Christina Atkinson

Dr Tina Atkinson is a primary care sport and exercise medicine physician in Dartmouth , Nova Scotia. Dr Atkinson was the team physician with the Halifax Mooseheads of the Canadian Hockey League for 13 seasons, has volunteered at 3 Canada Games and more than 20 national and international events held in Halifax. She has been a team physician with Hockey Canada’s Women’s teams since 2016 and was the Olympic team doc for the Canadian National Women’s team in Beijing 2022 .

She was named the Canadian community sportmedicine physician of the year in 2021 and inducted into the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame in 2024.

She is currently the Chief Medical Officer of the Canadian Sports Institute Atlantic and the Chief Medical Officer  of Canoe Kayak Canada recently supporting them in Paris at the 2024 Summer Olympics.  In 2023 she was named the first Chief Medical Officer of the PWHL, the professional women’s hockey league .