He completed his medical degree and pediatric training here at McMaster, followed by a fellowship in pediatric emergency medicine in Montreal at the city’s Children’s Hospital and McGill University. During his first academic appointment as Assistant Professor at the University of Alberta he developed curriculum for residents rotating through the Pediatric Emergency Department and was heavily involved in preparing students from both the UofA and the University of Calgary for the OSCE exams. He has lead many instructional courses in the field of emergency medicine and has lectured both in Canada and in the United States on BEEM (Best Evidence in Emergency Medicine).