Dr. Michele L. Ramien Takes the Helm as President of the Canadian Dermatology Association

Dr. Ramien is currently a clinician-investigator at the Alberta Children’s Hospital in Calgary, Alta.

Dr. Michele L. Ramien is the new president of The Canadian Dermatology Association (CDA). 

“I want to increase engagement amongst our members by re-imagining how our community interacts so that - united - we are ready to accomplish all the work we need to do,” says Dr. Ramien in a news release.

Dr. Ramien has been a certified dermatologist with the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and the American Board of Dermatology since 2013, also earning her Pediatric Dermatology certification in 2018. She is currently a Clinician-Investigator at the Alberta Children’s Hospital in Calgary, Alta. Her practice is focused on the clinical care of medically or dermatologically complex children.

Dr. Ramien earned her medical degree from McGill University in 2008. She then completed her residency training at the University of Toronto and the University of Ottawa, with electives at Boston Children’s Hospital, the Hospital for Sick Children, CHU Sainte-Justine, and St. George Hospital in Australia, an epidermolysis bullosa centre.

In 2013-2014, Dr. Ramien completed a Pediatric Dermatology fellowship at CHU Sainte-Justine, in Montreal, Que., funded by the University of Ottawa Fellowship for New Faculty and the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario’s Popham Fellowship. 

Dr. Ramien has held previous positions as President Elect and Vice-President of the Association.