Dr. Melinda Solomon is a Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Respiratory Medicine at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto, Canada. She is the Medical Director of the Pediatric Lung Transplant Program and Director of the Cystic Fibrosis Clinic at SickKids in Toronto. She is also the Immediate Past President of the Canadian Thoracic Society, with an unwavering commitment to strengthen the Society’s role nationally and internationally. And is currently the Canadian Ambassador for Inspired.
She received her medical degree from the University of Toronto and completed her Pediatric residency and Pediatric Respirology fellowship at The Hospital for Sick Children. Her advanced training in lung transplantation was undertaken at the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh and Toronto General Hospital.
Dr. Solomon has a longstanding passion for medical education and served as the Pediatric Respirology Training Program Director at the Hospital for Sick Children for over 20 years and is the recipient of multiple awards for excellence in teaching. She is currently the Chair of the Respirology Specialty Committee at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
