University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine". www.med.ubc.ca. Retrieved 2017-07-31.
  5. ↑ "Nadine Caron | SFU Alumni Appreciation Project". SFU Alumni Appreciation Project. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
  6. ↑ "Dr. Nadine Caron".
  7. ↑ "Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Health | Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Health". health.aboriginal.ubc.ca. Retrieved 2016-09-21.
  8. ↑ "The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada :: Royal College Dr. Thomas Dignan Indigenous Health Award". www.royalcollege.ca. Retrieved 2016-09-21.
  9. ↑ Nadine Caron, Simon Fraser University Alumni Appreciation Project, 2011, retrieved 2016-09-21
  10. ↑ Nadine Caron, Simon Fraser University Alumni Appreciation Project, 2011, retrieved 2016-09-21
  11. ↑ Nadine Caron, Simon Fraser University Alumni Appreciation Project, 2011, retrieved 2016-09-21
  12. ↑ Dr. Nadine Caron, University of Northern British Columbia, 2016, retrieved 2016-09-21
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