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Laur\u00e9at du prix du service humanitaire 2026 \u2013 Dr. Leonard Smith<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n
Home<\/a><\/span> \/ Laur\u00e9at du prix du service humanitaire 2026 \u2013 Dr. Leonard Smith<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n

La Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 canadienne d\u2019ophtalmologie (SCO) est fi\u00e8re d\u2019annoncer que la<\/strong> Dr. Leonard Smith<\/strong> est la laur\u00e9ate du<\/strong> prix du service humanitaire 2026.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Depuis plus de 40 ans, le Dr Leonard Smith est le seul ophtalmologiste \u00e0 temps plein des Territoires du Nord-Ouest, au Canada. Il dispense, \u00e0 des communaut\u00e9s les plus isol\u00e9es du pays, des soins ophtalmologiques complets, tant m\u00e9dicaux que chirurgicaux.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Originaire de l\u2019Alberta, le Dr Smith s\u2019est install\u00e9 \u00e0 Yellowknife en 1985 pour pratiquer dans les Territoires du Nord-Ouest et dans la r\u00e9gion de Kitikmeot, laquelle fait aujourd\u2019hui partie du Nunavut. Cette exp\u00e9rience, qui devait initialement \u00eatre une simple incursion professionnelle, s\u2019est transform\u00e9e en un engagement pour la vie. Depuis quatre d\u00e9cennies, il prodigue des soins ophtalmologiques complets, y compris des chirurgies de la cataracte et du glaucome, des chirurgies correctrices du strabisme, des interventions sur les paupi\u00e8res et les voies lacrymales, ainsi que des traitements au laser de la r\u00e9tine et des injections intravitr\u00e9ennes. Il permet ainsi aux patients du Nord de b\u00e9n\u00e9ficier des meilleurs soins possibles, \u00e0 proximit\u00e9 de chez eux, pour pr\u00e9server leur vue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conscient des r\u00e9alit\u00e9s g\u00e9ographiques du Nord, le Dr Smith a maintenu des liens avec le programme NOCS (Northern <\/em>Outreach<\/em> and <\/em>Clinical<\/em> Services<\/em>) d\u00e9j\u00e0 en place et ax\u00e9 sur les soins de proximit\u00e9 et les services cliniques. Il continue ainsi \u00e0 offrir directement des services de chirurgie r\u00e9fractive et d\u2019ophtalmologie g\u00e9n\u00e9rale dans 29 communaut\u00e9s isol\u00e9es des T.N.-O. Accompagn\u00e9 de technologues m\u00e9dicaux certifi\u00e9s en ophtalmologie (TMCO) et d\u2019opticiens du Nord hautement qualifi\u00e9s, il se rend dans des communaut\u00e9s telles qu\u2019Inuvik, Hay River et Fort Smith, ce qui permet de r\u00e9duire les d\u00e9placements m\u00e9dicaux co\u00fbteux et perturbants pour les patients. Ceux et celles qui n\u00e9cessitent une intervention chirurgicale sont ensuite transport\u00e9s \u00e0 Yellowknife pour y recevoir des soins en temps opportun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Depuis plusieurs d\u00e9cennies, le Dr Smith dirige l\u2019un des rares programmes de formation de technologues m\u00e9dicaux certifi\u00e9s en ophtalmologie au Canada dans le cadre duquel il a lui-m\u00eame form\u00e9 pr\u00e8s de 30 technologues. Sous sa direction, ces professionnels ont acquis des comp\u00e9tences avanc\u00e9es en mati\u00e8re de diagnostic et de pratique clinique, ce qui a permis d\u2019\u00e9largir efficacement l\u2019acc\u00e8s \u00e0 des soins ophtalmologiques de qualit\u00e9 dans le nord du pays. Il s\u2019occupe \u00e9galement de la formation continue en organisant des congr\u00e8s ophtalmologiques annuels pour son \u00e9quipe et a toujours d\u00e9fendu l\u2019acquisition de mat\u00e9riel clinique et d\u2019\u00e9quipements pour les blocs op\u00e9ratoires de derni\u00e8re g\u00e9n\u00e9ration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visionnaire, le Dr Smith a \u00e9t\u00e9 l\u2019un des premiers \u00e0 adopter la t\u00e9l\u00e9-ophtalmologie, en collaboration avec des sp\u00e9cialistes de la r\u00e9tine d\u2019Edmonton. Ce programme novateur a permis aux patients du Nord de b\u00e9n\u00e9ficier d\u2019une expertise en r\u00e9tine sans avoir \u00e0 quitter les T.N.-O. Pendant la pand\u00e9mie de COVID-19, alors que les restrictions de d\u00e9placement limitaient l\u2019acc\u00e8s aux soins, il a plaid\u00e9 avec succ\u00e8s en faveur de la venue d\u2019un sp\u00e9cialiste de la r\u00e9tine \u00e0 Yellowknife pour y prodiguer des soins, contribuant \u00e0 \u00e9viter la perte de vision chez des patients tout en r\u00e9duisant consid\u00e9rablement les co\u00fbts li\u00e9s au transport m\u00e9dical.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Au-del\u00e0 de son leadership clinique, le Dr Smith est un mentor et un professionnel admirable. Il accueille et encadre r\u00e9guli\u00e8rement des \u00e9tudiants et des \u00e9tudiantes en m\u00e9decine ainsi que des r\u00e9sidents et des r\u00e9sidentes en ophtalmologie non seulement pour leur proposer une formation clinique rigoureuse, mais aussi pour leur offrir une immersion totale dans la vie du Nord. Qu\u2019il s\u2019agisse de consultations dans des cliniques communautaires situ\u00e9es dans des localit\u00e9s isol\u00e9es ou de la d\u00e9couverte du territoire, de la culture et des beaut\u00e9s du Nord, les stagiaires repartent avec une profonde admiration pour la m\u00e9decine rurale et autochtone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

M\u00eame si la phase active de sa carri\u00e8re est termin\u00e9e, le Dr Smith a report\u00e9 son d\u00e9part \u00e0 la retraite afin de s\u2019assurer que les communaut\u00e9s du Nord ne se retrouvent pas priv\u00e9es de soins ophtalmologiques. Humble, d\u00e9vou\u00e9 et profond\u00e9ment attach\u00e9 \u00e0 ses patients, il souhaite que son travail inspire la prochaine g\u00e9n\u00e9ration \u00e0 s\u2019\u00e9tablir et \u00e0 exercer la m\u00e9decine dans le Nord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

La richesse de l\u2019h\u00e9ritage que l\u00e8gue le Dr Smith r\u00e9side dans le souci de continuit\u00e9, dans la compassion, dans la capacit\u00e9 d\u2019innovation et dans un d\u00e9vouement sans faille envers les communaut\u00e9s les plus isol\u00e9es du Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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