Associate Professor
University of Alberta
University of Alberta, Canada
Dr. May Sanaee (she/her) is a Urogynecologist and Chronic Pelvic Pain specialist at the Lois Hole Hospital for Women at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Edmonton, Alberta. She is an Associate Professor with the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Alberta.
Dr. Sanaee completed her MD in 2011 (McMaster University) and Obstetrics and Gynecology residency program in 2016 (McMaster University). She went on to the University of British Columbia to complete an Advanced Subspecialty Fellowship training in Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery (Urogynecology) and Sexual Medicine in 2018. She concurrently completed a Masters’ degree in Health Professions Education in 2018 (McMaster University). Her thesis explored surgical innovation in gynecology.
Dr. Sanaee served as President of the Canadian Society for Pelvic Medicine (2022-2023) and advocates for the standardization of urogynecology training and practice. She currently serves as the clerkship director for the OBGYN course for third year medical students at the University of Alberta and conducts and supervises research trainees in the areas of urogynecology, sexual medicine, chronic pelvic pain, and medical education. This work was recognized in 2023 by being named Top 40 under 40 in Edmonton.