Nadine Caron

Nadine Caron
Born Kamloops, British Columbia
Education

Nadine Caron is a Canadian surgeon. She is notable for being the first Canadian female general surgeon of First Nations descent[1][2] as well as the first female First Nations student to graduate from University of British Columbia's medical school.[3]

Biography

Dr. Caron was born and grew up in Kamloops, British Columbia[4] of an Ojibwe mother, a teacher, and an father who emigrated from Italy, a mason.[5] She earned an undergraduate degree from Simon Fraser University in Kinesiology,[4] where she played basketball.[6] 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.[4] While attending medical school, she was the top graduating student and won the Hamber Gold Medal.[7] Caron was also awarded an honorary doctorate of Laws at the University of Simon Fraser University.

Caron works as a general endocrine surgeon at Prince George Regional Hospital.[4] 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.[8] She received the 2016 Dr. Thomas Dignan Indigenous Health Award from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. Caron was rewarded for public health studies concerning Rural and First Nations populations.[9] Caron leads the Northern Biobank Project, which will improve patients' access to participate in personalized medicine research in northern British Columbia.[10] Caron currently works as an Associate Faculty Member at Johns Hopkins University.[11]

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.[12] While completing her MD at the University of British Columbia, Caron was again recognized as being the top ranked student.[12] Caron also completed an MA in Public Health from Harvard, while completing her surgical residency,[12] as well as a postgraduate fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco, focused on Endocrine Surgical Oncology.[13] In June 2017, she received an honorary Doctorate of Laws from the University of the Fraser Valley.[14]

References

  1. ↑ "ENCORE: Meet Dr. Nadine Caron, Canada's first female First Nations surgeon". Retrieved 2016-08-12.
  2. ↑ "Nadine Caron: Canada's 1st Female Indigenous Surgeon". The National. December 12, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Training the next generation of indigenous health-care staff in B.C." Retrieved 2016-08-12.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Nadine Caron | University of Northern British Columbia". www.unbc.ca. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
  5. ↑ "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.
  6. ↑ "Nadine Caron | SFU Alumni Appreciation Project". SFU Alumni Appreciation Project. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
  7. ↑ "Dr. Nadine Caron".
  8. ↑ "Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Health | Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Health". health.aboriginal.ubc.ca. Retrieved 2016-09-21.
  9. ↑ "The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada :: Royal College Dr. Thomas Dignan Indigenous Health Award". www.royalcollege.ca. Retrieved 2016-09-21.
  10. ↑ "Cutting-edge health care launches in the North". April 18, 2016.
  11. ↑ "Everyday hero: Dr. Nadine Caron, Canada's first female First Nations' surgeon". Global News BC. November 18, 2016.
  12. 1 2 3 Nadine Caron, Simon Fraser University Alumni Appreciation Project, 2011, retrieved 2016-09-21
  13. ↑ Dr. Nadine Caron, University of Northern British Columbia, 2016, retrieved 2016-09-21
  14. ↑ "Barrier-breaking Indigenous MD Nadine Caron to receive honorary degree from UFV". UFV Today. June 1, 2017.
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