Dr. Karen Ballinger

MD, FRCPC, Dip. Sport Med.

Pronouns: she/her

Clinical Lecturer

Cumming School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics | Community Pediatrics

Child Health & Wellness Researcher

Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute

Diploma in Sport and Exercise Medicine, Canadian Academy of Sport and Exercise Medicine, 2023

Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada (Pediatrics), Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, 2021

Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 2022

Pediatrics Residency University of Manitoba, 2021

Doctor of Medicine University of Toronto, 2017

Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology (Honours) McMaster University, 2012

Dr. Ballinger is a pediatric sport medicine physician located at the University of Calgary Sport Medicine Centre.

Physeal stress injuries in young athletes.. Ballinger, K. (author). Caine, D., Nguyen, J.C., & Grady, M. (editors).. Springer Cham. 213-229. (2024)
The youth athlete: a practitioner’s guide to providing comprehensive sports medicine care. Toor, J., Ballinger, K., Master, C.L. & Grady, M.F. (authors). Krabak, A. & Brooks, B. (editors).. Academic Press. 109-124. (2023)
Clinical outcomes of pediatric acute sport- and non-sport related concussions. Ballinger, K., McGuinty, D., Girardin, R., Ellis, M. & Russell, K. Can J Neurol Sci. (2022)