Clinical Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia
Staff Endocrinologist
President, Global Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes (GPED, www.globalpedendo.org)
Positions
Biography
Dr Chanoine trained in Belgium and joined British Columbia Children’s Hospital (Vancouver, Canada) in 1998 as Clinical Professor and Head of the Endocrinology and Diabetes Unit. His previous experience includes a fellowship at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worcester, USA; Pediatric Endocrinologist at Hôpital Universitaire des Enfants Reine Fabiola in Brussels; and Medical Director for Novo Nordisk Belgium.
His research interests have included thyroid and excess weight in children and adolescents. Recently, he has developed a clinical interest in mitochondrial diseases for the pediatric endocrinologist.
He is now increasingly active in the field of Pediatric Endocrinology in resource-constrained settings as a researcher, a mentor, an advocate (access to essential medicines in pediatric endocrinology and diabetes) and a teacher (Pediatric Endocrinology Training Centers in Africa (PETCA) in Kenya and the Maghreb School (Tunisia, Morocco and Algeria). He is President of “Global Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes (GPED, www.globalpedendo.org)” a charitable organization that he incorporated in Canada. He is co-leading 2 training projects in Sudan and in Francophone Africa.
Areas of Interest
Access to Medicines
Education
Pediatric Endocrinology
Awards
ESPE International Outstanding Clinician Award (2020)
Team Planning Award, Team in Child and Adolescent Healthy Body Weights, Michael Smith Health Research BC (2007)