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George Podgorny Lecturers
The George Podgorny Lecture, held as a keynote event at the International Conference on Emergency Medicine, is allocated as an honour to an outstanding emergency physician contributor to international emergency medicine. Recommendations for the honour are collated by the conference host organizing committee, and approved by the IFEM Board.
2023 Amsterdam, Netherlands
Professor Sally McCarthy
2022 Melbourne, Australia
Professor Edgardo Menendez
2021 Dubai, UAE
Melanie Stander
‘Women in leadership in Emergency Medicine’
2019 Seoul
Teri Reynolds
‘Potential Contribution of Emergency Care to Health Systems’
2018 Mexico City
Lee Wallis/Teri Reynolds
‘Collaborative development and implementation of resources for emergency care strengthening: IFEM and the WHO
2016 Cape Town
Joseph Lex (USA)
‘On the evolution of a revolution: 50 years of medicine for the people’
2014 Hong Kong
Wong Tai Wai (Hong Kong)
‘East meets with West: Emergency Medicine in the era of globalization’
2012 Dublin, Ireland
Peter Cameron (Australia)
‘Age Becomes Us’
2010 Singapore
V. Anantharaman (Singapore)
‘Healthcare Reform, Professionalism and Emergency Medicine’
2008 San Francisco, USA
Arthur L. Kellerman (USA)
‘Leadership in Emergency Medicine: Local, Regional and National Leadership’
2006 Halifax, Canada
Michael Schull (Canada)
‘From ER to Africa’
2004 Cairns, Australia
Chris Baggoley (Australia)
‘The impact of politics on acute healthcare, or With friends like these ….’
2002 Edinburgh, UK
Jim Ducharme (Canada)
‘EBM and emergency medicine: what is valid – evidence and how should it be applied?’
2000 Boston, USA
Inaugural Lecture by Gautam G Bodiwala (UK)
‘Past, Present and Future of Emergency Medicine’