Dr Nation is a professor in the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Oncology at the University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine. She is a member of the Division of Gynecologic Oncology in the Calgary Zone of AHS and Medical Director of the Colposcopy Clinics in the Calgary Zone of Alberta Health Services.
She received her medical degree from the University of Alberta in 1977 and her Fellowship in Obstetrics and Gynecology in 1983 followed by subspecialty training in Gynecologic Oncology at the Universities of British Columbia and Manitoba.
She is actively involved in medical education at all levels of the continuum but particularly in post graduate medical education. Her clinical and research interests include management of gynecologic malignancies, preinvasive cervical abnormalities and medical education.