Emergency Medicine

Katelyn Baker

Hometown: Burlington, ON
Most Interesting Place You’ve Visited: Tanzania
Medical School: McMaster, Niagara Regional Campus
Residency: McMaster, Rural Stream, Grimsby
Personal Interests/Hobbies: Figure Skating, Hiking & Music
Academic Interests: Community and Rural Emergency Medicine, Teaching/Education

 

 

 

Neil D’Souza 

Hometown: Toronto (Scarborough
Most Interesting Place You’ve Visited: Cinque Terre, Italy
Medical School: University of Toronto (Fitzgerald Academy)
Residency: University of Toronto
Personal Interests/Hobbies: Raptors/NBA, Stand-Up Comedy, Travel, Food/Dessert/Wine
Academic Interests: QI, Ultrasound, Trauma
Publications: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/neil.d’souza.1/bibliography/public/ 

 

 

Jonathan Gravel

Hometown: Ottawa, Ontario
Most Interesting Place You’ve Visited: Entebbe
Medical School: University of Ottawa
Residency: University or Toronto & McMaster University
Personal Interests/Hobbies: Spinning, Hiking and Cryptic Crosswords
Academic Interests: Addictions and Rural Critical Care
Publications: https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=ao5hXDUAAAAJ&hl=en 

 

 

Mehwish Idrees

Hometown: Toronto, Ontario
Most Interesting Place You’ve Visited:  Istanbul
Medical School: University of Toronto
Residency: McMaster University (Brampton Site)
Personal Interests/Hobbies: Reading, Badminton
Academic Interests: Ultrasound use in ED/Urgent Care

 

 

Nicholas Lant

Hometown: Waterloo, ON
Most Interesting Place You’ve Visited: Ibiza, Spain
Medical School: Western University
Residency: McMaster, KW Site
Personal Interests/Hobbies: Spending time with my wife Chantelle and our 2 year old Golden Retriever  Nash, Road Biking, Windsurfing, Hockey
Academic Interests: Head Injury, Trauma, Disorders of Consciousness
Publications:  Lant, Nicholas D., Laura E. Gonzalez-Lara, Adrian M. Owen, and Davinia Fernández-Espejo. “Relationship between the anterior forebrain mesocircuit and the default mode network in the structural bases of disorders of consciousness.” NeuroImage: Clinical 10 (2016): 27-35.

Thomas Ringer

Hometown: Toronto, Ontario
Most Interesting Place You’ve Visited: Petra, Jordan
Medical School: McMaster University
Residency:  Toronto (Mount Sinai)
Personal Interests/Hobbies: Ultra Marathon Running
Academic Interests: Geriatric Emergency Medicine, Frailty, Elder Abuse, Medical Education
Publications: Ringer T, Dougherty M, McQuown C, Melady D, Ouchi K, Southerland L, Hogan TM. Geriatric emergency medicine education: Current state, challenges, and recommendations to enhance the emergency care of older adults. Acad Emerg Med Educ & Training 2018;2:S5–S16.

Ringer T, Moller D, Mutsaers A. Distress in caregivers accompanying patients to an emergency department: A scoping review. J Emerg Med. 2017 Oct;53(4):493-508. URL: goo.gl/VMTkGD

Cheung A, Haas B, Ringer T, McFarlan A, Wong CL. The Canadian Study of Health and Aging Clinical Frailty Scale predicts adverse outcomes among geriatric trauma patients. J Am Coll Surg. 2017;225(5):658-665.

 

Jenifer Truong

Hometown: Guelph, Ontario
Most Interesting Place You’ve Visited:  Zermatt, Switzerland – Hiking the Matterhorn while each Swiss Chocolate was incredible!
Medical School: McMaster University
Residency: McMaster University (Kitchener-Waterloo)
Personal Interests/Hobbies: Tennis, Squash, Hiking, Board Games, Piano, & Eating (Especially Ice Cream & Sushi)
Academic Interests: Medical Education, Simulation, FOAMed, Physician Wellness
Publications: C.Dainton, J.Truong, and C.Chu. A review of hypertension and diabetes protocols for Medical Service Trips (MSTs) in Latin America and the Caribbean. Annals of Global Health. 84(4), pp.563–570. DOI: http://doi.org/10.29024/aogh.2387. (2018)

S.Al-Sarraf, J.Truong, and C.Tsui. Identification of risk factors and early intervention for post-concussion syndrome in adolescents. EBM-CR. (2017).

W.Pons, I.Young, J.Truong, A.Jones-Bitton, S.McEwen, K.Pintar, and A.Papadopoulos. A systematic review of waterborne disease outbreaks associated with small non-community drinking water systems in Canada and the United States. PLoS ONE. (2015). 10(10): e0141646.

Rotation Objectives

• Anesthesia
• Community Emergency Medicine
• ICU/CCU/PICU
• Orthopedic Surgery
• Pediatric Emergency Medicine
• Plastic Surgery
• Emergency Medicine
• Trauma

Assessment

• Assessment Grid

Policies

• Safety Policy

Applicants must have successfully completed two years of a Family Medicine Residency Program leading to certification by the College of Family Physicians of Canada. Applicants must also have written, or be eligible to write, the College of Family Physicians of Canada Certification Examination.

Application Requirement

The application process will run through the CARMS match. The website will be available at carms.ca. All applicants for the Family Medicine/Emergency Medicine Residency Program are required to:

• Complete the National Application form
• Complete the National Match Registration Form
• Provide three letters of reference and Referee Assessment forms
• Provide a Family Medicine Program Director’s Assessment of Applicant form
• Written letter to Dr. Erich Hanel, Program Director, Family Medicine/Emergency Medicine Residency program stating your reasons for wishing to join this program
• Send a curriculum vitae.

The Selection Committee will be chaired by the Program Director and will consist of resident representatives and faculty members from the Residency Steering Committee. For application deadlines and interview dates, please refer to the CaRMS website.