
Adrian Wu MD (he/him)

Alice Chan MD (she/her)

Amal Mattu MD (he/him)

Amit Shah MD (he/him)

Amy Cheng MD (she/her)

Anthony Crocco MD (he/him)

Arun Sayal MD (he/him)

Bourke Tillman MD (he/him)

Catherine Varner MD (she/her)

Christopher Tsoutsoulas MD (he/him)

David Carr MD (he/him)
Dr. David Carr is an Associate Professor in the Division of Emergency Medicine at the University of Toronto. He is an Emergency Physician and Clinical Investigator at the University Health Network and Mackenzie Health Hospital. He is also the Continuing Professional Development Lead in the Tri-Division of Emergency Medicine at the University of Toronto. He has been the recipient of multiple Undergraduate and Post Graduate Clinical Teaching awards. During the Baseball season, he works at the Roger's Centre as the Medical Director of Stadium Medicine for the Toronto Blue Jays. In 2010, he pursued his passions serving as an ER physician in the Athletes Village for the Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Since 2010, He has co-authored the chapter on Occlusive Arterial Disease in the 7-9th editions of Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine.

David Pare MD (he/him)

Edward Margolin MD (he/him)

Elisha Targonsky MD (he/him)
Dr. Elisha Targonsky is an emergency physician at North York General Hospital and Lecturer at the University of Toronto. Elisha has a passion for teaching at all levels including medical students, residents and peers. His main academic interests include the management of Atrial Fibrillation in the ED and the role of social media in medical education. He is also a contributing editor for the Emergency Medicine Cases podcast. At the hospital, Elisha strives to standardize and optimize care in the ED, and has helped with a number of clinical pathways/order sets, including Sickle Cell Disease, Opioid Use Disorder, and Status Epilepticus. Outside of clinical and teaching duties, Elisha enjoys spending time with his family, fishing, and sipping his morning coffee while solving the daily Wordle puzzle.

Emily Austin MD (she/her)

Emily Whelan MD (she/her)
Emily Whelan received a Bachelor of Science from Dalhousie University and continued her medical training at Dalhousie Medical School. She then completed her urology residency training at the University of Toronto in 2022. She is currently completing a one-year fellowship in endourology and robotic surgery at Michael Garron Hospital and will be joining the urology team at Humber River Hospital in July. She is currently completing a Masters in Quality Improvement and Patient Safety through the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. Her work in this focuses on decreasing opioid use in the postoperative setting.

Fotini Iconomopoulos MD (she/her)

Gil Yehudaiff MD (he/him)
Gil is an emergency physician at NYGH and HRH with interests in simulation and medical education. He is the Simulation Co-Lead in both Emergency Departments and a recent recipient of the Excellence in Teaching in Emergency Medicine (Early Career) award by the University of Toronto DFCM. When he's not at work he enjoys travelling, working out, and yelling at the Leafs after another disappointing season. He perpetually hopes that this year will be different.

Hanna Bielawska MD (she/her)

Hyoung Lho MD (he/him)

Isaac Bogoch MD (he/him)

Jamie Blicker MD (he/him)
Jamie Blicker is an Emergency Physician at North York General Hospital in Toronto. He completed his Emergency Medicine training at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Jennifer Bryan MD (she/her)

Jesse Guscottt MD (he/him)

Joan Cheng MD (she/her)
Joan Cheng is the Chief of Emergency Medicine at St. Joseph’s Health Centre – Unity Health and has been in this role for just a little over 7 mos. She has practiced both emergency medicine and family medicine in a variety of settings, ranging from a rural community to an academic centre, but the majority of her practice was spent practicing emergency medicine in the community setting at Markham Stouffville Hospital for over 20 years prior to her arrival at St. Joe’s. In terms of leadership roles, Joan was the inaugural Director of Medical Education at Markham Stouffville Hospital, and has also held various additional leadership roles there, both formal and informal. In this space, she was fortunate to be able to explore issues that were personally interesting to her, including issues related to peer support, both for colleagues and for learners, and to develop policy on anti-racism and anti-oppression. Joan has been married to her partner, Dr. Sydney Tam, a fellow Emergency Physician, for 28 years. Of all the work she has ever done, she regards her most important job as being the mother of their 3 children, ages 23, 21, and 17. She is eternally grateful for the wonderful humans who populate her home.

Jonathan Wallace MD (he/him)

Justin Morgenstern MD (he/him)

Kirby Ding MD (he/him)

Katie Lin MD (she/her)

Kylie Booth MD (she/her)

Leeor Sommer MD (he/him)

Matt DiStefano MD (he/him)

Megan Landes MD (she/her)

Megan Osborn MD (she/her/hers)

Michael Killian MD (he/him)

Michael Misch MD (he/him)

Michelle Klaiman MD (she/her)
Dr. Michelle Klaiman is an emergency and addiction medicine staff physician at St. Michael’s Hospital, assistant professor, and award-winning clinician teacher with the Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, at the University of Toronto. She completed her FRCPC(EM) residency at the University of Toronto and an Addiction Medicine Fellowship at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. She is the Emergency Medicine undergraduate Course Director at UofT. Leadership roles include those in Undergraduate Medical Education as the SMH EM Clerkship and ICE2 Site lead, ED Physician Wellness Lead, and the ED Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Co-Lead. Her research portfolio aims to improve the care of those presenting to the emergency department with alcohol and substance use related concerns.

Natalie Wolpert MD (she/her)

Negaar Ahmadi MD (she/her)

Nour Khatib MD (she/her)

Reuben Strayer MD (he/him/his)
Reuben Strayer was born on the shores of Lake Michigan but raised and schooled in Texas until moving to balmy Montreal for a residency in emergency medicine and now lives and works in New York City. His clinical areas of interest include airway management, analgesia, opioid misuse, procedural sedation, agitation, decision-making and error. His extra-clinical areas of interest include sweeping generalizations and jalapeño peppers. He is happily employed at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, tweets @emupdates and writes at emupdates.com.

Rob Simard MD (he/him)
Robert Simard is an emergency physician who has interests in medical education, Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS), and Advanced Life Support. He completed a Bachelor of Science in his home-town of Sudbury at Laurentian University in the chemistry and biochemistry program. With his body unsuitable for mining or farming, he went on to complete medical school at the University of Ottawa, residency at the University of Toronto, and a POCUS fellowship at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine. He enjoys teaching weekend ACLS, PALS and POCUS courses. In his leisure time, Rob is a baseball fanatic and can be found cheering for his beloved Toronto Blue Jays.

Robyn Shafer MD (she/her)
Dr. Robyn Shafer is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Emergency Medicine at the University of Toronto. She is an Emergency Medicine physician at North York General Hospital where she also serves as a Medical Director for Advanced Cardiac Life Support. She is actively involved in teaching and has received Undergraduate and Postgraduate teaching awards. She also serves as a Medical Director for Advanced Cardiac Life Support.

Sarah Foohey MD (she/her)

Sarah Reid MD (she/her)

Sean Caine MD (he/him)

Steve Socransky MD (he/him)

Walter Himmel MD (he/him)
