The East Coast Research Event 2025 (Virtual / In Person)

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Wednesday, May 14, 2025

2025 East Coast Research Day Keynote Speaker

Dr. Kerstin de Wit

Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Emergency Venous Thromboembolism
Professor in Emergency Medicine, Clinician Investigator Program Director
Research Director for the Department of Emergency Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario

Kerstin de Wit holds a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Emergency Venous Thromboembolism and is a Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Queen’s University. She works clinically as an emergency physician and thrombosis physician at Kingston Health Sciences.

Dr de Wit trained in internal medicine, emergency medicine and research in the UK. She completed a Thrombosis Fellowship in Ottawa in 2013. Since then, she has worked in both emergency medicine and thrombosis. She leads a research program which focuses on the diagnosis of bleeding and clotting disorders in the emergency department and is funded by CIHR.

Dr de Wit is the Queen’s University Clinician Investigator Program Director, and the Research Director for the Department of Emergency Medicine

EM Research Day Save the Date 2025

The East Coast Research Series 2024 (Virtual / In Person)

Wednesday, May 22, 2024

The keynote speaker for the 2024 East Coast Research Day was Dr. Laurie J. Morrison

Professor, Emergency Medicine Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Emergency Services, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center

Dr. Doug Sinclair Resident Research Award – Dr. Renée Kinden, “Prehospital Mortality Among Pediatric Trauma Patients in Nova Scotia: A 17-year Retrospective Analysis.”

Department of Emergency Medicine Top Research Award – Dr. Kristin Kaupp, “Antimicrobial Administration Delays in Patients with Suspected Sepsis in a Canadian Emergency Department.”

The Eleanor Fitzpatrick Award in Emergency Medicine Candis Lepage, “A Planetary Health Initiative to Reduce the Impact of Metered Dose Inhalers on Emergency Department Carbon Emissions.”

Congratulations Winners!

The East Coast Research Series 2023 (Virtual / In Person)

The Keynote Speaker for the 2023 East Coast Research Day was Dr. Corinne Hohl “Emergency Medicine, Science, and the Rocky Road to Learning Health Systems.”

Dr. Jason Emsley won the Top Research Award for his presentation on “Comparison of Symptoms Associated With SARS-CoV-2 Variants Among Children in Canada.”  

Dr. James Nunn won the Doug Sinclair Resident Research Award for his presentation on “Epidemiology and Predictors of Mortality in Burn-related Major Trauma: An 18-year Retrospective Cohort Study.”

Allyson Evans was the first recipient for the Eleanor Fitzpatrick Award in Emergency Medicine for her presentation on “A Comparison of Rural Versus Urban Traumatic Injury Mortality in Nova Scotia 2011-2020.”

Congratulations Winners!

The East Coast Research Series 2022 (Virtual Presentation)

Tuesday, April 26, 2022 – Dr. Sam Stewart

Tuesday, May 10, 2022 – Dr. Louis Rang

Tuesday, May 24, 2022 – Dr. Graham Thompson

Tuesday, June 7, 2022 – Dr. Paul Atkinson

The East Coast Research Series 2021 (Virtual Presentation)

Tuesday, April 27th, 2021 – Dr. Brent Thoma

Tuesday, May 11th, 2021 – Dr. Antonia Stang

Tuesday, May 25th, 2021 – Dr. Janet Curran

Tuesday, June 8th, 2021 – Dr. Justin Morgenstern

Doug Sinclair Resident Research Award – Dr. Melanie Johnston “Impact of a Casino Shift Trial on Overnight Patient Flow at the Saint John Regional Emergency Department.”

Top Research Award – Dr. Tara Dahn “Emergency Department Presentation Changes Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Nova Scotia, Canada.”

The East Coast Fall Research Series 2020 (Virtual Presentation) 

Tuesday, September 15th, 2020 – Dr. Kathy Boutis

Tuesday, September 29th, 2020 – Dr. Venkatesh Thiruganasambandamoorthy

Tuesday, October 13th, 2020 – Dr. Shannon MacPhee

Tuesday, October 27th, 2020 – EMS Research Day 1:00 – 4:30 PM – John Taplin

Tuesday, November 10th, 2020 – Dr. Brian Rowe

Dr. Doug Sinclair Resident Research Award – Dr. Bethany Woodrow “Exploration of Interprofessional Interactions between the ED and the MTU-ED Teams and Their Impact on Workplace Climate”

Top Research Award – Dr. Sean Hurley  “Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta (REBOA) Candidacy Among Major Trauma Patients in Nova Scotia: Comparison of Clinical and Anatomical Criteria”

The 22nd Annual Emergency Medicine Research Day

The Emergency Department Annual Research Day was held on May 8, 2019 in Guild Hall at the Atlantica Hotel from 0900 to 1600. There were 17 presentations by residents, RIM students, physicians, paramedics and staff.

