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Dr. Constance (Connie) Lebrun, MD
Clinical Director, Glen Sather Sports Medicine Clinic
Associate Professor, Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation

Dr. Connie Lebrun joined the Glen Sather Sports Medicine Clinic in the Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation at the University of Alberta in April 2007. Prior to her appointment here, she served as Director of Primary Care Sport Medicine at the Fowler Kennedy Sports Medicine Clinic at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario.

As a member of faculty at the University of Alberta, Dr. Lebrun teaches and supervises graduate students in addition to her clinical duties at the Clinic. Her chief research interests are female athletes, as well as return to play issues, such as concussion in sport.

Dr. Lebrun’s expertise in the field of sport medicine is widely recognized by Canadian sporting organizations and she was recently selected as the Assistant Chief Medical Officer for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. She was a member of the Canadian medical team for the Winter Olympic Games in Italy in 2006, where she served as Medical Director for the Canadian Snowboard Federation, a role she continues to play today. Dr. Lebrun was also a member of the Canadian medical team at the Olympic Games in Athens (2004), Sydney (2000) and Atlanta (1996).

In addition to her Olympic experience, she was appointed Canadian Team Physician to the 1987, 1991 and 2006 Pan-American Games, the World Student Games in 1989 and 1999, and the 1994 Francophone Games in Paris.

Dr. Lebrun began her career in medicine in 1981, after receiving her medical degree from McGill University. She interned at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver, after which she spent over eight years in general/family practice in North Vancouver.

Her love of sport – she is a former member of the Canadian Women's Volleyball Team and competed in the 1973 and 1977 World Student Games, the 1975 Pan-American Games and the 1976 Montreal Olympics - drew her to pursue further training in sport medicine.

She completed a clinical fellowship at the Allan McGavin Sports Medicine Centre at the University of British Columbia in 1987, and a Masters degree in exercise physiology in 1991. Thereafter, Dr. Lebrun practiced sport medicine full-time in Vancouver for five years preceding her appointment to the Fowler Kennedy Sports Medicine Clinic.