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Gigi Osler
BornWinnipeg
Alma materUniversity of Manitoba
Canadian Medical Association
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Manitoba

Flordeliz (Gigi) Osler is a Canadian physician and Assistant Professor at the University of Manitoba. She is the President of Canadian Medical Association.

Early life and education

Osler was born in Winnipeg. 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. She is the great great grand niece of William Osler. She studied medicine at the University of Manitoba, and graduated in 1992. She remained there to specialise in Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery and graduated in 1997. Osler completed a rhinology position at St. Paul's Hospital Vancouver, specialising in endoscopic sinus surgery. Whilst she loved working in surgery, she was told that it was a medical dominated field and that she should "look at paediatrics".

Career

Osler worked at Saint Boniface Hospital as an Ear, Nose and Throat surgeon. She is an advocate for better access to safe surgery and surgical care worldwide. She spent twenty years working at the Max Rady College of Medicine.

In October 2018 Osler was announced as the President of the Canadian Medical Association. The Canadian Medical Association represents 85,000 doctors, medical students and internists in Canada. She is concerned about the opioid epidemic. She is a member of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada Regional Advisory Committee.

Osler volunteers annually for surgical missions in the developing world. In 2011 she volunteered with the Canadian Helping Kids in Vietnam’s medical mission to Long Xuyên, which focussed on delivering medical equipment and educating Vietnamese doctors and nurses. She has been part of several missions to train surgeons in Africa and has spent several years in Mbarara. She is an invited faculty member at the Mbarara University of Science and Technology.

Physician health

Alongside her patients, Osler is committed to improve the health of physicians. Poor physician health is detrimental to both the patients and the doctors. In 2015 Osler chaired the Canadian Conference on Physician Health. She believes that health and wellness should be incorporated into medical training. In October, a Canadian Medical Association survey of 2,500 physicians and 400 students led by Osler found that 1 in 4 physicians experience burnout. She identified that physicians are unlikely to seek help for their poor mental health, with only 15 % accessing support services. She also found that medical residents were 48 % more likely to report burnout. The burnout rate is up to 60 % for women physicians. Osler called for system change in the medical profession. She chairs the Doctors Manitoba Physician Health and Wellness Committee.

Personal life

Osler is married with two children.

References

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