Dr. Amanda Brisebois has been involved in many levels of health care leadership over her career, including as medical director of the Grey Nuns Community Hospital, medical director of the Palliative Institute and associate chief medical officer, all with Covenant Health. She also serves as a physician consultant for the Alberta Medical Association and the physician advisor for four of the five medical staff associations across Alberta. She is a certified mediator and coach and is actively involved in promoting healthy workplaces.
Dr. Brisebois is a Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada specialist in both general internal medicine and palliative medicine. In addition, she has a master of management degree in international health leadership from McGill University and has completed several other training programs focused on equity, diversion and inclusion (University of British Columbia’s Award of Achievement in Diversity and Inclusion), health information (University of California, Berkeley) and finance (London School of Economics and Political Science). She has won over 24 major teaching awards in Alberta, where she has spent the majority of her practice.
Dr. Brisebois has lived with the chronic illness multiple sclerosis since early in her residency and is a keen advocate for maximizing the understanding of, and support that we give to those facing, challenges in our workplaces.