Position: Sports and Family Medicine

Residency: Family Medicine,  St. Paul's Hospital, UBC Department of Family Medicine,  Vancouver, Canada

Fellowship: Stanford University Sports Medicine, 2003-2004

Medical School: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Affiliations: 

• Canadian Academy of Sports Medicine
• American College of Sports Medicine

Dr. Wingfield is certified in sports medicine through the Canadian Academy of Sports Medicine diploma exam.  She is a team physician for the Canadian Diving and Alpine Ski Teams and has traveled with them to many international competitions. She was the Canadian team physician to the 2003 World Aquatic Championships in Barcelona, Spain and is the team physician for the Canadian women's basketball team and traveled with them to the World Championships in Brazil in September, 2006. 

As an athlete she competed on the Canadian gymnastics team for 5 years in high school, before an injury forced her to retire just prior to the 1988 Olympics.  She then took up springboard diving and competed nationally in that sport for an additional four years. After that she went on to a career as an acrobat in the Cirque du Soleil and performed in "Mystere" in Las Vegas for 2 years before attending medical school. She has continued to work for the Cirque du Soleil from time to time while pursuing her medical career. Presently she provides medical care for a wide variety of recreational and professional athletes as well as the Cirque du Soleil and other performing artists.

While she has had extensive experience treating elite athletes and performing artists she also enjoys taking care of recreational athletes. She enjoys athletic injuries and related issues in all age groups, including medical conditions such as exercise-induced bronchoconstriction, athletes with diabetes, doping issues/testing, counseling, eating disorders as well as injury management and prevention.