Joanne Liu
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Liu at Chatham House in 2015
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| Native name | 廖滿嫦 |
| Born |
November 4, 1965 Quebec City, Quebec, Canada |
| Citizenship | Canada |
| Alma mater |
McGill University New York University University of Montreal |
| Known for | International president of Médecins Sans Frontières |
| Awards |
National Order of Quebec Time 100 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Pediatric medicine |
| Institutions |
Médecins Sans Frontières University of Montreal McGill University |
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| Traditional Chinese | 廖滿嫦 | ||||||||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Liào Mǎncháng |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Liuh Múhn Sèuhng |
| Jyutping | liu6 mun5 soeng4 |
Joanne Liu, M.D., C.M. is a Canadian pediatric doctor, Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Montreal, Professor of Practice of Medicine at McGill University, and the current International President of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF, or Doctors Without Borders). She was elected President during MSF's International General Assembly in June 2013.
Joanne Liu was born in November 04, 1965, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, to a Chinese immigrant Liu family from Taishan, Guangdong. Her family ran a Chinese restaurant called China Garden. Dr Joanne Liu was the fifth child after David, a child stillborn, Anthony and Margaret. When she was thirteen, she became fascinated by Et la Paix dans le monde docteur, a book about the experiences of a physician working with Doctors Without Borders during the Soviet war in Afghanistan. She dreamed of becoming "a doctor without borders" one day.
During junior college, Cegep Champlain St. Lawrence, Quebec City, she travelled to Mali with Canadian Crossroads International. Liu graduated from the McGill University Faculty of Medicine with the M.D., C.M. degree and completed pediatric specialty training at the Centre hospitalier universitaire Sainte-Justine. She then completed a sub-specialty in pediatric emergency care at Bellevue Hospital Center of the New York University School of Medicine and an International Master's in Health Leadership degree at the McGill University Desautels Faculty of Management.
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