DR. ALEXANDRA NIEUWESTEEG

Recent pediatric residency graduate and professional healthcare provider with experience in pediatric care and strong commitment to patient wellness. Skilled in diagnostics, treatment planning, and patient education, with a particular interest in developmental pediatric assessments. Known for effective team collaboration and adaptability to changing medical needs. Strong communication skills and empathy ensuring high-quality, compassionate care.

• MB, BCh, BAO (Honours)
• Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada (FRCPC)
• PALS and NRP Certified

McMaster Pediatrics Program Commitment to Advocacy Award Recipient 2025 

RCSI International Citizenship Award Recipient 2020

Niagara Falls Youth Citizen of the Year Award Recipient 2015

1. Saunders NR, Kawamura A, MacLeod O, Nieuwesteeg A, De Souza C. Somatic symptom and related disorders: Guidance on Assessment and Management for Pediatric Health Care Providers. Can. Paediatr. Soc. [Internet]. 2024 Nov 20 [cited 2025 Jul 3];. Available from: https://cps.ca/en/documents/position/somatic-symptom-and-related-disorders

2.  Mazze N, Pavalagantharajah S, Kwan C, Nieuwesteeg A, Young C, Humphreys J. Resident Support Network: a supportive approach to resident physician wellness. Can. Med. Ed. J [Internet]. 2023 Nov. 27 [cited 2023 Dec. 17];. Available from: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/cmej/article/view/77147

• Developmental Pediatrics Elective at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia May 9th-June 5th 2023
• Developmental Pediatrics Elective at McMaster University, McMaster Children's Hospital, Hamilton Ontario August 29th-September 25th 2023
• Resident Continuity Clinic in Developmental Pediatrics at Landsdowne Children's Centre, Brantford Ontario July 2023-Present
• St. Catharines General Hospital Community Rotation St. Catharines Ontario April 24th-June 8th 2022
• Kitchener-Waterloo Community Rotation at Grand River Hospital, Kitchener Ontario September- October 2021

• Pediatrics Transition to Clerkship Preceptor- McMaster Medical School
• Provided teaching to McMaster Medical students on caring for the pediatric population during clerkship. Topics covered included approach to unique pediatric presenting complaints, managing respiratory illnesses and fluid management. November 2022 and November 2023
• Integration Foundation and Transition to Clerkship Clinical Skills Preceptor- McMaster Medical School
• Provided teaching to McMaster Medical students on how to approach a presenting complaint through history taking, physical exam technique, identifying appropriate investigations and developing a differential diagnosis. January-April 2023
• Pediatric Society Peer Tutorial Coordinator - RCSI, Dublin, Ireland
• Collaborated with consultant pediatricians and program director to develop a structured pediatric course curriculum. Implemented clinical case-based pediatric tutorials on neonatology, development and chronic history taking. 2020-2021
• Peer Led Clinical Skills Tutorial Coordinator - RCSI, Dublin, Ireland
• Coordinate tutorials and teach system based clinical skills to students. Offer individualized feedback on general history taking and physical exam techniques. Collaborated with medical educators to plan and facilitate tutorials. Mentor tutors on clinical examination and teaching approach.

• McMaster University Medical Centre– Ontario, Canada
• Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Pain Research and Care. 2018-2019
• Project Scope: Assessing the role of cannabis for chronic non-cancer pain management
• Role: Data collection including interpretation and analysis of research papers regarding opioid misuse and abuse for pain management
• Forthcoming publication
• McMaster University Medical Centre– Ontario, Canada.
• 2022-2024
• Quality Improvement Initiative: Improving the paediatric social history taking model amongst general paediatric residents and general paediatricians at McMaster. Project involves analyzing the pediatric social history taking model at Mcmaster and identifying gaps in the current approach with the ultimate goal to create a social history taking mnemonic that is used as a template for social history taking at McMaster.
• Project is currently in progress
• Harvard Medical School– Boston, USA
• Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Boston Childrens Hospital– 2019
• Project Scope: Worked within the department of pediatric hematology-oncology, analyzing toxicities in high-risk neuroblastoma patients receiving anti-GD2 therapy.
• Role: Collecting data from individual patient charts of patients receiving anti-GD2 therapy, interpretation and analysis of results followed by a formal report write-up and presentation at my medical school. Used Powerschart and RedCap technologies to retrieve and input data