Speaker Profile

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	Biography Katharina Cardinal, MD, CCFP, completed a degree in Cellular, Molecular and MicrobialBiology with a minor in Women’s Studies, followed by her MD at the University of Calgary anda Family Medicine residency at the University of Alberta. She was previously involved in HealthCanada’s initiative for Pregnancy-Related Issues in the Management of Addictions (PRIMA).More recently, Dr. Cardinal co-founded the Maternal Medication Use and Neonatal AbstinenceProgram (MMUNA) where she continues to play an active role. She currently works as a clinicalassistant in the department of Women’s Health at the Grey Nun’s Community Hospital and as aCommunity Perinatal Program physician for Alberta Health Services, Edmonton. She is also oneof the principal physicians at the Millwoods Maternity Care Clinic. She is passionate aboutevidence-informed practice, compassionate maternity care for vulnerable populations, residenteducation and the social aspects of medicine. Disclosure I do not have a relationship with a for-profit and/or a not-for-profit organization to disclose. I do not intend to make therapeutic recommendations for medications that have not received regulatory approval (i.e. “off-label” use of medication).

Biography
Katharina Cardinal, MD, CCFP, completed a degree in Cellular, Molecular and MicrobialBiology with a minor in Women’s Studies, followed by her MD at the University of Calgary anda Family Medicine residency at the University of Alberta. She was previously involved in HealthCanada’s initiative for Pregnancy-Related Issues in the Management of Addictions (PRIMA).More recently, Dr. Cardinal co-founded the Maternal Medication Use and Neonatal AbstinenceProgram (MMUNA) where she continues to play an active role. She currently works as a clinicalassistant in the department of Women’s Health at the Grey Nun’s Community Hospital and as aCommunity Perinatal Program physician for Alberta Health Services, Edmonton. She is also oneof the principal physicians at the Millwoods Maternity Care Clinic. She is passionate aboutevidence-informed practice, compassionate maternity care for vulnerable populations, residenteducation and the social aspects of medicine.
Disclosure
I do not have a relationship with a for-profit and/or a not-for-profit organization to disclose. I do not intend to make therapeutic recommendations for medications that have not received regulatory approval (i.e. “off-label” use of medication).