Marla Shapiro

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Marla Shapiro CM, is a Canadian medical doctor, best known as a health journalist for CTV News Channel and formerly The Globe and Mail . Her reports on health and medical issues have also aired on Canada AM and on CTV's daytime talk show Balance: Television for Living Well . [1] She is seen regularly on CTV News Channel.

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Born in Montreal, Quebec, [2] she is a graduate of McGill University and a professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto. [1] Shapiro is also the founding editor of ParentsCanada magazine. She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2004 and was featured in a television special about her experience. [3] She is the author of Life in the Balance: My Journey with Breast Cancer (HarperCollins Publishers, 2006). [4]

She was named a Member of the Order of Canada in 2015. [5]

Career highlights

2013- Bayer 150 Outstanding Physician Women’s Health and Contraception

2011 – Named a Woman Of Action by Israeli Cancer Research Foundation

2010 – Recipient of the 2010 Peter R. Newman Humanitarian Award

2008 – Recipient of Award of Excellence from the College of Family Physicians of Canada for her lifelong commitment and dedication to family medicine

2008 – Awarded the Excellence in Creative Professional Activity in 2008 by the University of Toronto, Department of Family and Community Medicine

2006 – Winner of Canadian Foundation for Women’s Health Award for Excellence in Women’s Health Journalism (Run Your Own Race)

2005 – Recipient of the 2005 Media Award from the North American Menopause Society for her work in expanding the understanding of menopause [6]

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  2. "Dr. Marla Shapiro". Canadian Health and Lifestyle. Archived from the original on 2011-06-30.
  3. Marla Shapiro at IMDb
  4. "Life in the Balance: My Journey with Breast Cancer". HarperCollins Publishers.
  5. "Four Nova Scotians among Order of Canada honourees". The Chronicle-Herald , July 1, 2015.
  6. "Dr. Marla Shapiro Biography – Research Canada" . Retrieved 2023-07-10.