Ornge, Ontario’s provider of air ambulance and related critical care services is currently accepting applications for Fellowship in Prehospital and Transport Medicine. There are five streams of Fellowship opportunities to apply to.
 

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Program Summary:
The Ornge Fellowship is an immersive, 12- month full-time clinical experience in Canadian pre-hospital medicine suitable for physicians who have completed specialist training and have experience in pre-hospital medicine.          
 
Candidate:
After a thorough four to six-week induction program, the successful applicant will gain experience as an active clinician working with Ornge’s air and land critical care transport teams. In addition, the fellow work with transport medicine physicians and paramedics to develop and roll out the annual continuing medical education program. The fellow will also work with transport medicine physicians at the operations control center to provide on-line medical control for Ornge clinical teams throughout the province of Ontario.
 
While experience in clinical pre-hospital medicine is not required, we encourage applicants to complete a one-month elective while in their senior years of specialty training. Interested applicants, particularly those with relevant pre-hospital experience are strongly encouraged to apply. All applicants must have completed specialty training in emergency medicine, anesthesia, or critical care medicine, and must be legally entitled to work in Canada.
 
Available Positions:
Two positions annually, based out of the Toronto bases with rotations in Northern Bases.
 
Application:
Applications are due October 1st 2024 for a July 1st 2025 start.

To apply, or if you have any questions, please email: fellowship@ornge.ca. Applications must include a CV and coverletter.
 
Status:
Applications are open August 1st annually 
 

 

Program Summary:
The Ornge Area of Advanced Learning is a six-month clinical focused rotation for Canadian resident physicians in the final year of their FRCPC training interested in a career in pre-hospital medicine. 
 
Candidate:
The AAL opportunity was developed for Canadian physicians who are interested in a career in pre-hospital medicine and who want to improve their clinical skill in the management of critically ill and injured patients in the challenging pre-hospital setting.  While previous experience in EMS or pre-hospital medicine is valuable, it is not a requirement for application. 
 
Timeline:
The fellowship commences with a 4-6 week induction training block in Toronto followed by five months in the Toronto (rotor wing and land) or London bases (rotor wing). 
 
Duration:
This is a 6 - 12 month placement (July 1 - December 31)
 
Available Positions:
The AAL rotation will be awarded to one participant per year.
 
Application:
Applications are due October 1st 2024 for a July 1st 2025 start.

To apply, or if you have any questions, please email: fellowship@ornge.ca. Applications must include a CV and coverletter.
 
Status:
Applications are open August 1st annually
 

Program Summary:
The Ornge elective is a four-week observership providing physicians with an opportunity to experience the day-to-day operations of a critical care transport organization.  
 
Opportunity:
Participants will gain experience directly observing Ornge’s air and land critical care transport teams during clinical ride outs, work with transport medicine physicians who provide on-line medical control for Ornge paramedic teams and exposure to the training, teaching and administrative activities that happen behind the scenes.
 
This elective opportunity is designed for medical trainees who wish to better understand how critical care transport organizations work, and the physician’s role within these organizations.  Previous experience is not required.  Electives are open to senior residents in anesthesia, emergency medicine, or critical care programs (PGY-3 or greater), or related fellowships. Trainees in family medicine programs with an interest in rural, remote or indigenous health are also encouraged to apply.
 
Applications will be open for the 2024-25 academic year until May 15th 2024, remaining elective will be available afterwards on a first come, first serve basis. The full term will be four weeks.  Due to variability in scheduling we are not able to accommodate trainees who have significant service requirements during the elective period to their home programs.
 
Available Positions:
Limited availability.  We cannot accommodate electives to our Toronto air base.  Electives are available between August to May annually.
 
Application:
Please complete the elective request form and submit via e-mail to fellowship@ornge.ca. We encourage applicants to rank multiple months of avialability and multiple locations. 
 

Program Summary:
Ornge strives to improve health equity by improving access to care, particularly for vulnerable populations.  We aim to partner with physicians in training interested in the medical care and health promotion of remote and indigenous Ontario communities.  We hope to be part of a larger collaboration to provide a unique and bespoke learning environment.   
 
Candidate:
This opportunity is for resident physicians who have an in interest in health equity, remote medicine and indigenous healthcare.
 
Timeline:
Timelines for this initiative is flexible.
 
Duration:
Duration of this initiative is flexible.
 
Available Positions:
Limited positions available.
 
Application:
Applications are open on an ongoing basis, please email: fellowship@ornge.ca

 

Program Summary:
This Fellowship opportunity is designed for partnerships with international leaders in transport medicine including government organizations, air ambulances providers, the armed forces.
 
Candidate:
Ornge welcomes applications for collaboration with the goal of advancing or developing critical care transport systems worldwide.  This includes but is not limited to regional or national air or land ambulance systems, the armed forces, or governmental organizations.  
 
Timeline:
Timelines for this initiative is flexible.
 
Duration:
Duration of this initiative is flexible.
 
