Jacinthe Kassab, MD
Dr. Jacinthe Kassab decided early in life that she wanted a career in medicine. Her brother and several uncles were physicians, and after watching them and considering her own interest, she chose to be a doctor. "I enjoyed the sciences more than anything else," she recalls, "and I like working with people. I knew I wanted more contact with people than I would find in the basic sciences. Practicing medicine let me combine both interests."
Dr. Kassab also made an early start on achieving her career goals. At the age of 19, she was admitted to medical school at the University of Sherbrooke in her native Quebec. She completed her internship and her residency in ophthalmology at the Centre Hospitalier de Sherbrooke. During this time, she also completed the Lancaster Course in Ophthalmology in Waterville, Maine. Over the next few years, Dr. Kassab completed a fellowship program at Gimbel Eye Centre, Calgary, and practiced ophthalmology in Calgary and St. Jean, Quebec. In 1991, she joined the Gimbel Eye Centre full time.
