In this Temerty Medicine Talk (temertymedicine.utoronto.ca/temerty-medicine-talks) the Globe and Mail’s ANDRÉ PICARD and University of Toronto experts discuss the city-wide approach to trauma care by U of T and partner hospitals, as well as how novel training opportunities, innovative research and public advocacy efforts are laying the foundation for a new era in the treatment - and prevention - of injuries of all kinds.
PANELISTS
NAJMA AHMED Professor, Department of Surgery
» Najma Ahmed is the vice-chair, education at the University of Toronto’s Department of Surgery and a trauma surgeon and surgeon-in-chief at Unity Health Toronto’s St. Michael’s Hospital. Her contributions to surgical education have been recognized by numerous awards. Ahmed is also an active researcher who focuses primarily on resident duty hours, resident wellness, the application of a competency-based framework to surgical training and gun violence prevention. She serves on the board of Canadian Doctors for Protection from Guns and, in 2020, received the CMA Canadian Medical Association’s Sir Charles Tupper Award for Political Advocacy for her work related to gun violence prevention.
SUZANNE BENO Associate Professor, Department of Paediatrics
» Suzanne Beno is a paediatric emergency medicine physician and co-medical director for trauma at The Hospital for Sick Children (Sick Kids). She is also chair of the Canadian Paediatric Society’s Injury Prevention Committee and the liaison to the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Council on Injury, Violence and Poison Prevention. Dr. Beno's professional focus is the continuing advancement of injury and trauma care for children and youth through education, research and quality improvement.
AVERY NATHENS Professor, Department of Surgery
» Avery Nathens is a trauma surgeon and the trauma medical director at the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre’s Tory Trauma Program, where he also holds the DeSouza Chair in Trauma Research. In 2005, he assumed oversight of the American College of Surgeons (ACS)’s National Trauma Databank, which he transformed into the ACS Trauma Quality Improvement Program (TQIP). He is currently the ACS’ medical director of trauma quality programs which benchmark institutions and set the standards for trauma care across the US and Canada. His research interests include trauma system effectiveness and quality of trauma care.