Catherine Pound MD, FRCPC

Biography

Dr Catherine Pound received her medical degree from McGill University in 2002 and completed her pediatric residency training at the University of Ottawa in 2005.  Dr Pound joined CHEO as a clinician, researcher and medical educator in 2008.  

Dr Pound is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Ottawa.  She is a Pediatrician and the Director of Research in the Division of Pediatric Medicine at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario.  Dr Pound is the Founder and Chair of the Resident Scholarly Activity Guidance and Evaluation Program for the Pediatric Residency Program at the University of Ottawa.  Dr Pound’s main research interests revolved around 1) breastfeeding education of health care providers, 2) the teaching of research skills to postgraduate trainees, and 3) highly prevalent childhood illnesses resulting in hospitalization.