Alumni Stories
Dr. Gregory Carfagnini named Program Director, Addiction Medicine
NOSM University is pleased to announce that Dr. Gregory Carfagnini has been appointed Program Director, Addiction Medicine, effective April 1, 2026. An enhanced skills medical residency program, Addiction Medicine is open to resident doctors who have completed a two-year family medicine residency. An Assistant Professor and alumnus, Dr. Carfagnini is a dedicated clinician and educator with extensive experience in substance use health, curriculum development, and postgraduate medical education. His clinical work focuses on caring for individuals with complex needs, and he is committed to evidence-based, compassionate, and equity-inform...
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Dr. Cole Anderson appointed Family Medicine Self-Directed Program Director
NOSM University is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Cole Anderson, Clinical Lecturer, as Family Medicine Self-Directed Program Director, effective January 1, 2026. An alumnus of NOSM University’s MD and Family Medicine residency programs, Dr. Anderson later completed enhanced skills training in Emergency Medicine at Dalhousie University in Halifax. He currently practises as a staff emergency physician at Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre and provides locum emergency medicine services across Northwestern Ontario. Dr. Anderson is actively engaged in medical education at NOSM University, with both the MD an...
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Dr. Ben Quackenbush: Looking back on 20 years of NOSM University
When NOSM University opened its doors in 2005, Dr. Ben Quackenbush (MD 2009, Family Medicine 2011) was among the first students to embrace an entirely new model of medical education premiering in Northern Ontario. As a member of NOSM University’s inaugural Charter Class, he was part of a wave of learners experiencing distributed, community-engaged socially accountable medical education in ways that had not yet been embraced by other Canadian medical schools. Twenty years on, Dr. Quackenbush remembers his early experiences as both exciting and filled with purpose. “It made sense to me to be trained where I was going to work. NOSM Uni...
Dr. Quackenbush reflects on how NOSM University has shaped his career as a physician.