Kimberley Chung Tak Chean CCPA BScPA BSc (Medical Radiation Sciences) BSc (Honours Life Sciences)

Biography

Kimberley received her Bachelor of Science Physician Assistant (BScPA) degree from the University of Toronto's Department of Family and Community Medicine. She is a Canadian Certified Physician Assistant who practices in Perioperative Cardiac Surgery at the Hamilton Health Sciences. She is also a guest facilitator and physician assistant (PA) student mentor for the U of T Consortium of PA Education. She has presented research highlighting the role and positive impact PAs can make in perioperative care at several conferences. She is very passionate about education, research and advocacy for the PA profession.

Quote from the Winner

As an alumni of the U of T’s BScPA Program, it’s a great honour to receive the Rising Star Award. I’m very thankful to all my mentors who have supported me throughout the program, my clinical placements and my career. Hard work, dedication and support from my mentors has helped me achieve my goals. My advice to future PAs is to seize every experience as an opportunity to learn, grow and inspire others to create positive change.

“Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.” - Arthur Ashe