Dr. Poulin

Dr. Poulin received her Doctor of Medicine from the University of Ottawa in 2008 and completed her family medicine residency at the University of Manitoba in 2010, with a Continued Added Competency in Addiction Medicine from the College of Family Physicians of Canada in 2019 and her fellowship in 2022. She received her International Certification in Addiction Medicine in 2015 and her Canadian Certified Physician Executive certificate in 2021. She is experienced both rural and urban health care in Manitoba and Ontario. She serves vulnerable populations suffering from mental health and addictions issues in both provinces.

Dr. Poulin has held different leadership positions as the Medical Director of the Addiction Foundation of Manitoba, Medical Lead for RAAM clinics with Shared Health and Medical Director of Concurrent Disorder at Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care. In addition, she is involved in initiating, developing and executing different platforms on the national and provincial level including education, research and advocacy. She was co-chair of the Manitoba Provincial Opiate Replacement Committee, and the Manitoba Monitoring Drug Review Committee, among other roles.  

She is clinical lead for the Prairie Node in the development of CRISM’s National Guidelines for best practices in the clinical management of opioid use disorder as well as the National Guidelines for managing high risk drinking and Alcohol Use Disorder. She is the current Prairie Node knowledge user representative on the CRISM NEC. She has participated in various research initiatives in the area of Addiction medicine including Opioid Agonist Therapy in rural and urban settings, a Principle Investigator for the ASCME trial (a national pan-clinical trial on methamphetamine treatment), and co-investigator in the impacts of COVID-19 on patient addiction care.

She is a mentor that supports continuously. She teaches formally, informally, academically, clinically, to all levels of learners (medical students, residents, physicians and other health professionals including but not limited to, nursing, pharmacy, etc.). She is an assistant professor at the University of Manitoba in the department of family medicine with cross-appointment in psychiatry. She is also the director of mentorship and clinical enhancement for International Medical graduates (IMG). She helped develop curricula for medical school, residency, fellowship program, and CPD events in the area of Addiction Medicine. She is passionate about education, increasing awareness and advocacy for Addiction issues including Harm Reduction and improved health outcomes for Canadians.