Ana M Sant’anna MD, MSc, FRCFC

Dr. Sant’Anna will collaborate with the Faculty’s Office of Admissions, the mandate of which is evolving to service all of the Faculty’s professional schools. She will ensure the MDCM Program selection and admissions processes are fair, transparent and accountable, and meet standards set by law, governmental decrees and accreditation bodies. She will liaise with internal and external stakeholders, such as the MDCM Program’s Student Promotions Committee and the Widening Participation Committee, as well as with the CIQAM and the Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada, among others.

Dr. Sant’Anna will contribute to continuous quality improvement initiatives as part of her mandate, as well as engage in scholarly work related to admissions and candidate selection. Dr. Sant’Anna is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at McGill and a practising pediatrician in the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition at the Montreal Children’s Hospital of the McGill University Health Centre. In addition to her teaching and supervision, she also serves as an Osler Fellow. Prior to joining McGill, Dr. Sant’Anna taught in the Faculty of Health Sciences at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, where she was also Program Director of the Postgraduate GI Pediatric Fellowship Program.