Director, Physician Wellness & Health Humanities Programs
University of Manitoba
Dr. Jillian Horton is an Associate Professor of Internal Medicine at the Health Sciences Centre and the University of Manitoba. She is a graduate of McMaster medical school and completed her residency and fellowship in general internal medicine at the University of Toronto. Dr. Horton has completed a longitudinal internship in teaching Mindful Practice (at the University of Rochester) and Chief Wellness Officer training at Stanford University. She is a sought-after speaker and teacher of mindfulness for clinicians, both nationally and internationally. Her writing about medicine appears regularly in the LA Times, the Globe and Mail, Maclean’s and Medscape, as well as a wide variety of American news outlets by syndication She hosts the novel series Arts, Medicine, Life at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa. In April 2020 she was awarded the prestigious Gold Humanism award by the Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada for her national contributions to compassion in clinical care and her leadership in the field of humanities in medical education. Her first full-length book, We Are All Perfectly Fine: A Memoir of Love, Medicine and Healing" was released by HarperCollins Canada in February and is a national bestseller.
View Dr. Horton's book, We Are All Perfectly Fine at: https://www.harpercollins.ca/9781443461641/we-are-all-perfectly-fine/
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Thursday, November 3, 2022
11:00am – 2:15pm