About Us

Dr. George Kovacs, MD, MHPE, FRCP(C)

​Dr. George Kovacs is a full-time professor of Emergency Medicine and is cross-appointed in the Department of Anaesthesia, Department of Medical Neuroscience and Division of Medical Education at Dalhousie University. He works clinically as an Emergency Physician and Trauma Team Leader at the Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre in Halifax. He is Medical Director of Lifeflight, the Provincial critical care transport program. He holds a Masters of Health Professions Education from the University of Illinois where he developed his interest in procedural skill learning and is the Director of the Clinical Cadaver Program at Dalhousie. He is an award-winning educator who co-developed the internationally recognized airway education program (Airway Interventions & Management in Emergencies- AIME). He has four children and in addition to his passion for airway management education he loves being at his cottage on the Medway river spending time with his two loves of his life, his family and his Massey Ferguson tractor.

Dr. Adam Law, MD, FRCP(C)

Dr. Adam Law is Professor of Anesthesia at the QEII Health Sciences Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. He started medical practice with 6 years as a rural general practitioner. This was followed by a residency in Anesthesia and subspecialty training in neuroanesthesia at Western University in London, Ontario, Canada. He has worked in Halifax as an attending anesthesiologist ever since. Adam is co-director of both the Canadian AIME airway courses and the US-based Difficult Airway Course and teaches in both courses on a regular basis. He also chairs the Canadian Airway Focus Group, which published  Canadian airway management guidelines in 2013 that are currently being updated. He is a member and contributor of the Project for Universal Management of Airways (PUMA). He has authored numerous airway related puplications and book chapters. He is Co-Editor of the Infinity Edition Airway Management in Emergencies open access text. When not at work, he enjoys spending time with his family, hiking, running, skiing and playing tennis.

AIME Instructors



Nick

Associate ProfessorDepartment of Emergency MedicineUniversity of British ColumbiaRegional Medical DirectorBritish Columbia Ambulance ServiceEmergency PhysicianKelowna General HospitalKelowna, BC, Canada


Lorri

Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency MedicineDalhousie UniversityEmergency Physician, Department of Emergency MedicineQEII Health Sciences CentreMedical Consultant, IWK Regional Poison CentreMedical Consultant, QEII HSC Division of Hyperbaric MedicineHalifax, NS, Canada


Samuel G.

Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
Dalhousie University
Chief, Charles V. Keating Emergency and Trauma Centre
QEII Health Sciences Centre
Halifax, NS, Canada


Laura

Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics
University of British Columbia
Head, Royal Columbian Hospital Airway Committee
Section Head of Pediatric Anesthesiology
Royal Columbian and Eagle Ridge Hospitals
New Westminster, BC, Canada


Gavin

Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Calgary
Emergency Physician
Calgary Zone Alberta Health Services
STARS Transport Physician
Medical Director, ACLS and PALS
Calgary, AB, CanadaBio...


Paul

Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Emergency MedicineUniversity of British ColumbiaEmergency Physician (locum) in BC and AlbertaKelowna, BC, Canada


Scott

Adult Medical Team Lead, EHS LifeFlightAssistant Professor Emergency MedicineDalhousie UniversityEmergency Physician; Hyperbaric PhysicianCapital District Health Authority ​Halifax, NS, Canada


Kirk

Associate Professor
Departments of Anesthesia, Surgery and Emergency Medicine
Dalhousie University
Anesthesiologist
Department of Anesthesia
QEII Health Sciences Centre
Halifax, NS, Canada


Kirk

Associate Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
Dalhousie University
Emergency Physician, Research Director, Trauma Team Leader
Department of Emergency Medicine
QEII Health Sciences Centre
Halifax, NS, Canada


David A.

Professor and HeadDepartment of Emergency MedicineDalhousie UniversityChiefCapital District Health Authority ED NetworkHalifax, NS, Canada


Christian M.

Associate Professor
Departments of Anesthesia, Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine
Dalhousie University
Paediatric Anesthetist-Intensivist
Department of Paediatric Clinical Care
IWK Health Centre
Medical Director, Medavie EMS
Medical Control Physician, EHS LifeFlight
Halifax, NS, Canada


Nick

Airway Fellow
FRCPC Emergency Medicine Program
Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS


Jan

Clinical Instructor
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of British Columbia
Transport Medical Consultant
British Columbia Ambulance Service
Intensivist (locum) at various BC hospitals
Vancouver, BC, Canada


Mark

Anesthesiologist
Department of Anesthesiology
The Queen's Medical Center
Honolulu, HI, USA


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