About Me
Dr. Angela Carol MD,CCFP,FCFP is a family physician focused on treating chronic illnesses. She developed a sensitivity and prioritization of vulnerable populations from her work as a child and youth worker and social worker and from her time practicing medicine in the heart of Hamilton’s Code Red Zone, where the life expectancy of residents is 20 years less than anywhere else in the city. Her goal has continually been to advocate for patients and break down barriers that prevent access and wellness.
Dr. Carol uses her expertise to mitigate the effects of chronic illness, including mental illness and addiction, as well as chronic pain. To that end, she is keenly aware of the opioid crisis and has helped shape government policy and clinic procedures using harm reduction strategies, opioid replacement therapy, safer opioid supply, distribution of naloxone, safe needle exchange, and more effective opioid prescribing.
As a former medical advisor with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, assistant clinical professor of family medicine on the faculty of Health Sciences at McMaster University and as lead physician at Hamilton Urban Core Community Health Centre (CHC) she is able to confront the crisis from a practical and multidimensional approach.
She fortifies her goal of decreasing overdoses and deaths caused by opioid misuse, abuse and diversion through supporting physicians in practice, participating in policy development and sharing knowledge through collaboration with key stakeholders like provincial bodies of government, the U.S. Federation of State Medical Boards, First Nations, law enforcement, fellow clinicians, scientists, medical regulatory authorities, public health workers and the media.
Through those partnerships, she has helped form policies, guidelines and strategies to confront the opioid crisis on the local, provincial and national levels.
She is also a key advisor on opioid prescribing and pain management with a number of advisory and steering committees. Dr. Carol was also instrumental in supporting the development of Canada’s first guideline on the Safe and Effective Prescribing of Opioids as she worked closely with the National Opioid Use Guideline Group (NOUGG), which was made up of all the Medical Regulatory Authorizes in Canada and supported by the Canadian Federation (FMRAC).
As Co-Chair of the Canadian Pain Care Forum (CPCF), in her role as a Medical Advisor, she works with key stakeholders to ensure best practices are implemented on all levels. The organization was pivotal at ensuring that the federal government supported a national strategy on chronic pain with the creation of the Canadian Pain Task Force.
Currently, she is a member of Health Canada’s Expert Advisory Group for Safer Opioid Supply and has served on the Medical Legal Society of Hamilton Board of Directors for the past three years.
In her role as an educator, she is supporting and guiding a medical student-run health care clinic within her CHC. There, she teaches the next generation of physicians about treating addiction, chronic pain management and the safe and effective prescribing of opioids. On a broader scale, she has also assisted with the development of knowledge translation education models and tools for prescribers and educators.
She collaborates with an assortment of teams and community stakeholders through her leadership position at CHC to assist immigrants and refugees, seniors, youth, the homeless and unattached patients and people who use drugs.
Dr. Carol has three children, which help guide her volunteer efforts. She coached her son’s soccer teams and served as a trainer on the bench during her children’s hockey games. Also, she volunteered at her daughter’s school, teaching a group of gifted children. She says that all of her children are gifted in their own ways: emotional, social and intellectual intelligence are all key and important to giving back to the world, leaving less of a carbon footprint and achieving their full potential. She is also a member and supporter of Hamilton’s Theatre Aquarius and Ancaster Theatre, as well as a proud supporter and fan of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.
Dr. Carol uses her expertise to mitigate the effects of chronic illness, including mental illness and addiction, as well as chronic pain. To that end, she is keenly aware of the opioid crisis and has helped shape government policy and clinic procedures using harm reduction strategies, opioid replacement therapy, safer opioid supply, distribution of naloxone, safe needle exchange, and more effective opioid prescribing.
As a former medical advisor with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, assistant clinical professor of family medicine on the faculty of Health Sciences at McMaster University and as lead physician at Hamilton Urban Core Community Health Centre (CHC) she is able to confront the crisis from a practical and multidimensional approach.
She fortifies her goal of decreasing overdoses and deaths caused by opioid misuse, abuse and diversion through supporting physicians in practice, participating in policy development and sharing knowledge through collaboration with key stakeholders like provincial bodies of government, the U.S. Federation of State Medical Boards, First Nations, law enforcement, fellow clinicians, scientists, medical regulatory authorities, public health workers and the media.
Through those partnerships, she has helped form policies, guidelines and strategies to confront the opioid crisis on the local, provincial and national levels.
She is also a key advisor on opioid prescribing and pain management with a number of advisory and steering committees. Dr. Carol was also instrumental in supporting the development of Canada’s first guideline on the Safe and Effective Prescribing of Opioids as she worked closely with the National Opioid Use Guideline Group (NOUGG), which was made up of all the Medical Regulatory Authorizes in Canada and supported by the Canadian Federation (FMRAC).
As Co-Chair of the Canadian Pain Care Forum (CPCF), in her role as a Medical Advisor, she works with key stakeholders to ensure best practices are implemented on all levels. The organization was pivotal at ensuring that the federal government supported a national strategy on chronic pain with the creation of the Canadian Pain Task Force.
Currently, she is a member of Health Canada’s Expert Advisory Group for Safer Opioid Supply and has served on the Medical Legal Society of Hamilton Board of Directors for the past three years.
In her role as an educator, she is supporting and guiding a medical student-run health care clinic within her CHC. There, she teaches the next generation of physicians about treating addiction, chronic pain management and the safe and effective prescribing of opioids. On a broader scale, she has also assisted with the development of knowledge translation education models and tools for prescribers and educators.
She collaborates with an assortment of teams and community stakeholders through her leadership position at CHC to assist immigrants and refugees, seniors, youth, the homeless and unattached patients and people who use drugs.
Dr. Carol has three children, which help guide her volunteer efforts. She coached her son’s soccer teams and served as a trainer on the bench during her children’s hockey games. Also, she volunteered at her daughter’s school, teaching a group of gifted children. She says that all of her children are gifted in their own ways: emotional, social and intellectual intelligence are all key and important to giving back to the world, leaving less of a carbon footprint and achieving their full potential. She is also a member and supporter of Hamilton’s Theatre Aquarius and Ancaster Theatre, as well as a proud supporter and fan of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.