NOSM alumna, Dr. Linda Bakovic named Interim Program Director, Pediatrics
NOSM University is pleased to announce Dr. Linda Bakovic as the incoming Interim Program Director of the Pediatrics Residency Program, effective July 1, 2023 until June 30, 2024. Dr. Bakovic is Chief of the Department of Pediatrics and a Regional Consulting Pediatrician at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre. She also maintains a practice at Thunder Bay Pediatrics and practices as a Visiting Consulting Pediatrician at the Meno-Ya-Win Health Center in Sioux Lookout. Having completed her MD at NOSM University and her Pediatric residency at Alberta Children’s Hospital through the University of Calgary in Alberta, Dr. Ba...
> Read MoreResidency and Road Trips
Northern Ontario is full of the warm, bright splendor of the summer season: hot, sometimes humid days and cool summer nights with brilliant hues of pink, purple, yellow, and blue in the skies over our backyards. It’s the perfect time for road trips, both for new residents and myself. Summer is the end of the MD program academic year and the beginning of the postgraduate training year. NOSM University welcomes 81 new and returning residents to communities across Northern Ontario this year. The transition into residency can be both exciting and terrifying. As students, we work under close supervision, and that changes in residency. As...
> Read MoreDr. Andrew Smith named NOSM University’s new Program Director, General Surgery
NOSM University is pleased to announce Dr. Andrew Smith as the incoming Program Director of the General Surgery Residency Program effective July 1, 2023. Dr. Smith, a general surgeon with a special interest in bariatric surgery, has practised at Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre since 2014. An Associate Professor at NOSM University, Dr. Smith has taken an active role in the General Surgery Program as a previous Site Director in Thunder Bay. He also served initially as the Chair for the Surgical Foundations Competency Committee and now as the Chair for the General Surgery Competency Committee. Dr. Smith looks forward to workin...
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