Dr Lorraine LeGrand Westfall
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- First name
- Dr Lorraine
- Last name
- LeGrand Westfall
- Bio
Originally from Montréal, Dr. Lorraine LeGrand Westfall received her medical degree from the University of Montréal in 1981. From 1981 to 1982, she completed her internship in surgery at the University of Toronto and from 1982 to 1986 completed her residency in general surgery at the University of Ottawa. She practised general surgery from 1986 to 2006 at the Centre hospitalier des Vallées de l’Outaouais – Pavillon Gatineau, serving on many hospital committees, on council for the hospital from 1996 to 1999, and as chief of surgery from 1999 to 2003. She was a member of the Québec Regional Advisory Committee of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada from 1995 to 2001. From 2003 to 2006, Dr. LeGrand Westfall was a member of Council of the CMPA when, in March 2006, she accepted a position as Physician Risk Manager.
Since 2006, she has given hundreds of educational and risk management presentations to Canadian physicians. In March 2011, Dr LeGrand Westfall was appointed Director of Regional Affairs and is responsible for managing relationships with governments, medical organizations and other key stakeholders, with a primary focus in Québec.
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