Named Lectures

1983/84 Dr. C. Burns GS

1984/85 Dr. R. McMurtry OS

1985/86 Dr. D. Mulder GS/CVT

1986/87 Dr. L. Dontigny GS/CVT – J Trauma. 1988 Aug;28(8):1099-108. Crossroads: 1987 presidential address–Trauma Association of Canada.

1987/88 Dr. D. Wesson PedSurg – J Trauma. 1989 Jun;29(6):709-15. Traumatology today: old dogma, new directions. Presidential address to the 5th annual meeting of the Trauma Association of Canada/L’Association Canadienne de Traumatologie.

1988/89 Dr. P. Lane ER – J Trauma. 1990 Apr;30(4):371-6. Trauma management: beyond caring–presidential address, 1989, Trauma Association of Canada/l’association Canadienne de Traumatologie.

1989/90 Dr. S. Hamilton GS – J Trauma. 1991 Jul;31(7):951-7. Coalition on trauma– trauma prevention and trauma care: presidential address, Trauma Association of Canada.

1990/91 Dr. R. Brown GS – J Trauma. 1992 Aug;33(2):184-93. The hands of friendship– consumer or contributor: 1991 presidential address, Trauma Association of Canada/l’Association canadienne de traumatologie.

1991/92 Dr. M. Schwartz NS – Toronto J Trauma. 1993 Aug;35(2):241-4.Trauma center accreditation in Canada–a proposal: 1992 Presidential Address, Trauma Association of Canada.

1992/93 Dr. C. Snelling Plastics – Vancouver J Trauma. 1994 Sep;37(3):387-94 On the threshold of adolescence–the Trauma Association of Canada after 10 years: 1993 presidential address–Trauma Association of Canada/l’Association Canadienne de traumatologie.

1993/94 Dr. M. Girotti GS – London Reengineering Trauma Care: The Challenge of the Nineties. J Trauma 40(6), June 1996, pp 855-859

1995/97 Dr. B. McLellan ER – Toronto J Trauma. 1998 Apr;44(4):575-9. Mergers, acquisitions, and trauma care in the 1990s.

1997/98 Dr. R. Moulton NS – Toronto

2001/02 Dr D Fleiszer – The shrinking world and the implications for trauma. J Trauma. 2002 Jan;52(1):1-3.

2002/03 Dr J Kortbeek – J Trauma. 2003 Sep;55(3):395-8. From Anthony Henday to big box superstores: trends in Canadian trauma care.

2003/04 Dr M van Wijngaarden-Stephens – Present, Past and Future. Have We Grown Up?

2005/06 Dr Richard Simons – J Trauma. 2006 Feb;60(2):261-7. Reflections of an accidental traumatologist: the Trauma Association of Canada at twenty-one

2006/07 Dr Richard Simons – J Trauma. 2006 Nov;61(5):1027-35. Injury control and trauma care in Canada: how well are we doing?: Trauma Association of Canada Presidential address.

2007/08 Dr Fred Brenneman

2008/09 Dr Fred Brenneman

2009/10 Dr AW Kirkpatrick – “Trauma Ultrasound in Canada: Have we lost a generation?”

Fraser Gurd Biography

1987 Dr. Charles Tator

1988 Dr. Robert Meek – J Trauma. 1989 Jun;29(6):716-8. The role of orthopedic surgery in modern Canadian trauma: 1988 Fraser B. Gurd lecture.

1989 Dr. Joseph Gruss – J Trauma. 1990 Apr;30(4):377-83. Complex craniomaxillofacial trauma: evolving concepts in management. A trauma unit’s experience–1989 Fraser B. Gurd lecture.

1990 Dr. Charles Burns – J Trauma. 1991 Jun;31(6):856-66. The 1990 Fraser Gurd Lecture: a Canadian trauma registry system—nine years experience.

1991 Dr. D. Mulder – J Trauma. 1992 Dec;33(6):856-62. The 1991 Fraser Gurd Lecture: evolution of airway control in the management of injured patients.

1992 Dr. Barry McLellan

1996 Dr. Simpson

1997 Dr. C. Snelling

2001 Dr. John Sampalis – “Trauma care systems: evolution through evaluation”

2002 Dr. W. Geerts

2003 Dr. Ron Stewart

2004 Dr J Fish – “Burn care in Canada: Burn Voodo!”

2005 Dr Stewart Hamilton – combined with the Royal College lecture as combined meeting with the AATS

2006 Dr Murray Girotti – “Injury prevention – the final frontier”

2007 Dr J Ali – “Advanced Trauma Life Support – History and future” (Ottawa, ON)

2008 Dr R Meek – (Whistler, BC)

2009 Dr B Pruitt – “Impediments and enhancements of progress in trauma care” (Aukland, New Zealand)

2010 Dr Barry McLellan “Trauma 2020- Planning for an Unpredictable Future” (Halifax, NS)

2011 Dr Michael Fehlings “Repair & Regeneration of the Injured Spinal Cord: From Molecule to Man” (Banff, AB)

2012 Dr Rao Ivatury (Toronto, ON)

2013 Ms Paula Poirier BN MN RN “Leading Change…Navigating a Fast Track of System Design” (Whistler, BC)

2014 Dr David Mulder “Evolution of Trauma Care-Looking Forward” (Montreal PQ)

2015 Dr Ross Brown “Canadian Civilian & Military Cooperation in Trauma Education” (Calgary, AB)

2016 Dr Giuseppe Pagliarello “Trauma Care Has Changed- Celebrating the Past & Preparing for the Future” (Halifax, NS)

2017 Dr Richard Simons “Rural-Remote Trauma Care-The Neglected Disease of Modern Trauma Systems” (Vancouver, BC)

2018- Dr Mary van Wijngaarden-Stephens “Navigating our Beautiful Canadian Rivers” (Toronto, ON)

