HSN doc puts patients to sleep, but not students

An anesthetist at Health Sciences North (HSN), Dr. Rob Anderson, is a really engaging teacher apparently. His ability to keep his students interested in the subject matter has earned him a Certificate of Merit Award from the Canadian Association for Medical Education.

Every year, the Certificate of Merit Award is given to a faculty member at each of Canada’s medical schools, to acknowledge their contribution to medical education.

Anderson serves as an associate professor, the postgraduate site director, family practice anesthesia, and program director, anesthesiology residency programs at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine.

He also serves as both the medical director of anethesia and the Simulation Lab at HSN.

“Dr. Anderson is an outstanding physician and teacher. His contribution to front-line care and teaching at HSN is exemplary, and I’m honoured to have him as colleague, “said Dr. Chris Bourdon, HSN’s vice president of medical and academic affairs, chief of staff, and emergency department physician, in a news release.

Anderson isn’t the first NOSM winner of the merit award with an HSN connection. The others include:
2015 - Dr. Lee Toner (Emergency Department Physician)
2014 – Dr. Tara Baron (Pediatrician, NEO Kids)
2011 – Dr. Jacques Abourbih (Urologist, retired)