Marcellina Mian, MDCM, FRCPC, FAAPThe Hospital for Sick Children
University of Toronto
President (Canada)
Paediatrician, SCAN Program
Director, Undergraduate Medical Education
The International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect
Carol Stream , Illinois , U.S.A.
Area of expertise: child maltreatment and medical education
A graduate of McGill University in Montreal , Marcellina Mian is a general paediatrician who has been active since 1975 in the medical and psychosocial assessment of children suspected of being abused. She was the Director of a multidisciplinary child advocacy team (The Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect (SCAN)) Program at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto from 1984 to 1998 and is still a member of that team. She is currently the Hospital's Director of Undergraduate Medical Education. Dr. Mian is a Professor of Paediatrics at the University of Toronto.
Dr. Mian has been a member of the Board of the Toronto Child Abuse Centre (previously known as the Metropolitan Toronto Special Committee on Child Abuse) since 1984 and a member of the Executive Council of the International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN) since 1994 and is now its immediate past president. She is also a consultant to the World Health Organization collaborating to develop guidelines on an Intersectoral Approach to Child Abuse Prevention World-wide. Dr. Mian has written numerous articles on various aspects of child abuse. She has been recognized in court, at all levels in Ontario , and other provinces, as an expert in this field and has made policy and academic contributions at the local, provincial and federal levels in Canada and internationally.
