Bio
Dr. Michael Stephenson is the founder and director of Sanctuary Refugee Health Centre. He has dedicated his career to refugee health since he began his residency in 2006. Doctor Mike started SRHC with six patients in April 2013, and has worked tirelessly to grow the clinic to more than 3300 patients and dozens of staff and volunteers today. His work has been recognized with a Kitchener Mayor’s City Builder Award in 2016 and a Council Award from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Ontario in 2017. “Dr. Mike” was born and raised in Ottawa. He graduated with a BSc in Biology from the University of Guelph in 2002 and his MD from Queen’s University in 2006. He completed his residency in Family Medicine at McGill University in 2009. He worked with the Access Alliance Multicultural Health and Community Centre in Toronto, moving to Waterloo in 2012 and taking up practice as a Family Physician with the Woolwich Community Health Centre in St. Jacobs simultaneously starting Sanctuary Refugee Health Centre which is now more than a full time commitment.