Marla Shapiro CM, is a Canadian medical doctor, best known as a health journalist for CTV News Channel and formerlyThe Globe and Mail. Her reports on health and medical issues have also aired on Canada AM and on CTV's daytime talk show . She is seen regularly on CTV News Channel.
Born in Montreal, Quebec,[1] she is a graduate of McGill University and a professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto.[2] Shapiro is also the founding editor of ParentsCanada magazine. She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2004 and was featured in a television special about her experience. She is the author of Life in the Balance: My Journey with Breast Cancer (HarperCollins Publishers, 2006).[3]
She was named a Member of the Order of Canada in 2015.[4]
2013 – Bayer 150 Outstanding Physician Women’s Health and Contraception
2011 – Named a Woman Of Action by Israeli Cancer Research Foundation
2010 – Recipient of the 2010 Peter R. Newman Humanitarian Award
2008 – Recipient of Award of Excellence from the College of Family Physicians of Canada for her lifelong commitment and dedication to family medicine
2008 – Awarded the Excellence in Creative Professional Activity in 2008 by the University of Toronto, Department of Family and Community Medicine
2006 – Winner of Canadian Foundation for Women’s Health Award for Excellence in Women’s Health Journalism (Run Your Own Race)
2005 – Recipient of the 2005 Media Award from the North American Menopause Society for her work in expanding the understanding of menopause[5]