Speaker Bios

We are pleased to welcome the following speakers.

Keynote Speaker

Dr. Jon Witt

Dr. Witt lives in Saskatoon where he works as an Emergency Physician, Trauma Team Leader and Transport Physician. In his administrative life Dr. Witt was formerly the Medical Director of Royal University Hospital Department of Emergency Medicine and subsequently Medical Director of Saskatchewan Air Ambulance and currently is the Medical Director of the Saskatchewan International Physician Practice Assessment program. Dr. Witt was called in to provide clinical guidance and coordinate the transport of patients involved in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash and worked with the Incident Command Team during Saskatoon’s Code Orange response on the night of the bus crash.

Additional Speakers

Dr. Najma Ahmed

​​Dr. Ahmed completed Medical School and General Surgery Residency at McGill University. She holds a PhD in Surgical Infections and Sepsis which was completed during her surgical residency. Following her residency she pursued fellowship training in Trauma Surgery and Critical Care at the University of Michigan and the University of Toronto. Najma was recruited to St. Michael’s Hospital in the Division of General Surgery in 2001. Her clinical focus and practice is in Acute Care Surgery, Trauma and Critical Care.  Najma has held the position of Chair of the Education Committee of the Trauma Association of Canada and under her leadership Trauma Surgery was the first surgical discipline to be granted recognition as an Area of Focused Competence by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. Dr. Ahmed is the author of over 75 peer-reviewed papers. Her areas of academic interest are in surgical education and models of care that support clinical excellence in Acute Care and Trauma Surgery. Najma was a member of the Royal College’s National Steering Committee on Resident duty hours and currently sits on the a Royal College Joint Working Group on Resident Hours of Work.
Renee Blomme

Renee Blomme is the Manager, Patient Experience & Corporate Risk at North York General Hospital (NYGH). In this role, she develops corporate strategies to protect North York General Hospital and its staff from fortuitous loss, identifies potential sources of loss and minimizes or eliminates liability exposure. She is responsible for the Patient Experience Office (Patient Relations processes), Risk Management processes including management of Patient Safety Incidents and Medicolegal claims, Emergency Preparedness, Corporate Policies, Legislative Compliance Management and the NYGH Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Program.  Renee has a Master of Nursing from the University of Toronto, a Masters Certificate in Risk Management and Business Performance from the Schulich School of Business and has more than fifteen years’ experience in the field of risk management. She is a regular presenter for the Ontario Hospital Association (OHA) and has been teaching the OHA’s Certificate Program in Health Care Risk Management for the past 8 years and now teaches the Patient Safety and Quality Certificate Program.  She is the recipient of the Canadian Patient Safety Institute’s 2017 Patient Safety Champion Award.
Dr. Kylie Booth Bosman

Dr. Booth Bosman obtained her medical degree from the University of Toronto. In addition to being the Chief of Emergency Medicine at Collingwood General and Marine Hospital, Dr. Booth Bosman also holds faculty appointments in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto and McMaster University and is active in both undergraduate and postgraduate medical education. Dr. Booth Bosman has a special interest in rural trauma, resuscitation and Emergency Department ultrasound. Dr. Booth Bosman has received awards for teaching excellence and continues to present at various professional meetings in Emergency Medicine.
Andrea Boysen

Andrea Boysen graduated from nursing at Ryerson University and has been a nurse at Sick Kids for over 25 years. For the last 18 years she has worked in the Emergency Department with a strong interest in emergency preparedness and code orange planning.  Andrea is a course director for ENPC, a CBRNE instructor and most recently became certified as a Stop the Bleed instructor. She is passionate about promoting Emergency preparedness across the institution to ensure we are prepared for when, not if, a pediatric mass casualty event occurs. Andrea is currently doing a one year contract in Quality Management with a focus on emergency preparedness, patient safety and psychological safety for front line staff.
Miranda Lamb
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Miranda Lamb graduated from the University of Western Ontario with an Honors degree in Urban Development and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. She is currently working on a Masters of Health Studies through the University of Athabasca. Miranda has been working at Sunnybrook Health Science Centre since 2005 with a background in Surgical Oncology, and has been working in Emergency and Trauma since 2008. She completed a TAHSN Fellowship working on Reducing ED Wait Times with Flow Management and the Utilization of Transition Zones in March of 2019. Most recently Miranda has taken on the role of Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) for the Sunnybrook Trauma ward.  She is the recipient of the Sunnybrook Health Science Centre Award of Excellence for contribution to nursing education (2018), and the Schulich Award for Nursing and Clinical Excellence (2017). Miranda has a keen interest in advancing and improving trauma and emergency care through interprofessional discussion and initiatives.
Dr. Jacinthe Lampron

Dr. Lampron graduated Medicine and General surgery at Université Laval, she pursued an ICU and trauma fellowship at the University of Ottawa. She deployed to Afghanistan with the Canadian Armed Forces for the International Security Assistance Force mission and is now a Reserve Medical Officer. She works as a trauma surgeon at The Ottawa Hospital, where she is Trauma Medical Director. She is also an investigating coroner.
Dr. Avery Nathens

​Dr. Avery Nathens is currently the Chief of Surgery and the Trauma Medical Director at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Canada’s largest Level 1 trauma centre and Professor of Surgery at the University of Toronto. He is a general surgeon with a focus on trauma care, performance improvement, and health system design. He is Medical Director of Trauma Quality Programs of the American College of Surgeons. His research interests include trauma system effectiveness and quality of trauma care.  He holds the DeSouza Chair in Trauma Research and has published over 400 peer-reviewed manuscripts including many landmark works on trauma care in Lancet, NEJM and JAMA. He has been the recipient of several million dollars of research funding from the NIH, Canadian Institutes of Health Research and many other agencies.
​Dr. Homer Tien

Homer Tien is a trauma and general surgeon.  He is the Chief Medical Officer at Ornge, Ontario's Air Ambulance and Critical Care Transport provider.  He was previously the Medical Director for Trauma Services at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre.  Colonel Tien was also previously the National Practice Leader for Trauma and the Chief of Medical & Surgical Specialities for the Canadian Armed Forces.