Flight Surgeon, Advisory Member
Flight Surgeon
Dr (Capt) Joelle Thorgrimson is an Indigenous military flight surgeon posted to Cold Lake, AB but originally from Kenora, ON. After completing a bachelor’s degree in astrophysics at Queen’s University, a master’s degree in quantum computing at McGill University and her private pilot licence, she attended medical school and completed a family medicine residency at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) in Thunder Bay, ON.
She is presently an Assistant Professor at NOSM who locums in Northern Ontario and is an advocate for women in aviation, STEM and the military.