Dr. Ardelle Piper is a Royal College Certified OB/GYN, and focuses her gynecology practice on midlife women’s health. She is known as a leader and pioneer in telemedicine, and provides menopause assessments over videoconference to women across Ontario since 2020. As a subject matter expert, Dr. Piper is frequently called upon as keynote speaker to provide menopause education to medical colleagues and the community, and collaborates with other social media educators. She advocates for improved appreciation of menopause in organizations and the general public, and health education in workplace wellness programs.
Dr. Piper completed a BSc(H) in Cell and Developmental Biology, then achieved her medical degree (MD) at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver in 2006. Appreciating her passion for women’s health and education, she pursued an Obstetrics & Gynecology residency and a MEd in Saskatchewan, with a thesis on School Based Sexual Health Education. Through this she enjoyed leadership opportunities as a provincial representative with the Canadian Association of Interns and Residents (CAIR) and was Chair of the Junior Member Committee of the Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada (SOGC). During her obstetrical training and career, Dr. Piper welcomed into the world over 1500 babies, and co-chaired the Management of Postpartum Hemorrhage Simulation Workshops at the Federation of International Gynecologist and Obstetricians (FIGO) World Congress in Vancouver (2015) and Brazil (2018).
She realized her interest in education, advocacy, and women’s health aligned perfectly with the field of Menopause, and she achieved a final year of sub-specialty training in Midlife Women’s Health at The Shirley E. Greenberg Women’s Health Centre in Ottawa in 2014, and has maintained NAMS Certified Menopause Practitioner status since (NCMP has now been renamed MSCP). Her gynecology practice provides subspeciality consultation focused on menopause education, hormone therapy, sexual function, post-cancer thrivership, and preventive health promotion. With the pandemic, she has pioneered providing menopause assessments through telemedicine across Ontario. As a subject matter expert, she frequently provides menopause education to not only her physician colleagues, but also in public forums and workplaces, advocating for improved midlife women’s health care.
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