Dr. Helena Hamdan
Position: Adjunct Faculty
Office: Windsor Program
Phone: 519.258.5837
Email: hhamdan2@uwo.ca
Dr. Helena Hamdan was born in Lebanon, immigrated to Canada when she was eight years old, and lived in Ottawa prior to moving to Windsor during medical school.
Dr. Hamdan graduated from the University of Ottawa with an Honours Biochemistry undergraduate degree. She started medical school at the University of Ottawa in 2001 and transferred to the Western Windsor-based clerkship program in 2003. Dr. Hamdan was a part of the first group of clerks to train in Windsor as a new satellite medical school, nicknamed “The Windsor 9”. She then completed her family medicine residency at Western, again as one of the first full time residents to train in the Windsor satellite program, graduating in 2007.
Dr. Hamdan has been practicing in Windsor since July 2007 as part of a FIG initially, and then FHO for the past 10 plus years. Her practice is a comprehensive community based medical practice. She became an Adjunct Professor with the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry in 2009 and Associate Academic Coordinator for the Windsor Campus Family Medicine Postgraduate program in 2016.
Dr. Hamdan was the recipient of the Windsor Family Medicine Faculty of the Year Award in 2016-2017 and 2020-2021, and the recipient of the Dr. Ian McWhinney Teacher of the Year Award in 2020-2021.
Dr. Hamdan is married, with no children. She loves what she does and is dedicated to excellence in teaching of family medicine to new students and residents. In her free time, she loves travelling with her husband, family, and friends to places where she can spend most of her time hiking, swimming and enjoying the outdoors.
