nadine Caron

Who is she?

Dr. Nadine Caron is a member of the Sagamok Anishnawbek First Nation. She is Canada's first female First Nations general surgeon. Currently, she is part of the Faculty of Medicine at UBC where she is leading an innovative biobank project at the University Hospital of Nothern British Columbia. During Nadine's surgical residency she completed a Master's Degree from Harvard University and was also awarded UBC's top student. Her work revolves around providing oncology care for remote and rural areas in Canada.


early life

Nadine Carone is the daughter of an Ojibwe mother who is from the Sagamok Anishinaabe First Nation on the north shore of Lake Huron (where she attened residential school and later became a school teacher). Her father was an Italian immigrant who was a mason.



Positive impact

At the University Hospital of Northern British Columbia, Dr. Nadine is leading the Northern Biobank Initiative which works to bank tissues from medical procedures so that they can be used by rural British Columbians and First Nation communities to have more equitable access to genomic research. This project will allow research to be done in colorectal, breast and thyroid cancer.


Awards

  • Dr. Thomas Dignan Indigenous Health award from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in 2016

  • Shrum Gold Medal, top undergraduate student, Simon Fraser University (1993)

  • Awards received from the University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine (1997): Hamber Medal, Dr. Jay C. Cheng Memorial Medical Education Foundation Prize, Dr. Jack Margulius Memorial Prize, top graduating student in Medicine, MD degree, and best cumulative record in all years of study.

  • Dr. John Big Canoe Memorial Scholarship, Canadian Medical Association (1997). Caron was the first recipient of this award.

  • “100 Canadians to Watch,” Maclean’s Magazine (1997)

  • Outstanding Alumni Award, Simon Fraser University (2011)

  • Dr. Thomas Dignan Indigenous Health Award, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (2016)

  • “Women of the year: 12 Canadians who rocked 2016,” ChatelaineMagazine

  • Wallace Wilson Leadership Award, University of British Columbia Medical Alumni Association (2017)

  • Honorary Doctor of Laws, University of the Fraser Valley (2017)

  • Honorary Doctor of Science, Simon Fraser University (2019)

  • Athletic Hall of Fame, Terry Fox Humanitarian Category, Simon Fraser University (2019)


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