Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, Queen's University, Ontario
Dr. Michelle Cohen is a family physician in rural southeastern Ontario. She has a comprehensive general practice at the Lakeview Family Health Team in Brighton and runs sexual health clinics in Brighton and Campbellford via the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit. She is an assistant professor in the Department of Family Medicine at Queen's University where she works as a community preceptor for medical trainees to gain exposure to rural primary care. She has given talks on sexism in medicine, health care advocacy and caring for gender diverse patients, among other topics. She has published a pioneering academic paper on the gender pay gap in Canadian medicine and continues to research this issue. Outside of her clinical and academic work, Dr. Cohen is a freelance writer whose articles on health policy and health equity have been published in CBC, Maclean's, Toronto Star, Chatelaine, Healthy Debate, Medical Post and other outlets. She has led advocacy work with Canadian Women in Medicine and currently sits on the OMA Women Committee.
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