{{short description|Canadian surgeon}} {{Infobox scientist |name = Nadine Caron |image = Dr. Nadine Caron 2015.jpg |caption = Nadine Caron in 2015 |birth_date = 1970 |birth_place = Kamloops, British Columbia |death_date = |death_place = |education = {{ublist|Simon Fraser University|University of British Columbia|Harvard University}} |work_institutions = Prince George Regional Hospital<br>UBC Faculty of Medicine<br>Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health }}
'''Nadine Rena Caron''' FACS, FRCSC, (born 1970),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facs.org/profile/51645252|title=Nadine Rena Caron, MD FACS|publisher=American College of Surgeons|accessdate=October 31, 2019}}</ref> is a Canadian surgeon. She is the first Canadian female general surgeon of First Nations descent (Ojibway),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-current-for-july-26-2016-1.3695092/encore-meet-dr-nadine-caron-canada-s-first-female-first-nations-surgeon-1.3695129|title=ENCORE: Meet Dr. Nadine Caron, Canada's first female First Nations surgeon|website=CBC.ca|publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Company|date=June 21, 2016|accessdate=October 31, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/thenational/nadine-caron-canada-s-1st-female-indigenous-surgeon-1.3893460|title=Nadine Caron: Canada's 1st Female Indigenous Surgeon|date=December 12, 2016|work=The National|accessdate=October 31, 2019}}</ref> as well as the first female First Nations student to graduate from University of British Columbia's medical school.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/training-the-next-generation-of-indigenous-health-care-staff/article22184665/|author=Hume, Mark|title=Training the next generation of indigenous health-care staff in B.C.|date=December 22, 2014|accessdate=October 31, 2019}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{cite web|url=http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/49824.html|title=Dr. Nadine Caron – Indigenous mentor and capacity builder - CIHR|publisher=Canadian Institutes of Health Research Government of Canada|date=June 21, 2016|website=www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca|accessdate=October 31, 2019|archive-date=September 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190909123203/http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/49824.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.saultstar.com/opinion/columnists/dr-nadine-caron-a-trailblazer|title=Dr. Nadine Caron: A trailblazer|last=Morin|first=Gene|date=2019-05-20|website=Sault Star|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-14}}</ref>
==Early life and education== Caron was born in Kamloops, British Columbia, to an Ojibwe mother and an Italian immigrant father.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.unbc.ca/nadine-caron|title=Nadine Caron {{!}} University of Northern British Columbia|website=www.unbc.ca|accessdate=October 31, 2019|archive-date=October 31, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191031015724/https://www.unbc.ca/nadine-caron|url-status=dead}}</ref> Her mother was a teacher and her father was a mason.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.med.ubc.ca/awards-honours/nadine-caron-receives-honorary-degree-from-university-of-fraser-valley/|title=Nadine Caron receives honorary degree from University of Fraser Valley {{!}} University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine|publisher=University of British Columbia|date=June 6, 2017|accessdate=October 31, 2019}}</ref> She is an Anishnawbe from Sagamok Anishnawbek First Nation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Staff {{!}} Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Health |url=https://health.aboriginal.ubc.ca/about-ceih/staff/ |access-date=2022-10-14 |website=health.aboriginal.ubc.ca}}</ref>
