DeJong | Department of Medicine | School of Medicine

Peggy DeJong MD

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Associate Professor

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613 549 6666 ext 3225

Dr. Peggy DeJong received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Waterloo and her medical degree from Queen’s University. She has completed her Masters in Medical Education with Distinction from the University of Dundee, Scotland (supported by the Department of Medicine, Queen’s University). Her clinical training consisted of Internal Medicine and Cardiology at Queen’s University. She completed an additional year at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver General Hospital in echocardiography. She joined the Division of Cardiology at Queen’s University in 2014. Her clinical interests include general Cardiology, valvular heart disease and aortopathies. She is the Medical Director of the Echocardiography Lab at Kingston Health Sciences Centre and the Imaging Lead for the Division of Cardiology.

Dr. DeJong’s chief academic interests are medical education and Indigenous healthcare. She also developed the Competency Based Medical Education curriculum and assessments for the Cardiology training program. She served as the Program Director of the Adult Cardiology training program from 2015-2019. She co-created and co-taught the Masters in Health Professions Education 806 course on Indigenous Health Professional Education from 2021-2023. She is now the Assistant Dean, Admissions for the MD Program at Queen's University.

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