Dr. David Messenger will complete his term as the Head of the Department of Emergency Medicine on August 31, 2026. In accordance with the Senate document governing the Appointment of Heads of Clinical/Academic Departments that was approved on March 26, 2009, a Joint Clinical Search Committee has been established. The role of the Committee is to provide advice to the Provost and Vice-Principal (Academic) of Queen’s University and to the Board Chairs of the participating hospitals on the present state and future prospects of the Department, and to make a recommendation on its future leadership. The composition of the committee is as follows:
- Dr. Diane Lougheed (co-chair), Vice-Dean, Clinical, Queen’s Health Sciences (QHS)
- Dr. Mike Fitzpatrick (co-chair), Chief of Staff & Executive Vice President Medical and Academic Affairs, Kingston Health Sciences Centre
- Kristy Lodewyks (Secretary), Associate Director, Staffing, QHS
- Jason Hann, Executive Vice President, Patient Care & Chief Nursing Executive and Regional Vice President, Cancer Care, Ontario Health (Cancer Care Ontario), KHSC
- Dr. Simon O’Brien, Chair, Medical Advisory Committee, Providence Care
- Terry Landry, Vice-President, Community Programs and Long Term Care, Providence Care
- Dr. Suzanne Bridge, Head, Department of Critical Care Medicine, QHS
- Dr. Justin Koh, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine
- Dr. Kerstin de Wit, Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine
- Jill McCreary, Associate Director, Operations & Initiatives, Department of Emergency Medicine
- Dr. Nazde Edeer, PGY-5 Resident, Department of Emergency Medicine
- Dr. Leah Allen, PGY-5 Resident, Department of Emergency Medicine
In applying the process, the Committee is consulting widely, through correspondence, with members of the Department’s faculty and staff, students, residents, members of the teaching hospitals, and other members of the university and health sciences communities, as appropriate.
We invite you to submit your comments on the present state and future prospects of the Department of Emergency Medicine. Submissions may be made to the co-chairs via this . Responses received will remain confidential and will be shared only with the members of the review committee. Anonymous submissions will not be considered; however, names, letterhead/e-mail header, and/or signature block of those who respond will be masked on the copy that is circulated to committee members.