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.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|title=Nadine Caron|publisher=Simon Fraser University Alumni Appreciation Project|url=http://www.sfu.ca/appreciation/tribute/67/index.html|accessdate=October 31, 2019|archive-date=November 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191123121607/http://www.sfu.ca/appreciation/tribute/67/index.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> While completing her MD at the UBC Faculty of Medicine, Caron was again recognized as being the top ranked student.<ref name=":1"/> Caron also completed an MA in Public Health from Harvard University, while completing her surgical residency,<ref name=":1"/> as well as a postgraduate fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco, focused on endocrine surgical oncology.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dr. Nadine Caron|publisher=University of Northern British Columbia|url=https://www.unbc.ca/nadine-caron|accessdate=October 31, 2019|archive-date=October 31, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191031015724/https://www.unbc.ca/nadine-caron|url-status=dead}}</ref> In June 2017, she received an honorary Doctorate of Laws from the University of the Fraser Valley.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://blogs.ufv.ca/blog/2017/06/barrier-breaking-indigenous-md-nadine-caron-to-receive-honorary-degree-from-ufv/|author=Anne Russell|title=Barrier-breaking Indigenous MD Nadine Caron to receive honorary degree from UFV.|date=June 1, 2017|work=UFV Today|accessdate=October 31, 2019}}</ref> In October 2019, she received an honorary degree from Simon Fraser University.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stories/2019/03/sfu-announces-2019-honorary-degree-recipients.html|title=SFU announces 2019 Honorary Degree recipients - SFU News - Simon Fraser University|website=www.sfu.ca|access-date=2019-12-14}}</ref>
thumb|Nadine Caron in 2010
==Career== Caron works as a general and endocrine surgeon at Prince George Regional Hospital.<ref name=":0"/> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://health.aboriginal.ubc.ca/about-ceih/directors/|title=Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Health {{!}} Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Health|website=health.aboriginal.ubc.ca|accessdate=October 31, 2019}}</ref> She received the 2016 Thomas Dignan Indigenous Health Award from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. In 2023, she won the James IV Association of Surgeons Canadian Travelling Fellowship.<ref>{{cite web |title=Travelling Fellowships Canada |website=James IV Association of Surgeons |url=https://jamesivassociationsurgeons.com/group-pages/canada/travelling-fellowships-canada |access-date=25 May 2026}}</ref> Caron was rewarded for public health studies concerning Rural and First Nations populations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.royalcollege.ca/rcsite/awards-grants/awards/royal-college-dr-thomas-dignan-indigenous-health-award-e|title=The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada :: Royal College Dr. Thomas Dignan Indigenous Health Award|website=www.royalcollege.ca|accessdate=October 31, 2019|archive-date=October 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191024120909/http://www.royalcollege.ca/rcsite/awards-grants/awards/royal-college-dr-thomas-dignan-indigenous-health-award-e|url-status=dead}}</ref> Caron leads the Northern Biobank Project, which will improve patients' access to participate in personalized medicine research in northern British Columbia.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.unbc.ca/newsroom/unbc-stories/cutting-edge-health-care-launches-north|title=Cutting-edge health care launches in the North.|date=April 18, 2016|accessdate=October 31, 2019}}</ref> Caron currently works as an associate faculty member at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.<ref>{{cite news|author=Padmos, Andrew|url=https://newsroom.royalcollege.ca/meet-the-ojibwa-surgeon-who-won-our-indigenous-health-award-for-2016/|title=Meet the Ojibwa surgeon who won our Indigenous Health Award for 2016|date=June 21, 2016|work=Global News BC|accessdate=October 31, 2019}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Caron, Dr. Nadine |url=https://www2.unbc.ca/people/caron-dr-nadine |access-date=2022-10-14 |website=University of Northern British Columbia |date=March 2013 |language=en}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nadine Caron {{!}} Genome Sciences Centre |url=https://www.bcgsc.ca/people/nadine-caron |access-date=2022-10-14 |website=www.bcgsc.ca}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nadine Caron {{!}} The Canadian Encyclopedia |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/nadine-caron |access-date=2022-10-14 |website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca}}</ref>
