Dr. Chanoine trained in Belgium and joined British Columbia Children’s Hospital (Vancouver, Canada) in 1998 as a Clinical Professor and the Head of the Endocrinology and Diabetes Unit. His previous experience includes a fellowship at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worcester, USA; Pediatric Endocrinologist at Hôpital Universitaire des Enfants Reine Fabiola in Brussels; and Medical Director for Novo Nordisk Belgium. His research interests include thyroid and excess weight in children and adolescents. Recently, he has developed a clinical interest in mitochondrial diseases as a pediatric endocrinologist. He is now increasingly active in the field of Pediatric Endocrinology in resource-constrained settings as a researcher, a mentor, an advocate (access to essential medicines in pediatric endocrinology and diabetes), and a teacher (Pediatric Endocrinology Training Centers in Africa (PETCA) in Kenya and the Maghreb School (Tunisia, Morocco and Algeria). He is President of “Global Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes (GPED, www.globalpedendo.org)”, a charitable organization in Canada. He is co-leading two training projects in Sudan and in Francophone Africa.