A family doctor is returning to Canada from the U.S. to join the healthcare team at the Kinmount and District Health Centre (KDHC).
Dr. Mimi Van Der Leden, who will join Dr. Lesslie Ponraja at KDHC, plans to begin seeing patients in early February.
Dr. Van Der Leden grew up in eastern Ontario, graduating from McGill University in Montreal before obtaining her MD-PHd from the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Chicago in 1994. She has 30 years of experience in the medical field, including practising as a family physician in various states in the U.S.
According to an announcement from the Kinmount District Health Services Foundation, Dr. Van Der Leden is looking forward to returning to Canada and serving patients at KDHC from Kinmount, Trent Lakes, Kawartha Lakes, and Haliburton County.
The foundation added that it was assisted by three local family physician recruiters — Lori Richey of Peterborough County, Wendy Welch of Haliburton County, and Cindy Snider of the City of Kawartha Lakes — in recruiting Dr. Van Der Leden.
“We congratulate the KDHSF for all their hard work on the recruitment of Dr. Van Der Leden,” they jointly stated. “It has been a pleasure to offer our assistance to KDHSF throughout the process. We are thrilled that another primary care physician has joined this high needs area. We will continue to support Dr. Van Der Leden as she settles into practice.”
If you do not already have a family doctor and wish to become a patient of Dr. Van Der Leden, do not contact KDHC directly.
All intake of patients will be done through a wait list, which you can join by completing the form at forms.gle/tnYDLfSVDnwMXSby9.
For those without internet access, paper forms can be picked up in both Kinmount pharmacies and placed in the outdoor mail slot at KDHC.
