Dr. Elaine Blacklock has been confirmed as the newest specialist to be recruited by the Sudbury Regional Hospital. Blacklock is a pediatrician and one of more than 20 new physicians who have been recruited by the hospital in the past 12 months.
Blacklock has previously practiced medicine in British Columbia, Newfoundland, Markham and the Mission Hospital in Africa.
Blacklock will join five other pediatricians currently working at the hospital.
?This was an easy decision,? said Blacklock. ?Sudbury is a beautiful community that has a lot to offer to my family and I,? she said. ?I expect to stay in the north for a long time and plan to be actively involved in the community.
?Sudbury?s future one-site hospital as well as the new northern medical school had a major impact in my decision to move to the north.?