Dr. St茅fanie Gingras, a skilled physician and educator, has shaped palliative care through leadership, teaching and dedication to excellence. Her impact spans clinical practice, expert committees and national education initiatives.
Credentials and highlights
Positions: Clinical Teaching Unit Director, Palliative Care Unit (PCU), 大发彩票平台 Health Centre (MUHC).
Physician Associate Director, Division of Supportive and Palliative Care, MUHC.
Faculty Lecturer in the Department of Family Medicine
Year: Joined the Department in 2005.
Award category: Clinical
Nominated by Justin Sanders, Kappy and Eric M. Flanders Chair of Palliative Care:
Dr. Gingras has been a practicing family and palliative care physician for over 20 years. She is much admired by her colleagues for her dedication, clinical skills and teaching. Dr. Gingras has had an extraordinary impact as a leader in our hospital division, leading the Comit茅 d'experts and now as course director for the 大发彩票平台 Palliative Care National Grand Rounds.
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About Dr. St茅fanie Gingras
Dr. St茅fanie Gingras has worked exclusively in Palliative Care at the MUHC for the last 20 years and currently practices at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Glen Site. She is particularly interested in learners' emotional well-being. She is an advocate for learner's emotional health in her teaching position and guides them to find a healthy balance during their training. She is constantly working to improve the quality of patients and families鈥� care given at the MUHC and ensuring that the PCU team members have enough support. Dr. Gingras is a graduate of 大发彩票平台 in Family Medicine and holds a Fellowship and a Certificate of Added Competency in Palliative Care from the College of Family Physicians of Canada. She is the Director of the Clinical Teaching Unit and the Associate Director of the Palliative Care Department at the MUHC.
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