KEMC 2025 

Suzanne Beno, MD, FRCPC(Pediatrics)

Presentations: 

1. Diagnostic Imaging in Pediatric Trauma

2. Helpful Tips and Common Pitfalls in Pediatric Trauma

Dr. Suzanne Beno is a Paediatric Emergency Medicine physician and Associate Professor in Paediatrics at the Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto.  She is the Co-Medical Director for Trauma at The Hospital for Sick Children, past Chair of the Injury Prevention Committee for the Canadian Paediatric Society and liaison to the Council on Injury Violence Poison Prevention at the American Academy of Pediatrics. Dr. Beno's professional focus is the continuing advancement and improvement of injury prevention and trauma care for children and youth.  

Sarah Foohey, MD, CCFP(EM)

Presentation: Little patients, Big cases: Pediatrics in the Community ED

Dr. Sarah Foohey works as an Emergency Physician at Peterborough Regional Health Centre. Sarah is passionate about medical education and loves teaching residents on shift. She is the co-lead of her department’s simulation program and the creator of the Virtual Resus Room, an award-winning open-access simulation platform. Sarah also enjoys making medical figures and infographics, shared through Foohey’s Figures on the First10EM website.

Ken Milne, MD, MSc, MBA, CCFP(EM), FCFP, FRRMS

Presentations:

1. Live Episode to the Skeptics' Guide to Emergency Medicine 

2. 10 Talks in 20 minutes 

Dr. Milne is a staff physician at the Strathroy Middlesex General Hospital in Strathroy, Ontario, Canada. He has been doing medical research for 41 years publishing on a variety of topics. Dr. Milne has been working clinically for 30 years and is an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine (Division of Emergency Medicine) and Department of Family Medicine at the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry. He has taught evidence-based medicine (EBM), clinical epidemiology, critical appraisal and biostatistics at Western University in London, Ontario. Dr. Milne is passionate about skepticism and critical thinking. He is the creator of the knowledge translation project, The Skeptics’ Guide to Emergency Medicine (TheSGEM).  Dr. Milne completed his MBA at Ivey School of Business in 2025 and has started a DPhil (PhD) at Oxford University on artificial intelligence (AI) and EBM. Ken is married to Barb and has three amazing children.

Emily Philips, RN

Presentation: Nursing Pearls

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.

Arun Sayal, MD, CCFP(EM), FCFP 

Presentations: 

1. Subtle but Serious Hand Injuries

2. Med Legal Tips - Repeat Offences to Beware Of

Dr. Sayal is a physician in the North York General Hospital Emergency Department and Fracture Clinic in Toronto, Ontario. He is a professor in the Division of Emergency Medicine, DFCM and the creator of CASTED - an ED Ortho course that has been taught over 650 times in 12 countries. He has won over 20 teaching awards and given over 100 international lectures. 

Troy Tebbenham, MD, FRCPC(EM)

Presentation: Damage Control Resuscitation in Trauma.  You can do it!

Dr. Tebbenham was an emergency physician and trauma team leader in Thunder Bay for 13 years. For the last 12 yers he has worked full time in the PRHC Emergency Department. For the last two years, he has been the Trauma Medical Director for the PRHC Level 3 trauma centre. He is also a research collaborator for national readiness in pediatric trauma at Sick Kids Hospital. He has developed clinical guidelines in atrial fibrillation and congestive heart failure through The Ottawa Research Institute. 

Christine Tomkinson, MD, BMBS FRCPC(Neurology)

Presentation: Migraine Management in the ER. 

Dr. Christine Tomkinson completed her neurology residency at McMaster university. She then completed a fellowship in multiple sclerosis with the University of Western Ontario. She has been the Lead Neurologist at Peterborough Regional Health Centre since 2020.

Sara Wolfe, RM, RN, MBA, ICD.D

Presentation: Recognizing Indigenous Voice and Power in Health

Sara Wolfe (kwe/she/her) helps people birth things—sometimes it’s babies, sometimes it’s ideas.  A citizen of Brunswick House First Nation, Sara is a seasoned health practitioner who bridges frontline care with systems thinking to help build more transformative health systems.

As a Registered Midwife and Registered Nurse with an MBA, Sara was Founding Partner of the first urban Indigenous-focused midwifery practice, Head Midwife at one of Canada's largest hospitals, and led the development and implementation of the Toronto Birth Centre. Her evolution from direct clinical care to systems leadership reflects her commitment to ensuring Indigenous leadership is respected across all aspects of the health system.

After leading the Indigenous Innovation Initiative in the social finance and impact investing space, her evolution from direct care to systems leadership was shaped by making connections she "couldn't unsee" between grassroots experiences and needed policy-level change. Sara now serves as Lead, Indigenous Health Strategy with the Toronto Academic Health Sciences Network (TAHSN), with a focus on advancing data governance to assert Indigenous sovereignty, and on building an Indigenous Health Data Cooperative. Sara believes that Indigenous knowledge creates natural bridges, supporting the "birth" of health systems that honour community wisdom while improving outcomes for all.