Dr. Catherine Cook receives national family medicine award – UM Today

UM Vice-President (Indigenous) honoured at virtual Family Medicine Forum

November 9, 2020 —

Congratulations to vice-president (Indigenous) Dr. Catherine Cook [MD/87, MSc/03], who has received a prestigious award from the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) and Foundation for Advancing Family Medicine.

On Nov. 6, as part of the CFPC’s virtual Family Medicine Forum, Dr. Cook was awarded the Calvin L. Gutkin Family Medicine Ambassador Award, named in honour of UM alumnus Dr. Calvin Gutkin [BSc(Med) and MD/69], who served as executive director and chief executive officer of the CFPC from 1996 to 2012.

The award recognizes a dynamic leader in Canadian family medicine for their vision, innovation, communication skills and relationship-building with national and international organizations and working groups that support and positively influence the ever-changing role of the family physician and family medicine in Canada.

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