Dr. Anna Reid
Dr. Anna Reid, President, 2012–2013, Canadian Medical Association, http://www.cma.ca/, received her medical degree, in 1986 from the University of Ottawa. She completed her family practice residency in 1988 through the University of British Columbia. She completed further critical care and trauma training in 2000. She was a rural and community family practice locum from 1988 to 1995 in the North West Territories and British Columbia. She practiced comprehensive family practice in Nelson, British Columbia, from 1995 until 2000, enjoying especially palliative care and geriatric work. She was an emergency and intensive care unit physician at Kootenay Lake Hospital in Nelson between 2001 and 2008. In 2008 she was recruited to Stanton Territorial Hospital in Yellowknife North West Territories, where she practices emergency medicine and hospitalist work. She is deeply concerned about the homeless, mentally ill and addicted patients who face inequities in access to care.