Executive Corner 2024-2026

Sara Roberts is a Medical Device Reprocessing Technician with 11 years experience at the Chatham Kent Health Alliance.

Sara has been a long time member with MDRAO and is currently the Sigma Chapter President. She has been involved in planning and executing successful education days and facility tours for the Sigma Chapter.

Sara has a passion for knowledge and is always seeking education opportunities for herself, her Chapter and her workplace. Sara promotes the MDRAO education course and has attended several MDRAO conferences. Sara is dedicated to continuous learning and would love contribute more to the MDR profession.

Nathalie currently teaches Medical Device Reprocessing at La Cité Collégiale in Ottawa where she is also responsible for the continuous education health programs. She is also a facilitator for MDRAO students that take the online course. Prior to that, she was the Educator in the MDRD at The Ottawa Hospital for 19 years. She divided her time between the hospital’s 3 campuses. Nathalie is a graduate of Ottawa University, where she received a BA of Science in Nursing.

After graduation, Nathalie worked as a community health nurse for two years and went on to do her certificate in Business Administration at Ottawa University after which she went on to practice in palliative care for 6 years at the Elizabeth Bruyere Health center where she gained expertise as a team leader.

Nathalie further pursued her studies by doing her Registered Nurse Perioperative Nursing at Algonquin College after which she pursued a career in the Ottawa Hospital, General Campus Main Operating Room for 6 years. In 2005, Nathalie completed her CSAO course and her Certified Endoscopy Reprocessing Trainer Program (CERT) after which she started working in her current career as an MDRD Educator.

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