Katie Stuart

New Zealand
Emergency Room Physician, Hiker

Katie Stuart earned her Medical Degree from the Northern Ontario School of Medicine after completing her Bachelor of Science in Engineering from the University of Guelph. She also earned a diploma in Tropical Medicine in Liverpool, U.K.

Stuart has worked in various hospitals in Canadian cities including Kingston, Belleville, and Summerside (P.E.I.). She currently works as a Consultant Emergency Physician in Palmerston North Hospital in New Zealand.

Stuart was very active in the North Bay community. She was involved in synchronized and competitive swim teams, Girl Guides, and received a Duke of Edinburgh Award.

Stuart is now an avid hiker and has trekked the Appalachian Trail (2,174.9mi), as well as the California and Oregon sections of the Pacific Coast Trail (2,200mi). She is currently training to hike the Te Araroa Trail that runs the length of New Zealand (3,000km).

Memories of… Jack Pine Hill  

On January 1st, when I was young, my father and I travelled two blocks from our house to the ski hill for a day of skiing. The chalet was locked; someone has left the keys inside during the previous night’s festivities. Since I was the first “smallish” person to arrive, I was boosted up to an open office window and climbed inside to unlock the doors. I became a hero for everyone else waiting outside!