Stephanie Plamondon

Stephanie Plamondon, MD, FRCPC is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary, member of Hotchkiss Brain Institute and Mathison Centre for Mental Health Research and Education. Dr. Plamondon completed her MD and PM&R residency at McMaster University. She is a former program director for the PM&R Residency Training program, PMR Quality Improvement lead, and member of the Cumming School of Medicine Health Humanities Committee at the University of Calgary. She has also led the Calgary zone certified Music therapy inpatient program for the last 5 years, obtained certification in Patient Safety and Quality management, creating and currently co-chairing the Division Patient Safety and Quality Council. Her area of clinical practice is Adult Neuromuscular Rehabilitation. She is a co-founder of a transdisciplinary group of music professionals, academics, students, healthcare practitioners and music therapists called HEAR Music Alberta (Health Education Advocacy and Research for Music) in 2019, giving many public and academic presentations, participating in research in the field, and working with Patient and Family Centred care teams to provide a virtual livestream concert series for patients, families and healthcare providers during the last 2 years of the pandemic called Winter Solace. (www.wintersolace.ca). I am also a member of the Arts and Neurosciences Community of practice (SIG) within the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and have collaborated on the music in ICU literature with summaries posted online to promote awareness.