Named Lectures
Past Presidential Addresses
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1983/84 Dr. C. Burns GS
1984/85 Dr. R. McMurtry OS
1985/86 Dr. D. Mulder GS/CVT
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.
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
2003/04 Dr M van Wijngaarden-Stephens – Present, Past and Future. Have We Grown Up?
2007/08 Dr Fred Brenneman
2008/09 Dr Fred Brenneman
2009/10 Dr AW Kirkpatrick – “Trauma Ultrasound in Canada: Have we lost a generation?”
TAC Fraser Gurd Lectures
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)
Murray Girotti Injury Prevention Speakers
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)
International Speakers
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”
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada Sponsored TAC Lecture
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)