Don Melady

Don has been a staff Emergency Physician for 35 years, both in community hospitals and currently at Mount Sinai Hospital.  He is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Toronto.  He focusses his academic activities in Geriatric Emergency Medicine (GEM), care of older people in acute care.  He has created a curriculum in Geri EM for EM residents at the University of Toronto.  He is the lead author of an online accredited continuing medical education resource for practicing clinicians https://gedcollaborative.com/course/geri-em/ .  He is the co-author of the book, Creating a Geriatric Emergency Department: A Practical Guide.  He is the Director of the Geriatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship, based at SREMI.  He has supported the implementation of the Geriatric ED Guidelines in health systems around the world and is on the Board of Governors of the Geriatric ED Accreditation programme at ACEP

Twitter: @geri_em