Awards & Announcements

Outstanding Clinician Award 2009

Dr. Elizabeth MacRae, Clinical Associate Professor and Neurosurgeon with the Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary and Alberta Health Services, has been awarded the Foothills Medical Centre (FMC) Staff Association’s Outstanding Clinician Award for 2009.

With a broad and varied career, Dr. MacRae continues to set herself apart from the rest. After completing a rotating internship, she finished a year in internal medicine followed with another year of research in endocrinology. Dr. MacRae then left to do family practice for a couple of years before returning to do her residency in Neurology, and obtained her FRCPC in 1977. Neurosurgery then beckoned and she obtained her FRCSC in 1981, before moving to Calgary, Alberta to work at the Foothills Medical Centre in 1982. She has devoted herself to this community ever since.

Dr. MacRae specializes in skull base neurosurgery, trauma, sports injuries, and general neurosurgery. Nominated by her peers, the Outstanding Clinician Award recognizes her outstanding commitment to the patients, staff, and students of the Foothills Hospital and the Calgary community.  Dr. MacRae received her award at the FMC Staff Association’s annual spring dinner on April 16, 2010.

Coutts receives Michael S. Pessin Stroke Leadership Award 

The American Academy of Neurology (AAN) has awarded the 2010 Michael S. Pessin Stroke Leadership Award to Dr. Shelagh Coutts, Stroke Neurologist in the Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary and Alberta Health Services, for her research in TIA and stroke care.

The Michael S. Pessin Stroke Leadership prize is awarded to neurologists who have made very significant contributions to stroke research as a young investigator. Dr. Coutts follows in the footsteps of Drs. Andrew Demchuk and Michael Hill, also of Clinical Neurosciences, who are previous winners of the prestigious award. Coutts will receive the award during the AAN’s 62nd Annual Meeting in Toronto, held April 10-17, 2010.

Smith recipient of  Robert G. Siekert New Investigator Award

Dr. Eric Smith, Stroke Neurologist in the Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary and Alberta Health Services, has received the Robert G. Siekert New Investigator Award of the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association.  

In recognition of Dr. Robert G. Siekert, founding chairman of the American Heart Association’s International Conference on Stroke and Cerebral Circulation, this award honours the most promising new investigator at the International Stroke Conference. Smith will present his work titled: "Prediction of In-Hospital Stroke Mortality Using Data from the Get with the Guidelines Stroke Registry," at the International Stroke Conference 2010.

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Date Updated: 2010-04-21