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Dr Paul Frankish
Appointment
Academic Emergency Physician, Saint John Regional Hospital and Sussex Health Centre, Emergency Departments
Education
CCFP EM – Dalhousie 2015
CCFP – Dalhousie 2013
MD – Ottawa 2011
BSc. Biochemistry – Ottawa 2007
Academic EM Interests
Simulation, Rural EM, Medical Education.
Other Interests
Volleyball, hunting, hiking, canoeing, golf.
Dr. Jo-Ann Talbot
Jo-Ann Talbot, MD, FRCP EM
Appointment
- Site Academic Head, Department of Emergency Medicine, Saint John, Horizon Health Network
- Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Dalhousie University
- Clinical Associate Professor, Memorial University
Education
Dr. Talbot completed her undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering at the Royal Military College and worked as an aerospace engineer before joining the medical profession. She completed both her MD and her FRCP Emergency Medicine training at the University of Manitoba
Academic EM Interests
Dr Talbot loves the enthusiasm of medical education and is working with new technologies in teaching and distributive learning. She also has a special interest in teaching evidenced based clinical practice. She is a faculty member of the Best Evidence in Emergency Medicine (BEEM) group and is a tutor for the McMaster University Evidence Based Clinical Practice conference. Her research interests include knowledge translation and quality improvement. She belongs to the knowledge translation faculty of the Teaching Evidence Assimilation for Collaborative Healthcare (TEACH) workshop at the New York Academy of Medicine.
Other Interests
Jo-Ann enjoys spending time with friends and family engaged in many outdoor activities including (summer) biking, hiking, swimming, canoeing, kayaking and camping, (winter) skiing, snowboarding, skating, sledding and snowshoeing. Saint John New Brunswick is a perfect playground for outdoor enthusiasts where all of these activities can be found within 5 to 40 minutes of your front door. Her hobbies include reading and photography.
Dr. Paul Atkinson
Paul Atkinson BSc(Hons), MB BCh BAO, MA(Cantab), FRCPC(EM)
Appointment
- Clinical Academic Head, Department of Emergency Medicine, Horizon Health Network, Saint John Area
- Assistant Dean Research, Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick
- Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Dalhousie University
- Clinical Associate Professor, Memorial University of Newfoundland
- Deputy Editor, Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine
- Past Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine Research Committee, Dalhousie University
- Past Chair, Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians Research Committee
- Past Chair, Provincial Research Subcommittee, New Brunswick Trauma Program
- Tutor, Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick
- Co-Director, Emergency Critical Care Ultrasound, Canada
Undergraduate:
- The Queen’s University of Belfast, UK
- Bachelor of Science (Physiology) with First Class Honours 1992
- Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, Bachelor of Obstetrics, with Honours 1995
Postgraduate:
- Membership of the Royal College of Physicians; MRCP (UK) 1998
- Higher Specialist Training in Emergency Medicine, East of England (Cambridge) 1999-2004
- Fellowship of the Faculty of Accident and Emergency Medicine (now The Royal College of Emergency Medicine);FFAEM (FCEM) 2003
- Certificate in Focused Emergency Ultrasound (Royal College of Emergency Medicine) CFEU 2009
- Master of Arts (Cambridge University) MA(Cantab) 2010
- Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada (Emergency Medicine) 2015
Awards
- “Best in Class” Award. Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick, for preclinical teaching 2012
- Grant Innes Award for Top Research Abstract, Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2014
- “Emergency Physician Teacher of the Year” 2015 (awarded by Family Medicine Residents, Saint John)
- Dalhousie University Department of Emergency Medicine Top Research Award 2015
- Dr. Ian Stiell Researcher of the Year Award, Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians, 2019
Academic EM Interests
Research, Point of Care Ultrasound, Trauma, Simulation, Medical Education, Healthcare Systems, Wellbeing, Critical Thinking
Other Interests
Family, Hiking, Music, Being outside, preferably on or near water
Dr James French
Dr Jay Mekwan
Jay Mekwan MBBS (Lond), FRCEM
Appointment
- Emergency Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Horizon Health Network, Saint John Area
- Director of Simulation, Department of Emergency Medicine, Saint John Regional Hospital
- Assistant Professor, Dept of Emergency Medicine, Dalhousie University
Education
- MBBS, Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, University of London, 1998
- Fellow of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine UK, 2011
Academic EM Interests
- Mid & High Fidelity Simulation for Team training and education
Other Interests
- Soccer – Liverpool Football Club
- Basketball
Dr Paul Page
Dr. David Lewis
David Lewis MB,BS FRCS FCEM CFEU PGDipSEM
Appointment
- Assistant Clinical Head, Department of Emergency Medicine, Horizon Health Network, Saint John Area
- Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Dalhousie University
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland
- Director, Point of Care Ultrasound Program, Department of Emergency Medicine
- Lead EM Informatics, Department of Emergency Medicine
- Lead Undergraduate Ultrasound, Dalhousie New Brunswick Medicine (DNMB)
- Website Editor – www.sjrhem.ca
- Director ATLS Courses, Trauma New Brunswick, Saint John Area
- Past Chair, CAEP Emergency Ultrasound Committee
Education
- MB,BS, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, University of London, 1991
- Fellow Royal College of Surgeons England, 1996
- Fellow Royal College of Emergency Medicine UK, 2001
- Post Graduate Diploma Sports and Exercise Medicine, Bath University, 2012
Academic EM Interests
- Point of Care Ultrasound, Medical Informatics, Sports and Exercise Medicine
Recent Publications
- Click here, enter Author Search box – Lewis
- Google Scholar
Other Interests
- Travel, Hiking
- Charitable teaching work in Mozambique
- Ipswich Town Football Club
- Skiing, Golf, Boating