Meredith Chiasson, MD, FRCPC

Biography

Dr. Meredith Chiasson is a respirologist and associate professor of medicine at Dalhousie University who sub-specializes in the care of patients with cystic fibrosis and pre- and post-lung transplantation. Dr. Chiasson holds a cross appointment with the University of Toronto. She is a certified simulation educator, providing simulation-based instruction at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Dr. Chiasson completed medical school at Dalhousie University and then residency in internal medicine at University of Western Ontario. In 2008, she returned to Halifax for respirology residency and then went on to do a fellowship split between Halifax and Toronto in cystic fibrosis and lung transplantation.

Clinical and research interests

Dr. Chiasson’s main clinical and research areas of interest are cystic fibrosis, lung transplantation and simulation.

Simulation Program

Positions

• Director, Simulation Program for Internal Medicine Residents
• Instructor, Simulation Program for Internal Medicine Residents

Courses completed

• Simulation Educator Training (SET) course - Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
• Acute Critical Events Simulation (ACES) course - Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
• Advanced Advocacy/Inquiry course