Dr. Chanoine trained in Belgium and joined British Columbia Children’s Hospital (Vancouver, Canada) in 1998 as Head of the Endocrinology and Diabetes Unit. His previous experience includes a fellowship at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worcester, USA; Pediatric Endocrinologist at Hôpital Universitaire des Enfants Reine Fabiola in Brussels; and Medical Director for Novo Nordisk Belgium. He is fluent in French (mother language), English and Spanish.

Dr Chanoine has published more than 120 articles in peer-reviewed journals. He is increasingly active in the field of Pediatric Endocrinology in resource-constrained settings as a researcher, a mentor and an advocate. Previous experience includes Chair of the International Relations Council at the Pediatric Endocrine Society. He is presently Secretary General of Global Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes (GPED, www.globalpedendo.org) a charitable organisation that he incorporated in Canada. GPED aims at promoting Pediatric Endocrine care in low income countries. He sits on the NCDChild working group for “access to Medicines” (www.ncdchild.org/). He edited the Spanish version of Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia: a guide for parents (Hiperplasia Suprarenal Congenita: Una Guia Para Los Padres)(Authors CY Hsu and SA Rivkees, translation R Calzada, 303 pages). He was a teacher at the Pediatric Endocrinology Training Centers in Africa (PETCA) in Kenya and at the Maghreb School (Tunisia, Morocco and Algeria). His primary interest in global health is “access to essential medicines” in pediatric endocrinology and diabetes.