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Dr. Barbara Haas
Dr. Barbara Haas
Dr. Barbara Haas is a critical care physician and trauma surgeon at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery at the University of Toronto and a Scientist at the Sunnybrook Research Institute. She holds the de Souza Chair in Trauma Clinical Research at the University of Toronto. Dr. Haas’ research program focuses on trauma and emergency surgery in older adults. Her work aims to optimize long-term outcomes in this patient population, as well as to improve inter-specialty communication regarding these complex patients.
Top 5 Things to Know About Trauma in Older Adults
Trauma Panel: Dealing with Your Trauma Center - A Beginner's Guide
Dr. Maria Ivankovic
Dr. Maria Ivankovic
Dr. Maria Ivankovic is Associate Chief of the Emergency Department at St. Joseph's Health Centre, Unity Health Toronto. She is an Assistant Professor and the Faculty Development Lead for the Division of Emergency Medicine within the Department of Family & Community Medicine at the University of Toronto. Her interests include faculty development and medical education.
Antibiotic Practice Changers
Rapid Fire Practice Changers
Dr. Sara Gray
Dr. Sara Gray
Dr. Sara Gray is cross-trained in Emergency Medicine and Critical Care. She works in both areas at St. Michael's Hospital and is an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto. She is also the Medical Director for Emergency Preparedness at St Mike’s. Her academic interests include patient safety and knowledge translation; specifically how to optimize the care of critically ill patients in the ED.
Under Pressure: Push Dose and Peripheral Pressors
You've Intubated, Now What?
Dr. Jeff Healey
Dr. Jeff Healey
Jeff Healey is a Cardiologist/Electrophysiologist and Professor of Medicine at McMaster University. He is Yusuf Chair and Director of Cardiology at McMaster University. He is the chair of the Canadian Stroke Prevention and Intervention Network (CSPIN) and past chair of the Canadian Atrial Fibrillation guidelines committee. He is also on the steering committee of the international AF Screen organization. Dr. Healey was the lead author of the ASSERT trial that demonstrated the increased stroke risk associated with sub-clinical atrial fibrillation (New England Journal of Medicine 2012), and the principal investigator of the ARTESIA trial, which demonstrated that anticoagulation with apixaban reduced the risk of stroke in patients with sub-clinical atrial fibrillation New England Journal of Medicine 2023). He is also the principal investigator of the LAAOS-4 trial, evaluating the role of left atrial appendage occlusion on top of NOAC therapy for prevention of stroke in high-risk individuals with atrial fibrillation.
Picking the Right Anti-Arrhythmic in Tough Situations
Patient-Detected Atrial Fibrillation: How cell phones now lead to ED Visits
Dr. Chris Blake
Dr. Chris Blake
Dr. Chris Blake is a Palliative Care Physician with the Peterborough Palliative Care Community Team and is the Medical Director of Hospice Peterborough. He completed medical school at McMaster University, Family Medicine residency through UofT's Barrie Family Medicine Teaching Unit, and a Year of Added Competency in Palliative Care through the University of Toronto, earning a Certificate of Added Competency. Chris lives in Peterborough County with his wife, sons, and scottish fold cat. When he has spare time, he likes to get outdoors or write fiction.
Palliative Care in the ER: Symptom Management in the Last Hours of Life
Dr. Carlee Stoyanovich
Dr. Carlee Stoyanovich
Dr. Carlee Stoyanovich is an Emergency Medicine Physician at Peterborough Regional Health Centre and Trenton Memorial Hospital. She is a CCFP-EM graduate from Queen's University, with a passion for trauma medicine, medical education and creating a welcoming and engaging environment in the emergency department.
Trauma Panel: Dealing with Your Trauma Center - A Beginner's Guide
Dr. Paul Dungey
Dr. Paul Dungey
Dr. Paul Dungey was appointed Regional Supervising Coroner, East Region – Kingston Office, in May 2015. He was previously an Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Queen’s University from 1998 to 2017. He was the Deputy Head & Program Medical Director for the Emergency program at Queen’s for 9 years, with responsibility for the operation of the two acute care sites. As a strong advocate for innovation, he was the physician lead for the implementation of the Emergency Department Information System (EDIS) in Kingston – one of the first centres in Canada to fully implement an emergency electronic medical record system. As a Regional Supervising Coroner, he has continued to support electronic documentation, as a lead for the implementation of a new web-based Case Management System (QuinC).
The Coroner & Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (OHCA)
Emily Philips, RN
Emily Philips, RN
Emily Philips is the Clinical Nurse Educator in the Emergency Department at PRHC. She grew up in the area and completed nursing school here at Trent University, then completing the Fundamentals of Emergency Nursing certificate through Humber College prior to starting at Sunnybrook after graduation. She returned home in 2016 as a nurse in the ED at PRHC and transitioned into the educator role in 2021. She is an ACLS instructor at the hospital as well as a CTAS instructor for triage nurses. She has a keen interest in simulation education in the ED as well as organization wide through the mock code blue program.
Nursing Pearls
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