GEM News

Dr. Margaret Salmon and colleagues publish position paper in Annals of Emergency Medicine

December 16, 2016

Congratulations to GHEM Executive Member Dr. Margaret Salmon who, along with colleagues from Toronto and around Africa, have published a position paper regarding ultrasound education in Africa. This important piece,…

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Dr. Finot Debebe and colleagues publishes on the clinical profile of spinal cord patients

December 5, 2016

Congratulations to TAAAC-EM Graduate and Head of the Emergency Department at Black Lion Hospital Dr. Finot Debebe who, along with colleagues, has published the results of her study looking at the clincal…

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Dr. Kim deSouza is interviewed aboard IFRC and MOAS’s migrant search and rescue ship

November 15, 2016

Click here to see an interview with GHEM Member Dr. Kim deSouza in her role as lead physician aboard Responder, a migrant search and rescue ship run by the Migrant…

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‘Living & Dying on the Streets: Palliative Care for the Homeless & Vulnerably housed’

September 29, 2016

Global Health Emergency Medicine (GHEM) is pleased to invite you to our first OPEN MEETING and OPEN HOUSE of the new academic year on Tuesday October 18th from 5:00-6:30pm at…

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Dr. Megan Landes receives DFCM 2016 Faculty Award for Excellence in Global Health

April 25, 2016

Dr. Megan Landes is awarded the 2016 Faculty Award for Excellence in Global Health, in recognition of her outstanding contributions to global health particularly though your efforts as Co-Director of the…

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FREE! Intro to Public Health Emergency Preparedness Online Course

March 30, 2016

Dear Colleagues, Public Health Ontario is proud to present the new Introduction to Public Health Emergency Preparedness online course. In response to feedback from our public health partners, the self-directed,…

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Point-of-Care Ultrasonography for the Rapid Diagnosis of Intussusception: A Case Series

February 22, 2016

GHEM Executive Member, Margaret Salmon, and colleagues Stephanie Doniger and Resa Lewiss publish: Point-of-Care Ultrasonography for the Rapid Diagnosis of Intussusception: A Case Series Abstract: We present a case series…

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2016 CAEP Conference – Call for Abstract Submissions

November 19, 2015

CAEP 2016: Gateway to Learning Québec City, June 4-8, 2016 Important Abstract Dates *Electronic submission opens: Friday, November 6, 2015 at 09:00 Eastern *Electronic submission closes: Sunday, January 10, 2016…

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First Annual EM Leadership Conference in Ethiopia

November 18, 2015

This past November, another seminal moment in the development of African emergency medicine: the continent’s first conference on leadership in the speciality. In the Entoto mountains, high above Addis Ababa,…

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