Whistler 2011 Faculty

The Faculty have been chosen based on their practical approach as clinicians, their recognized skills as teachers and their understanding of the problems faced in emergency departments.

*Indicates appointment in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

David Carr, MD CCFP(EM)
Assistant Director (Education)
Department of Emergency Medicine
University Health Network
Assistant Professor, Department of Family and
Community Medicine
University of Toronto

Ran D. Goldman, MD
Division Head and Research Director
Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
BC Children’s Hospital
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics
University of British Columbia
Senior Associate Clinician Scientist, Child & Family
Research Institute (CFRI)

Eric Grafstein, MD FRCPC
Department of Emergency Medicine
Program Director, Emergency Program PHC
Regional Emergency Services Council Chair
Vancouver Coastal Health Authority

*Nicole Kester-Greene, MD FRCPC FABEM
Staff Physician Department of Emergency Medicine
Sunnybrook Health Science Centre
Lecturer, Division of Emergency Medicine

*Eric Letovsky, MD CM MCFP(EM) FRCPC
Chief, Department of Emergency Medicine
The Credit Valley Hospital
Director, Division of Emergency Medicine
ED Lead, Mississauga Halton LHIN
Professor, Department of Family and
Community Medicine

*Shirley Lee, MD, MHSc(Ed), CCFP(EM), FCFP
Assistant Director – Education,
Schwartz/Reisman Emergency Centre,
Mount Sinai Hospital
Associate Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine

Arun Sayal, MD CCFP(EM)
Director, CASTED – The Hands-On ED Orthopedics Course
Staff Physician, Emergency Department and Fracture
Clinic North York General Hospital
Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Comm. Medicine

*Dennis Scolnik, MSc, MB ChB, FRCP(C)
Staff Physician Divisions of Paediatric Emergency Medicine and Clinical
Pharmacology & Toxicology
The Hospital for Sick Children
Associate Professor, Department of Paediatrics and
Health Policy, Management & Evaluation

*Jeffrey Tyberg, MD FRCPC FACEP
Chief, Department of Emergency Services
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine

*Joel Yaphe, MD MHSc FRCPC
Assistant Director (Education)
Department of Emergency Medicine
University Health Network
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine

* EMCME member

Other EMCME Members:

*Paul Hannum, MD CCFP(EM)
Chief, Department of Emergency Medicine
Toronto East General and Orthopedic Hospital
Lecturer, Department of Family and Community Medicine

*Anton Helman, BSc, MD, CCFP (EM)
Staff Physician North York General Hospital,
William Osler Health Centre, St. Michael’s Hospital
Lecturer, Department of Medicine

Course Director

Joel Yaphe, MD, MHSc, FRCPC*
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine,
Staff Emergency Physician
Division of Emergency Medicine
University Health Network
Toronto Western Hospital