Available Positions:
Limited positions available.
 
Application:
Please apply by filling out the elective request form (needs to be made).
 
Status:
Applications are open on an ongoing basis, please email: fellowship@ornge.ca


 

Meet Our Team

Our Fellowship team have experience working with critically injured or ill patients. They help provide insight for current and future appliants within the fellowship program.
 

 




Dr Joel Lockwood 

 



Dr Joel Lockwood: Transport Medicine Physician and Fellowship Director

Joel originally hails from sunny Medicine Hat, Alberta.  After completing medical school at University of Calgary, he underwent FRCPC emergency medicine training at University of Toronto, including a six month secondment as a retrieval registrar in Sydney Australia with the Ambulance Service of New South Wales.  Following his training he completed a six month rotation in the United Kingdom with London’s Air Ambulance.  Since 2015 he has worked as an emergency physician and trauma team leader at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto, Ontario, and as a Transport Medicine Physician with Ornge.

 
 



Dr Johannes Vopelius 

 

Dr Johannes Vopelius: Ornge Fellow
Johannes completed his emergency medicine training in Bristol, England. During this time, he developed an interest in prehospital care and research. He completed a PhD on the subject of prehospital critical care for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest at the University of the West of England, Bristol. During his training and doctoral research fellowship, Johannes gained experience in prehospital care with the Great Western Air Ambulance and completed the Diploma in Immediate Medical Care of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. He is an associate editor of the Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine. In 2021 Johannes became the first Fellow in Prehospital and Transport Medicine at Ornge and the University of Toronto. 
 

Wayde Diamond 


 



Wayde Diamond: Critical Care Flight Paramedic
Wayde Diamond is a Critical Care Flight Paramedic and Field Educator with Ornge and a Fellowship Paramedic Lead based in the Toronto HEMS/land operations base. He has been involved in EMS since 1992 when he began his initial studies at Humber College in Etobicoke. After some time in the field he upgraded his paramedic credentials at the Center for Emergency Medicine in Pittsburgh  and then through the Sunnybrook Base Hospital program where he achieved certification as a CCP(F). Over the years Wayde has worked in land based 911, fixed-wing, HEMS, ground critical care transport and Emergency Department in many parts of Ontario as well as the Middle East.
Wayde is pursing his degree in Psychology at the University of Waterloo. His particular areas of interest are in high performance team dynamics and cognitive task management in high-stakes operations. 


 

Dr. Sameer Mal 



Dr Sameer Mal: Transport Medicine Physician
Sameer Mal is Consultant Physician in Emergency Medicine and Trauma Team Leader at London Health Sciences Centre and also a Transport Medicine Physician with Ornge. He completed Medical School at McMaster University in 2008 and his Emergency Medicine residency at the University of Western Ontario in 2013, during which time he completed the SWORBHP EMS Fellowship. After completion of his Emergency Medicine training, he traveled to work as a prehospital Doctor in 2013-2014 with the New South Wales Ambulance Service-Sydney HEMS in Australia. After this, he also completed a secondment as a prehospital Doctor in 2018-2019 with London’s Air Ambulance in the United Kingdom. Since returning home to Canada, it's been a passion of his to use the local and international prehospital training he's received to help shape the delivery of prehospital critical care to the patients of Ontario.


 

Justin A Smith 



Justin Smith: Chief Flight Paramedic

In 2018, Justin Smith was appointed to the role of Chief Flight Paramedic at Ornge. His role provides operational leadership and technical expertise to frontline paramedics, ensuring frontline staff deliver a consistent and standard level of patient care. Justin perviously served as a Base Manager and Critical Care Paramedic at the Toronto Island base.

 

Tara Williams 

Tara Williams: Critical Care Flight Paramedic

Tara Williams is a Critical Care Flight Paramedic & Field Educator with Ornge and a Fellowship Paramedic Lead in a high-volume, high-acuity HEMS & land transport base in Toronto.  She began her initial studies at Centennial College in Toronto in 1994, before gaining field experience in various locations across Canada.  Additional paramedic training occurred through the Advanced Life Support Institute in New Hampshire & the Michener Institute in Toronto before achieving certification as a CCP(F) through Sunnybrook Base Hospital.  Tara is currently pursuing a Master of Paramedicine (Critical Care) through Charles Sturt University.  


 

Brad Baumber 

Brad Baumber: Critical Care Flight Paramedic

Brad Baumber is a Critical Care Paramedic with Ornge, Ontario Canada’s Air Ambulance and Critical Care Program. For 15 years he’s projected himself on a commitment towards lifelong learning which actively encourages him on a pathway consisting of constant challenges. In 2007 he entered the private sector, combining his passion for the outdoors, with patient care and safety management systems. During his career, he has developed himself into an integral part of the safety management systems associated with complex, large scale multisport endurance events on a global level. Brad will be sharing with us his experience in the austere environment, and some of nuisance of remote access patient retrieval in some of the most diverse environments on the planet.



 

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