Amanda J Brisebois
University of Alberta, Canada
Biography
Amanda Brisebois is a Internal Medicine and Palliative Care Specialist, who works in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. She undertook her undergraduate education and Masters degree at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario Canada. She completed her medical school training in Calgary, Alberta, and her General Medicine Specialty at the Mayo Clinic Rochester Minnesota, University of Calgary in Calgary, Alberta, and University of Alberta, in Edmonton. Since 2000, she has been practicing General Internal Medicine in both inpatient and outpatient settings. She also is a certified Palliative Care Specialist. She has a keen interest in Medical Education, and has won over 15 major teaching awards since starting her practice. Her focused area of research and interest is now in non-cancer palliative care. She has created an outpatient non-cancer palliative care clinic at the University of Alberta, and sees patients with severe symptoms in the major areas of cardiology, pulmonary, renal, and cirrhosis care. She has published in this space, and is collaborating on multiple research projects in these areas. Dr. Brisebois has a keen interest in interdisciplinary and inter-specialty collaboration, with aims to improve transitions in care when navigating our health systems. Dr. Brisebois is currently an Associate Clinical Professor at the University of Alberta, and the Medicine Facility Chief at the Grey Nuns Hospital in Edmonton.