==Select publications== *{{cite journal|doi=10.1007/s00268-009-9987-4|pmid=19288279|issn=0364-2313|volume=33|issue=11|pages=2244–2255|author1=Caron, Nadine|author2=Pasieka, Janice|title=What Symptom Improvement Can Be Expected After Operation for Primary Hyperparathyroidism?|journal=World Journal of Surgery|year=2009|s2cid=22857624 }} *{{cite journal|doi=10.1007/s11864-006-0040-7|pmid=16916491|issn=1527-2729|volume=7|issue=4|pages=309–319|author1=Caron, Nadine|author2=Clark, Orlo|title=Papillary thyroid cancer|journal=Current Treatment Options in Oncology|year=2006|s2cid=19369109 }} *{{cite journal|doi=10.1007/s11864-006-0040-7|volume=7|issue=4|pages=309–319|author1=Caron, Nadine R.|author2=Clark, Orlo H.|title=Papillary thyroid cancer|journal=Current Treatment Options in Oncology|date=August 2006|pmid=16916491|s2cid=19369109}} *{{cite journal|doi=10.1007/s11864-004-0024-4|volume=5|issue=4|pages=335–345|author1=Caron, Nadine R.|author2=Sturgeon, Cord|author3=Clark, Orlo H.|title=Persistent and recurrent hyperparathyroidism|journal=Current Treatment Options in Oncology|date=August 2004|pmid=15233910|s2cid=45386082}} *{{cite journal|doi=10.1007/s00268-005-0622-8|pmid=16680603|volume=30|issue=5|pages=879–885|author1=Tan, Yah Yuen|author2=Ogilvie, Jennifer B.|author3=Triponez, Frederick|author4=Caron, Nadine R.|author5=Kebebew, Electron K.|author6=Clark, Orlo H.|author7=Duh, Quan-Yang|title=Selective Use of Adrenal Venous Sampling in the Lateralization of Aldosterone-producing Adenomas|journal=World Journal of Surgery|date=May 2006|s2cid=24728458 }} *{{cite journal|doi=10.1007/s00268-005-0398-x|pmid=16479341|volume=30|issue=5|pages=787–793|author1=Triponez, Frederic|author2=Wong, Mariwil|author3=Sturgeon, Cord|author4=Caron, Nadine|author5=Ginzinger, David G.|author6=Segal, Mark R.|author7=Kebebew, Electron|author8=Duh, Quan-Yang|author9=Clark, Orlo H.|title=Does Familial Non-Medullary Thyroid Cancer Adversely Affect Survival?|journal=World Journal of Surgery|date=May 2006|s2cid=10442757 |url=https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:38904}} *{{cite journal|doi=10.1016/S0002-9610(97)89610-9|pmid=8651392|issn=0002-9610|volume=171|issue=5|pages=490–494|author1=Scudamore, Charles H.|author2=Erb, Siegfried R.|author3=Morris, Chris|author4=Hemming, Alan|author5=Poostizadeh, Ahmad|author6=Buczkowski, Andrzej K.|author7=Caron, Nadine|title=Medium aperture meso-caval shunts reliably prevent recurrent variceal hemorrhages|journal=The American Journal of Surgery|date=May 1996}} *{{cite journal|doi=10.1007/s00268-006-0847-1|pmid=17429563|volume=31|issue=5|pages=924–933|author1=Sippel, Rebecca S.|author2=Caron, Nadine R.|author3=Clark, Orlo H.|title=An Evidence-based Approach to Familial Nonmedullary Thyroid Cancer: Screening, Clinical Management, and Follow-up|journal=World Journal of Surgery|date=May 2007|s2cid=25334126 }} *{{cite journal|issn=0008-4263|volume=106|issue=5|pages=e265–e270|title=The Cedar Project: Negative health outcomes associated with involvement in the child welfare system among young Indigenous people who use injection and non-injection drugs in two Canadian cities|journal=Canadian Journal of Public Health|year=2015|doi=10.17269/cjph.106.5026|pmid=26451986|last1=Clarkson|first1=Adam F.|last2=Christian|first2=Wayne M.|last3=Pearce|first3=Margo E.|last4=Jongbloed|first4=Kate A.|last5=Caron|first5=Nadine R.|last6=Teegee|first6=Mary P.|last7=Moniruzzaman|first7=Akm|last8=Schechter|first8=Martin T.|last9=Spittal|first9=Patricia M.|pmc=6972141}} *{{cite journal|volume=103|issue=1|pages=46–52|title=Effect of Community Population Size on Breast Cancer Screening, Stage Distribution, Treatment Use and Outcomes|journal=Canadian Journal of Public Health|year=2012|jstor=41995705|pmid=22338328|last1=Olson|first1=R. A.|last2=Nichol|first2=A.|last3=Caron|first3=N. R.|last4=Olivotto|first4=I. A.|last5=Speers|first5=C.|last6=Chia|first6=S.|last7=Davidson|first7=A.|last8=Coldman|first8=A.|last9=Bajdik|first9=C.|last10=Tyldesley|first10=S.|doi=10.1007/BF03404068|pmc=6973821}} *{{cite journal|doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(18)30181-8|issn=0140-6736|volume=391|issue=10131|pages=1718–1735|author1=Martin, Danielle|author2=Miller, Ashley P.|author3=Quesnel-Vallée, Amélie|author4=Caron, Nadine R|author5=Vissandjée, Bilkis|author6=Marchildon, Gregory P.