Digby | Department of Medicine | School of Medicine

Geneviève Digby MD, FRCPC, MSc(HQ)

Position(s)

Interim Division Chair

Associate Professor

Contact Info

613-548-2370

Dr. Geneviève C. Digby joined the Department of Medicine (DOM) at Queen’s University in 2016 in the Division of Respirology with a cross-appointment in the Department of Oncology. She completed medical school, residency in Internal Medicine, and fellowship in Respirology at Queen’s University. She then completed a Masters of Science in Healthcare Quality. In 2021, she was the first physician at Queen’s to be promoted to the rank of Associate Professor in the academic track of Clinician Scholar - Quality Improvement. As of July 2024, she is an Interim Co-Chair of the Division of Respirology.

Dr. Digby is the clinical lead for the Lung Diagnostic Assessment Program, a rapid assessment clinic that coordinates the care of patients with suspected lung cancer. Her clinical practice otherwise includes general respirology and bronchoscopy, including endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS).

She is passionate about Quality Improvement (QI) in healthcare, particularly in terms of improving timeliness and access to care for patients with cancer, as well as optimizing resource utilization and streamlining health care processes. She is the Medical Director for the Patient Safety, Quality, and Clinical Risk Portfolio at Kingston Health Sciences Centre, as well as the Chair of the Physician Quality Committee and the co-Chair of the Department of Medicine Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Committee.

Dr. Digby has received several awards from Queen’s University and the DOM, including the Dr. D. Laurence Wilson Professionalism Award in 2020, awarded to a faculty clinician who best exemplifies the attributes of the profession that graduating class members of the Queen’s School of Medicine aspire to emulate; the Outstanding Mid-Career Physician Award in 2023, awarded to a faculty member at the rank of Associate Professor in the DOM deemed by their colleagues to have demonstrate role modelling of continued enthusiasm in the profession of academic medicine; the Young Clinician Award in 2017, awarded to a faculty member at the rank of Assistant Professor in the DOM deemed by their colleagues to demonstrate outstanding clinical acumen and who provides exemplary patient care; and the Best Medical Grand Rounds award in 2017 as voted by members of the DOM for: “Improving Quality and Value in the Lung Diagnostic Assessment Program".

Details on her publications can be found on her Google Scholar Profile.

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