Russell MacDonaldDr. Russell MacDonald is a specialist in emergency medicine and is Canada's first sub-specialist in emergency medical services (EMS). He completed his Royal College Emergency Medicine Residency training at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, andthis EMS Fellowship at Boston EMS, in Boston, MA. He also has a Master Degree in Public Health from Boston University. Dr. MacDonald has worked in tertiary care teaching centers and held academic appointments in emergency medicine in both Canada and the United States. His expertise includes transport medicine, disaster preparedness, and international health. Dr. MacDonald is the Medical Director of the Research Program at Ornge Transport Medicine in Toronto, Ontario. He teaches advanced and critical care paramedics at Ornge, and is a member of the Canadian Medical Associations' Conjoint Accreditation Services team that conducts accreditation surveys for paramedic training institutions. Prior to moving to Toronto, Russell was the Provincial EMS Medical Director, Emergency Services Branch, Manitoba Health in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He was also a flight physician with Manitoba Lifeflight in Winnipeg and with STARS in Edmonton, Alberta. Russell currently practices emergency medicine at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center in Toronto, and is the Co-Director of the University of Toronto's Emergency Medicine Fellowship Program. He is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Medicine and holds an appointment at the Institute of Medical Sciences. His academic responsibilities include transport medicine research and supervision of fellows and graduate students. Russell's interests include patient safety and prediction of adverse events in transport medicine, impact of advanced airway interventions on patient outcome, and the relationship between public health and emergency services. He has a number of peer-reviewed publications and grants for EMS and transport medicine research, and is an invited speaker at numerous national and international conferences in EMS, transport medicine, and critical care. Russell is one of only two Canadians on the editorial board of Prehospital Emergency Care, the leading peer-reviewed EMS medical journal. Read More Read Less