|title=Canada's universal health-care system: achieving its potential|journal=The Lancet|date=April 2018|pmid=29483027|pmc=7138369}} *{{cite journal|doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32747-8|volume=392|issue=10162|pages=817–34|author1=Martin, Danielle|author2=Adams, Evan|author3=Caron, Nadine R|title=Canada's global leadership and Indigenous people – Authors' reply|journal=The Lancet|date=December 2018|pmid=19709728|doi-access=}} *{{cite journal|doi=10.1016/j.annepidem.2018.02.005|issn=1047-2797|volume=28|issue=5|pages=335–342|author1=Sarfati, Diana|author2=Garvey, Gail|authorlink2=Gail Garvey|author3=Robson, Bridget|author4=Moore, Suzanne|author5=Cunningham, Ruth|author6=Withrow, Diana|author7=Griffiths, Kalinda|author8=Caron, Nadine R.|author9=Bray, Freddie|title=Measuring cancer in indigenous populations|journal=Annals of Epidemiology|date=May 2018|pmid=29503062}} *{{cite journal|doi=10.1016/j.wem.2013.04.004|issn=1080-6032|volume=24|issue=4|pages=397–401|author=Besserer, Floyd A.|author2=Caron, Nadine R.|title=Patterns of Outdoor Recreational Injury in Northern British Columbia|journal=Wilderness & Environmental Medicine|date=December 2013|doi-access=free|pmid=24075058}} *{{cite journal|doi=10.1007/s11864-005-0035-9|volume=6|issue=4|pages=311–322|author1=Caron, Nadine R.|author2=Clark, Orlo H.|title=Papillary thyroid cancer: Surgical management of lymph node metastases|journal=Current Treatment Options in Oncology|date=August 2005|pmid=15967084|s2cid=37304708}} *{{cite journal|volume=3|issue=1|pages=e33–e41|author1=Kornelsen, Jude|author2=Iglesias, Stuart|author3=Humber, Nancy|author4=Caron, Nadine|author5=Grzybowski, Stefan|title=GP Surgeons' Experiences of Training in British Columbia and Alberta: A Case Study of Enhanced Skills for Rural Primary Care providers|journal=Canadian Medical Education Journal|year=2012|doi=10.36834/cmej.36571|pmc=4563642|pmid=26451170}}
== Honours and awards ==
* 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 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 * "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," ''Chatelaine'' Magazine * Honorary Doctor of Science, Simon Fraser University, 2016 * Wallace Wilson Leadership Award, University of British Columbia Medical Alumni Association, 2017 * Honorary Doctor of Laws, University of the Fraser Valley, 2017 * Athletic Hall of Fame, Terry Fox Humanitarian Category, Simon Fraser University, 2019 * Inclusive Excellence Prize, Canadian Cancer Society, 2020 * Member of the Order of BC, 2022 * Director, Terry Fox Foundation (2024-)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://terryfox.org/board-of-directors/ | title=Meet the Terry Fox Foundation Board of Members }}</ref> * Inductee of the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame (formal induction June, 2025)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cdnmedhall.ca/nadine-r-caron-obc-md-mph-frcsc-mcm | title=Nadine R. Caron, OBC MD MPH FRCSC MCM | CMHF }}</ref>
== Indigenous health and Canadian health policy research == 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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sound |first=Donna |date=2021-03-16 |title='It's time we're at the table': First female First Nations surgeon on breaking barriers |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/it-s-time-we-re-at-the-table-first-female-first-nations-surgeon-on-breaking-barriers-1.5350143 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210317023620/https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/it-s-time-we-re-at-the-table-first-female-first-nations-surgeon-on-breaking-barriers-1.5350143 |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 17, 2021 |access-date=2022-10-14 |website=CTVNews |language=en}}</ref> She also instigated a study that discovered that Indigenous peoples are 30% more likely to die after surgery than non-Indigenous peoples.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Study indicates Indigenous peoples 30 per cent more likely to die after surgery, though data is lacking |url=https://windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/study-indicates-indigenous-peoples-30-cent-more-likely-die-after-surgery |access-date=2022-10-14 |website=Windspeaker.com |language=en}}</ref>
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== External links == * {{Cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JEry_t0Cfw|title=The Other Side of "Being First" {{!}} Nadine Caron|date=2017-12-13|last=|first=|type=|language=|accessdate=2019-12-14}}
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