2019- Dr Andrew Kirkpatrick “Point-of-Care Resuscitation Research- From Extreme to Mainstream” (Calgary, AB)

2020- Dr Homer Tien “Trauma Care in Remote Indigeneous Communities in Canada” (Virtual-Halifax)

2021- Dr Lynne Moore “Improving the Quality of Canadian Trauma Care: From Evidence to Action” (Virtual-Vancouver)

2022- Dr David Mulder “Trauma Care in Canada: Study the Past, Strategize the Future” (Montreal, PQ)

2023- Dr. Kathryn Dong “Connecting the Dots: Improving Care for People who use Substances” (Edmonton, AB)

2011- Dr David Wesson (Banff, AB)

2012- Dr Charles Tator “Prevention of Catastrophic Injuries in Sports and Recreation in Canada” (Toronto,ON)

2013- Dr David Sleet “Science to Policy-Not Easy But Necessary” (Whistler, BC)

2014- Dr Alison MacPherson “Advocacy for Injury Prevention in Canada-Success Stories” (Montreal,PQ)

2015- Dr Louis Francescutti “Is Preventing Injury Really Possible?” (Calgary, AB)

2016- Dr Barbara Barlow “The Journey to Injury Free” (Halifax NS)

2017-Dr Ian Pike “Trauma & Injury Prevention: Have a Word with Yourself!” (Vancouver, BC)

2018-Roger Browne “Vision Zero” (Toronto, ON)

2019- Dr Kimberly Joseph “The Cost of Violence: Is it Worth More than Money?” (Calgary, AB)

2020- Dr Mariana Brussoni “Risky Play and Building Resilience in Children” (Virtual-Halifax, NS)

2021- Dr Najma Ahmed “Acumen to Advocacy to Action: Canadian Doctors for the Protection from Guns” (Virtual-Vancouver, BC)

2022- Dr Tracey Dechert “Reframing Injury Prevention with an Equity Lens” (Montreal, PQ)

2023 – Dr. James Talbot “Scaling the Cliff: Injury Prevention Advocacy: Useful Skills, Knowledge & Values” (Edmonton, AB)

2010 (Halifax, NS)- Dr Fernando Ferreira

2011– (Banff, AB)- Dr Raul Coimbra

2012–(Toronto, ON)- Dr Ari Leppaniemi “Identity Crisis of Trauma Surgeons-The Northern European View”

2013–(Whistler, BC)– Dr Gustavo Fraga “The View from Brazil”

2014– (Montreal,PQ)- Dr Manjul Joshipura “Containing an Epidemic of Injuries & Strengthening Care of the Injured Worldwide”

2015– (Calgary, AB)- Dr Luca Neri  (Milan, Italy) “Trauma & Ultrasound: The Evidence of WINFOCUS in Third World Countries” 

2016– (Halifax NS)- Professor Timothy Coats (London, UK) “21st Century Trauma Care”

2017- (Vancouver, BC)- Professor Keith Willett (London, UK)  “How the UK Implemented a National Trauma System”

2018 -(Toronto, ON)- Dr Grace Rozycki (Indiana, IL, USA) “The Strength that it Takes”

2019- (Calgary)- Jameel Janjua (San Diego, CA, USA) “High Stakes Decision Making: Insights from Military Aviation for Trauma Care

2020 (Virtual-Halifax)- Dr Conor Deasy (Cork, Ireland) “Trauma in Ireland: Lessons Learned in our Journey to Create a Trauma System for Ireland”

2021 (Virtual Vancouver)- Dr Ben Beck (Victoria, Australia) “The Year is 2050 and We Have Achieved Vision 2020: The Influential Role of the Trauma Community”

2022- (Montreal)- Professor Maeyane “Steve” Moeng (Johannesburg, South Africa) “The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Trauma Surgery Patient Care: A Discussion of Collateral Damage”

2023 (Edmonton) – Dr. John Quinn (London, UK) “Trauma Care in the Ukraine War”

2004 – Dr M Rotondo – “State of the union on the future of trauma)(Mont Tremblant QC)

2005 – Dr S Hamilton – combined with the Royal College lecture as combined meeting with the AATS – (Whistler, BC)

2006 – Dr R Ferrada – “trauma and education” (Banff, AB) Special Pan-American Trauma Society Lecture Aurelio Rodriguez – “The history and evolution of the Pan-American Trauma Society” (Banff, AB)

2007 – Dr J Pagliarello – “what’s new in organ donation” (Ottawa, ON)

2008 Dr B Boulanger – “Selective management of penetrating torso injury” (Whistler, BC)

2009 Dr B Pruitt – “Current status and new directions of editorial processing and publications at the Journal of Trauma” (Auckland, New Zealand)

2010 Dr Scott Dulchawsky (Halifax, NS)

2011 Dr Gustavo Fraga “Trauma Care in Latin America-A Vision for the Future” (Banff, AB)

2012 Dr Louis Francescutti “Creating a Stronger Voice for Reducing Injuries” (Toronto, ON)

2013 (last year for this Lecture to be sponsored by Royal College) Dr Ernest “Gene” Moore “Controversies in Post-Injury Hemostasis” (Whistler, BC)