Gigi Osler

Flordeliz "Gigi" Osler is a Canadian physician and Assistant Professor at the University of Manitoba.[1][2] She was the 2018-2019 President of the Canadian Medical Association.[3]

Gigi Osler
Born
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Alma materUniversity of Manitoba
Canadian Medical Association
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Manitoba

Early life and education

Osler was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Her mother was a nurse from the Philippines and her father was an Indian physician. As a child she lived on-site in the Riverview Health Centre.[4] She is the great-great-grand niece-in-law of William Osler by marriage.[5]

She studied medicine at the University of Manitoba and graduated in 1992.[5] She remained there to specialise in head and neck surgery and graduated from residency in 1997.[5] Thereafter, she completed a rhinology position at St. Paul's Hospital Vancouver, specialising in endoscopic sinus surgery.[5] Osler later recounted that in the 1990s "surgery was still very much a male-dominated field. I was told, ‘Surgery’s too tough. You should look at pediatrics.’"[4]

Career

Osler is the current Head of the Section of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery at St. Boniface Hospital and is an Assistant Professor with the Department of Otolaryngology at the University of Manitoba College of Medicine.[4]

In October 2018 Osler was announced as the President of the Canadian Medical Association.[6][7] She is a member of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada Regional Advisory Committee.[8] In 2011 she volunteered with the Canadian Helping Kids in Vietnam's medical mission to Long Xuyên, which focused on delivering medical equipment and educating Vietnamese doctors and nurses.[9] She has also been part of several missions to train surgeons in Africa and has spent several years in Mbarara.[10][11] She is an invited faculty member at the Mbarara University of Science and Technology.[12]

Physician health

Osler believes that maintaining the health and wellness of oneself should be incorporated into medical training.[13][14] In 2015 Osler co-chaired the Canadian Conference on Physician Health.[4][15]

In 2017, Dr. Osler spoke out in defence of "income sprinkling", which allows high-earning professionals and business owners to avoid taxes by distributing income to family members who do little or no work.[16]

Personal life

Osler is married and has two children.[4]

References
  1. "Practitioner Information". The College of Physicians & Surgeons of Manitoba. The College of Physicians & Surgeons of Manitoba. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  2. "FACULTY & STAFF". University of Manitoba. University of Manitoba. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  3. "Dr. F. Gigi Osler, Past President, 2019-20". Canadian Medical Association. Canadian Medical Association. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  4. http://www.umanitoba.ca, University of Manitoba-. "Madam President". Retrieved 2019-02-08.
  5. "Dr. F. Gigi Osler, BScMed, MD, FRCSC". Doctors Manitoba. 2017-11-13. Retrieved 2019-02-08.
  6. "Gigi Osler takes over as president of Canadian Medical Association – great-great-great niece of legendary physician and past CMA president". Retrieved 2019-02-08.
  7. Sep 21, CBC News · Posted; September 21, 2018 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated; 2018. "New CMA head says time is now for politicians to talk decriminalizing opioids | CBC News". CBC. Retrieved 2019-02-08.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. "The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada :: RAC Region 2 members". www.royalcollege.ca. Retrieved 2019-02-08.
  9. "Gigi Osler BScMed, MD, FRCSC | Speakers | 2018 COS Annual Meeting and Exhibition". sites.grenadine.co. Retrieved 2019-02-08.
  10. "Dr. F. Gigi Osler, President, 2018-19 | Canadian Medical Association". www.cma.ca. Retrieved 2019-02-08.
  11. "Canadian Specialists Train MUST Students in Ear, Nose and Throat Surgery". Soft Power. Retrieved 2019-02-08.
  12. "Dr. F. Gigi Osler | BACO International 2020". www.baco2020.org. Retrieved 2019-02-08.
  13. "CFMS at the International Conference Physician Health" (PDF). CFMS. Retrieved 2019-02-08.
  14. "Speakers - CMA Health Summit". Retrieved 2019-02-08.
  15. "Congratulations to Dr. F. Gigi Osler, the 2017 CMA President-elect Nominee" (PDF). ENT Canada. Retrieved 2019-02-08.
  16. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qc6Ry183_dA
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