Division of Emergency Medicine Earns Department Status

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CJEM 2000;2(1):58

Dalhousie's Board of Governors recently approved Emergency Medicine's change of status from a Division to a Department.

"This is only the second time in Canada that Emergency Medicine has been recognized as an academic department,"

says Dr. Doug Sinclair, Associate Professor and Head of the new Department of Emergency Medicine.

"This will not change the academic and research activities Emergency Medicine has been involved in since its inception, but it better reflects what we do. It is certainly nice to have this distinction amongst our peers in the academic community."

Former Medical School Dean, Dr. Jock Murray established Emergency Medicine as a freestanding Division in 1992.

Dr. Sinclair credits former Deans Murray and Dr. John Ruedy for their vision and support for establishing Emergency Medicine as a specialty at Dalhousie, and says he looks forward to continued growth with the support of the school's new Dean, Dr. Noni MacDonald.

* Reprinted with permission from connection, a Dalhousie Medical School newsletter.