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Dr. Marla Shapiro
Dr. Marla ShapiroDr. Marla Shapiro
Speaker
Keynote Speeches
Balance: Living Well and Staying Healthy
Dr. Marla Shapiro’s keynotes offer valuable “me-time” for audience members, helping them to see the things that matter in developing and maintaining a healthy lifestyle, and some of the major issues at the forefront of today’s medical care. As a broadcaster and columnist she provides people with the latest medical news as well as practical advice to keep the entire family healthy, and allow them to make smart healthcare decisions. A warm, compelling and compassionate speaker, she brings this same focus to her live presentations, sharing advice and information that everyone can use in their daily lives.
Survivorship: With, Through and Beyond
In August, 2004, Shapiro found out she had an invasive form of breast cancer. Like the more than 20,000 Canadian women who are diagnosed every year with the disease, her world changed forever. This intimate, inspiring and often surprising account of her illness, from the shock of the initial diagnosis
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Marla Shapiro
Canadian medical doctor
Marla ShapiroCM, is a Canadianmedical doctor, best known as a health journalist for CTV News Channel and formerlyThe Globe and Mail. Her reports on health and medical issues have also aired on Canada AM and on CTV's daytime talk show Balance: Television for Living Well.[1] She is seen regularly on CTV News Channel.
Born in Montreal, Quebec,[2] she is a graduate of McGill University and a professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto.[1] Shapiro is also the founding editor of ParentsCanada magazine. She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2004 and was featured in a television special about her experience.[3] She is the author of Life in the Balance: My Journey with Breast Cancer (HarperCollins Publishers, 2006).[4]
She was named a Member of the Order of Canada in 2015.[5]
Career highlights
2013 – Bayer 150 Outstanding Physician Women's Health and Contraception
2011 – Named a Woman Of Action by Israeli Cancer Res
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Marla Shapiro
Dr. Marla Shapiro C.M., CCFP, MHSc, FRCPC, FCFP, MSCP
Professor, DFCM, University of Toronto
Dr. Shapiro completed medical school at McGill University and trained at the University of Toronto for her Masters of Health Science. She concluded her specialty training in Community Medicine, receiving her Fellowship in Preventive Medicine and Public Health from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. She also holds a Fellowship in Family Medicine and is currently a Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto.
Dr. Shapiro is seen on CTV NewsChannel and is the medical expert on CTV’s National News and NewsChannel. She is the author of the bestselling book, Life in the Balance: My Journey with Breast Cancer.
Dr. Shapiro is a member of several advisory boards, including the Terry Fox Research Institute. She sat on the Board of Trustees for NAMS for 9 years. She was the President of the North American Menopause Society in 2017 and Scientific Chair of the NAMS Annual General meeting in 2019. She continues to
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