Nadine Caron Explained

Nadine Caron
Birth Date:1970
Birth Place:Kamloops, British Columbia
Work Institutions:Prince George Regional Hospital
UBC Faculty of Medicine
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Nadine Rena Caron FACS, FRCSC, (born 1970),[1] is a Canadian surgeon. She is the first Canadian female general surgeon of First Nations descent (Ojibway),[2] [3] as well as the first female First Nations student to graduate from University of British Columbia's medical school.[4] [5] [6]

Early life and education

Dr. Caron was born in Kamloops, British Columbia, to an Ojibwe mother and an Italian immigrant father.[7] Her mother was a teacher and her father was a mason.[8] She is an Anishnawbe from Sagamok Anishnawbek First Nation.[9]

After growing up in Kamloops, she 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.[10] While completing her MD at the UBC Faculty of Medicine, Caron was again recognized as being the top ranked student.[10] Caron also completed an MA in Public Health from Harvard University, while completing her surgical residency,[10] as well as a postgraduate fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco, focused on endocrine surgical oncology.[11] In June 2017, she received an honorary Doctorate of Laws from the University of the Fraser Valley.[12] In October 2019, she received an honorary degree from Simon Fraser University.[13]

Career

Dr. Caron works as a general and endocrine surgeon at Prince George Regional Hospital.[7] She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery, UBC Faculty of Medicine, and was appointed Co-Director of UBC's Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Health in 2014.[14] 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.[15] Caron leads the Northern Biobank Project, which will improve patients' access to participate in personalized medicine research in northern British Columbia.[16] Caron currently works as an associate faculty member at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.[17]

Dr. Caron has served on several committees, including the Native Physicians Association of Canada, the British Columbia's Medical Association's Committee on Health Promotion, and the Ministry of Health's Advisory Committee on Provincial Health Goals.[18]

Dr. Caron was appointed the inaugural First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) Chair in Cancer and Wellness at the University of British Columbia in 2020. She helped found UBC's Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Health with Martin Schechter.[19]

She is an adjunct professor at the University of Northern British Columbia, associate faculty at the University of British Columbia's School of Population and Public Health, and a BC Cancer Agency scientist at the Genome Sciences Centre.[20]

Select publications

Honours and awards

Indigenous health and Canadian health policy research

Dr. Caron's research focuses on Indigenous health and Canadian health policy. She has made several important discoveries regarding health inequities in Canada, including the discovery that First Nations in British Columbia have higher rates of some cancers, and lower survival rates of almost all cancers, compared to non-First Nations in B.C.[23] She also instigated a study that discovered that Indigenous peoples are 30% more likely to die after surgery than non-Indigenous peoples.[24]

References

  1. Web site: Nadine Rena Caron, MD FACS. American College of Surgeons. October 31, 2019.
  2. Web site: ENCORE: Meet Dr. Nadine Caron, Canada's first female First Nations surgeon. CBC.ca. Canadian Broadcasting Company. June 21, 2016. October 31, 2019.
  3. News: Nadine Caron: Canada's 1st Female Indigenous Surgeon. December 12, 2016. The National. October 31, 2019.
  4. News: Training the next generation of indigenous health-care staff in B.C.. Hume, Mark. December 22, 2014. October 31, 2019.
  5. Web site: Dr. Nadine Caron – Indigenous mentor and capacity builder - CIHR. Canadian Institutes of Health Research Government of Canada. June 21, 2016. www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca. October 31, 2019.
  6. Web site: Dr. Nadine Caron: A trailblazer. Morin. Gene. 2019-05-20. Sault Star. en-US. 2019-12-14.
  7. Web site: Nadine Caron University of Northern British Columbia. www.unbc.ca. October 31, 2019.
  8. Web site: Nadine Caron receives honorary degree from University of Fraser Valley University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine. University of British Columbia. June 6, 2017. October 31, 2019.
  9. Web site: Staff Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Health . 2022-10-14 . health.aboriginal.ubc.ca.
  10. Web site: Nadine Caron. Simon Fraser University Alumni Appreciation Project. October 31, 2019.
  11. Web site: Dr. Nadine Caron. University of Northern British Columbia. October 31, 2019.
  12. News: Barrier-breaking Indigenous MD Nadine Caron to receive honorary degree from UFV.. Anne Russell. June 1, 2017. UFV Today. October 31, 2019.
  13. Web site: SFU announces 2019 Honorary Degree recipients - SFU News - Simon Fraser University. www.sfu.ca. 2019-12-14.
  14. Web site: Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Health Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Health. health.aboriginal.ubc.ca. October 31, 2019.
  15. Web site: The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada :: Royal College Dr. Thomas Dignan Indigenous Health Award. www.royalcollege.ca. October 31, 2019.
  16. News: Cutting-edge health care launches in the North.. April 18, 2016. October 31, 2019.
  17. News: Padmos, Andrew. Meet the Ojibwa surgeon who won our Indigenous Health Award for 2016. June 21, 2016. Global News BC. October 31, 2019.
  18. Web site: Caron, Dr. Nadine . 2022-10-14 . University of Northern British Columbia . en.
  19. Web site: Nadine Caron Genome Sciences Centre . 2022-10-14 . www.bcgsc.ca.
  20. Web site: Nadine Caron The Canadian Encyclopedia . 2022-10-14 . www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca.
  21. https://terryfox.org/board-of-directors/
  22. https://www.cdnmedhall.ca/nadine-r-caron-obc-md-mph-frcsc-mcm
  23. Web site: Sound . Donna . 2021-03-16 . 'It's time we're at the table': First female First Nations surgeon on breaking barriers . 2022-10-14 . CTVNews . en.
  24. Web site: Study indicates Indigenous peoples 30 per cent more likely to die after surgery, though data is lacking . 2022-10-14 . Windspeaker.com . en.

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