We were honoured to welcome Dr. Riyad Abu-Laban as this year’s “Dr. John Ross Distinguished Scholar”.  Dr. Abu-Laban is an Emergency Physician at the Vancouver General Hospital, an Associate Professor and Research Director in the Department of Emergency Medicine at UBC.  Dr. Abu-Laban presented “The Evolution of Canadian Emergency Medicine Research.”

The Dr. Doug Sinclair Resident Research Award was presented to two recipients this year, Dr. James Gould  for his presentation “Potential candidates for emergency department (ED) initiated extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) in a Canadian institution.” and Dr. Lucy Patrick for her presentation “Simulation-based Interprofessional Trauma Education for Pre-licensure Health Professions Students at Dalhousie University.”

The Top Research Award was presented to Dr. Peter Vanberkel for his presentation “Determining Ambulance Destinations in the Presence of Offload Delay Using a Markov Decision Process.”

Special thank you to our judges for the day: Dr. Graham Bullock, Dr. Jason Emsley, and Dr. Patrick Fok.

The 21st Annual Emergency Medicine Research Day

The Emergency Department Annual Research Day was held on May 9, 2018 in the Commons Room at the Atlantica Hotel from 0800 to 1600. There were 26 presentations by residents, RIM students, physicians, paramedics and staff.  This year the event was live streamed.

The Dr. Doug Sinclair Resident Research Award was presented to Dr. Mandy Peach for “The ‘SHOC-ED’ Patient’: Does Point of Care Ultrasonography Improve Diagnostic Accuracy in Emergency Department Patients with Undifferentiated Hypotension?”

The Top Research Award was presented to Dr. David Petrie for “FLO on Flow: Front Line Ownership of Emergency Department, Hospital, and Health System Patient Flow – A Novel Approach to ED Overcrowding.”

Special thank you to our judges for the day: Dr. Janet Curran, Dr. Carl Jarvis and Dr. Michael Howlett.

The 20th Anniversary of Emergency Medicine Research Day

The Emergency Department Annual Research Day was held on May 10, 2017 in the Commons Room at the Atlantica Hotel from 0800 to 1500. There were 24 presentations by residents, RIM Students, physicians, paramedics and staff.

We were honoured to welcome Dr. Eddy Lang as this year’s “Dr. John Ross Distinguished Scholar”.  Dr. Lang is the Academic Department Head and a Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, and the Clinical Department Head for Emergency Medicine, Calgary Zone, Alberta Health Services.

The Dr. Doug Sinclair Resident Research Award was presented to Dr. Adam Harris for “ED Procedural Sedation in the Elderly”.

The Top Research Award was presented to Dr. Trevor Jain for “Comparison of UAV Technology versus no UAV Technology in Identification of Hazards at a MCI Scenario in Primary Care Paramedic Students”

Special thank you to our judges for the day: Dr. Sam Campbell, Dr. Michael Howlett and Dr. Andrew Travers.

Past Research Day winners

Winners from the past five (5) years:

Resident	Dr. Doug Sinclair Resident Research Award	Tim Ruggles Top CAT Award	Top Emerg Research Project
2019	Dr. Lucy Patrick for “Simulation-based Interprofessional Trauma Education for Pre-licensure Health Professions Students at Dalhousie University.” and Dr. James Gould for “Potential Candidates for Emergency Department (ED) Initiated Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (ECPR) in a Canadian Institution.”	Not awarded in 2019	Dr. Peter Vanberkel for “Determining Ambulance Destinations in the Presence of Offload Delay Using a Markov Decision Process.”
2018	Dr. Mandy Peach for “The ‘SHOC-ED’ Patient: Does Point of Care Ultrasonography Improve Diagnostic Accuracy in Emergency Department Patients with Undifferentiated Hypotension?”	Not awarded in 2018.	Dr. David Petrie for “FLO on Flow: Front Line Ownership of Emergency Department, Hospital, and Health System Patient Flow – A Novel Approach to ED Overcrowding.”
2017	Dr. Adam Harris for “ED Procedural Sedation in the Elderly”.	Not Awarded in 2017.	Dr. Trevor Jain for “Comparison of UAV Technology versus no UAV Technology in Identification of Hazards at a MCI Scenario in Primary Care Paramedic Students”.
2016	Dr. Jason Emsley “Development and Assessment of an Interdisciplinary Simulation Curriculum for Managing Medical Emergencies on Psychiatry Inpatient Floors” AND Dr. Kyle McGivery “Emergency Department Ultrasound in the Early Diagnosis of Acute Decompensated Heart Failure:  A Systematic Review and Meta Analysis”	Not Awarded in 2016	Patrick Froese “Assessment of the Need for Diagnostic Imaging in Extremity Injuries by Advanced Care Paramedics”
2015	Dr. Allen Tran “Diagnosis and Emergency Department Length of Stay in Patients Admitted to the Internal Medicine Service”	Not Awarded in 2015	Dr. Paul Atkinson “Sonography in Cardiac Arrest: Real-Time Assessment and Evaluation with Sonography – Outcomes Network (REASON)”