Stephanie Plamondon, MD, FRCPC, CSCN (EMG) is a Clinical Professor in the Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Mathison Centre for Mental Health Research & Education, and is a former program director for the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation residency training program.
Dr. Plamondon originally trained in Human Kinetics at the University of Windsor, Ontario, and moved on to complete an MD and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PMR) Residency at McMaster. In clinical practice, Dr. Plamondon has worked in the subspecialties of acquired brain injury, EMG, general neurorehabilitation and neuromuscular rehabilitation. She has special interests in medical education, Patient Safety, Quality improvement and Music therapy, and received a Certificate of Patient Safety and Quality Management from University of Calgary, W21C, in 2017as well as completing a RCPSC Pre-Set Course in Simulation Scenario development and Debriefing at Cumming School of Medicine ATSSL lab, University of Calgary.
In a collaboration between Calgary Health Foundation, JB Music Therapy and supporters of the National Music Centre, Dr. Plamondon has been involved in the integration of a certified Music therapy program for 4 adult acute care sites in the Calgary zone. She co-founded a multidisciplinary network of health, music professionals, and students interested in advancing the use of music and music therapy in medicine called HEAR Music Alberta (Health Education, Advocacy and Research for Music). She has served as a member of Cumming School of Medicine Health Humanities Committee, and the Canadian Association of Health Humanities Organizing Committee for Creating Spaces 12, a national meeting, hosted in Calgary, AB, in April 2022. Dr. Plamondon has lent support to a new pilot Arts in Health Concert series at the South Health Campus funded by the Alberta Minister of Culture in Calgary with partners YouQuest and Stagehand. She has publications and awards in the fields of music therapy and neuromuscular disease, including 2 creative non-fiction short stories in CMAJ Humanities.