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Core values of the Division of Adolescent Medicine include promoting health equity, supporting positive youth development and resiliency in the face of adversity, and educating and empowering teens and their families.
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The senior faculty in our division have helped shape the direction of the specialty of adolescent medicine in Canada.
Sheri Findlay is recognized as one of the founders of the pediatric specialty of adolescent medicine in Canada. She started our eating disorder program which has grown to become one of the biggest outpatient eating disorder programs in Canada and now includes inpatient, outpatient, and day-treatment programs offering state-of-the-art interdisciplinary care to children, youth and their families. She is currently the medical director of the pediatric chronic pain program.
Christina Grant is recognized as a national expert in cannabis and youth. As co-chair of the Canadian Paediatric Society’s cannabis project advisory group, Grant has been an influential voice in the development of cannabis guidelines for youth. She was recognized for her contributions to understanding cannabis and youth with the Victor Marchessault Advocacy Award. She has also collaborated in research focused on the journey from pediatric to adult care for youth with chronic health conditions. The Transition-Q self-management questionnaire is a tool to help clinicians, youth and families with this process.
Natasha Johnson was recognized for her work with gender diverse youth and is an advocate in trans health care having spearheaded the development of a clinical service for trans and gender expansive children at McMaster Children’s Hospital. She is also part of an anti-racism coalition; a working group within the Department of Pediatrics at McMaster Children’s Hospital created to assist in the development and maintenance of an anti-racism and anti-oppression stance.
The division’s newest recruits are making their mark, too. Rosheen Grady and Allison Rodrigues joined the division in 2015 and 2018, respectively. Rodrigues has an interest in subspecialty postgraduate education and is working on a curriculum focused on adolescent medicine for the development of a fellowship program at McMaster. She is also one of the physicians working in the pediatric chronic pain program. Currently, Grady is the education resource physician for the division and is enrolled in the Royal College Diploma clinician educator program. She has already developed numerous innovations in education including a new orientation tool for trainees which is constantly being adapted based on feedback. Trainees consistently rate their experience on this rotation as excellent.
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Sheri Findlay
Interim Division Head, Adolescent Medicine
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Elaine Ford
Divisional Assistant