Researcher

Title

• Assistant Clinical Professor, Pediatric department, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, (2024)
• Adjunct Assistant Clinical Professor, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, (2024)

• Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada (FRCPC) (2023)
• Fellowship in pediatric physical medicine and rehabilitation, Hopital Trousseau and Hopitaux Saint-Maurice, Paris, France (2023-2024)
• Training ‘pratiquer l’éducation thérapeutique du patient’, Hopitaux Saint-Maurice, Paris (2024)
• Residency in Physical Medecine and Rehabilitation, Université de Montréal, (Dean’s Honour List) (2016-2023)
• Masters in biomedical sciences, experimental medicine axis, Université de Montréal (2018-2019)
• Licentiate of the Medical Council of Canada  (LMCC I & II) (2017)
• MD, Université de Montréal (2012-2016)
• Immediate care in rugby Level 2 certification, International Rugby Board (2017)
• Sports First Responder certification, Croix-Rouge, Montréal, Canada (2014)
• B.Sc. (athletic therapy) + Minor in science (Science College), Université Concordia (Graduated with distinction) (2007-2010)
• CSEP-CPT (personal trainer), Canadian Society Exercise Physiology (2009)
• Massage therapy, Kiné-Concept, Montréal, Canada (2009)
• Functional Movement Screening certification, Minneapolis, USA (2008)

Dr. Gour-Provençal's research interests are patient partnerships, adapted sports, and the adolescent-adult transition in children with disabilities. She collaborates with researchers and partners from different backgrounds (patients and their families, community settings, kinesiologists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, biomechanists, etc.) to contribute to rehabilitation knowledge to ensure the best possible care for our patients and enabling them to reach their functional potential while ensuring the best possible quality of life. She is currently starting various projects aimed at increasing access to and participation in physical activity for young people with disabilities. She is also involved in various projects to improve the care trajectory of these patients throughout their lives, with a particular emphasis on self-determination and empowerment of patients and their families. Dr. Gour-Provençal is committed to the slogan 'nothing about us without us' and therefore works in co-design with children, their families and the community.

• Pediatric rehabilitation
• Patient partnership
• Adapted sports/ para sports
• Cerebral palsy
• Dysraphism
• Congenital limb defect

Career Summary

Dr. Gour-Provençal began her career by completing a Bachelor's degree in Athletic Therapy at Concordia University. She then worked as an athletic therapist and medical coordinator with multiple sports teams and organizations from recreational to international professional levels before beginning her training to become a physiatrist. During her residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Physiatry) at University of Montreal, she completed a Master's degree in Biomedical Sciences with the thesis topic "Optimization of Functional Recovery During Acute Hospitalization Following a Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury." She the completed fellowship in pediatric physical medicine and rehabilitation at Hôpitaux Saint-Maurice and Hôpital Armand Trousseau in Paris with the main objective of acquiring additional knowledge and bringing back additional expertise on the overall rehabilitation care of children with motor deficiencies secondary to neuro-orthopedic disorders (dysraphism, spinal cord injury, complex musculoskeletal malformations, limb agenesis and cerebral palsy).

Major financing (start with most recent)

• Detweiler Travelling Fellowship, Royal College of physicians and surgeons of Canada (15 000$) (2024)
• Bourse en jumelage de fonds Irma Levasseur (40 000$), Fondation Sainte-Justine (2023)
• Financière des professionnels bursary (4000$) (2018)

Awards and Distinctions

• Fortin-Raymond Award for best publication of the year, Association des Physiatres du Québec (2019)
• Best research project award- resident, Association des Physiatres du Québec (2019)
• 2nd place for flash presentation at the 39e Journée de la recherche du POES (Programme d’Orthopédie Edouard-Samson) (2019)
• Detweiler Travelling Fellowship, Royal College of physicians and surgeons of Canada (15 000$) (2024)
• Bourse en jumelage de fonds Irma Levasseur (40 000$), Fondation Sainte-Justine (2023)
• Financière des professionnels bursary (4000$) (2018)
• ’Athletic Therapy Award of Excellence’’ (1000$), Corporation des Thérapeutes du Sports du Québec (CTSQ) (2010)
•  ‘Science College Scholarship Award’ (250$), Science College, Concordia University (2010)

Presentations

• ‘Accompagner la transition ado-adulte : quel modèle au Québec’, 8ème colloque médico-chirurgical du CMCR des Massues, Lyon, France, 10 janvier 2025
• ‘L’appareillage du fémur court congénital: quoi de neuf dans la littérature?’, Paris, France, 22 novembre 2024
• 'Partenariat de soins : ‘seul on va plus vite mais ensemble on va plus loin!’'- congrès SFERHE (Société Francophone d’Études et de Recherche sur les Handicaps de l’Enfance), Nantes, France, 04/2024
• 'Partenariat de soins : ‘seul on va plus vite mais ensemble on va plus loin!’'- 1er forum québecois sur le polyhandicap, Montréal, Canada, 10/2023
• ‘Le syndrome métabolique chez les enfants atteints de myéloméningocèle et le rôle de l'activité physique : une revue narrative de la littérature’, congrès annuel de la SFERHE, Saint-Étienne, France, 04/2023

Publications

• 1st author of the chapter ‘‘Les agénésies de membres’’ in the book ‘Rééducation-Réadaptation de l'enfant’, 1ère édition, Elsevier, june 2025, Gabrielle Gour-Provençal and Nathaly Quintero-Prigent
• 1st author of the chapter ‘‘Factors Contributing To Pressure Injuries In Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury’’ in the book ‘Diagnosis and treatment of spinal cord injury’, 1st edition, Elsevier, 2022, Gabrielle Gour-Provençal and Jehane H Dagher, DOI : https://doi.org/10.1016/C2019-0-04493-7
• ‘’Metabolic syndrome in children with myelomeningocele and the role of physical activity: a narrative review of the literature’’; Gabrielle Gour-Provencal Camille Costa; Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation, 2022; 28(3):15-40, DOI: 10.46292/sci21-00032
• ‘’Decreasing pressure injuries and acute care length of stay in patients with acute traumatic spinal cord injury’’; Gabrielle Gour-Provencal, Jean-Marc Mac-Thiong, Debbie E. Feldman, Jean Bégin, Andréane Richard-Denis; The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2021; 44(6): 949-957, DOI: 10.1080/10790268.2020.1718265
• “Everything Is Relative,” Maybe even Absolute Contraindications’’, Mathieu Boudier-Reveret, MD, Gabrielle Gour-Provencal, MD, MSc, Min Cheol Chang, MD; Pain Medicine, 2020; 21(11): 3244-3245, DOI: 10.1093/pm/pnaa023
• ‘’Severe Acitretin-Induced Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis: A Case Report’’, Gabrielle Gour-Provencal, MD, MSc, Mathieu Boudier-Reveret, MD and Min Cheol Chang, MD; Journal of International Medical Research, 2020; 48(10) 1–6, DOI: 10.1177/0300060520966896
• ‘’The Evolution of a Canadian Hypertension Education Program Recommendation: The Impact of Resistance Training on Resting Blood Pressure in Adults as an Example’’, AM Rossi, G Moullec, KL Lavoie, G Gour-Provencal, SL Bacon; Canadian Journal of Cardiology, 2013; 29(5): 622-627, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cjca.2013.02.010
• “A systematic review of the efficacy of interventions to improve adherence to inhaled corticosteroid medications in adult asthmatics’’, G Moullec, G Gour-Provencal, SL Bacon, TS Campbell, KL Lavoie; Respiratory Medicine; 2012; 106(9): 1211-1225, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rmed.2012.06.001