James Stempien, BSC, MD, CCFP (EM) FCFP CCPE
Emergency Department Head
Saskatoon Health Region
Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Saskatchewan
(306)373 7796, 220 8618
Emergency Medicine Experience:
Sept 2007 – PresentDepartment Head Emergency, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
3 site, 40 member Department, Clinical Assistant Professor,
University of Saskatchewan
Sept. 2005 – Sept 2007Senior Consultant, Emergency Medicine Department
Sheikh Khalifa Medical City
Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.
Sept. 2004 - Sept. 2005Emergency Physician, Emergency Medicine Department
Commonwealth Health Center, Saipan
Chief of Department - March to August 2004
Oct. 1999 - Sept. 2004Emergency Physician, Emergency Medicine Department
Royal Jubilee and Victoria General Hospitals
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
July - Oct. 2000Emergency Physician
Emergency Relief Work - Treating victims of Sudan Civil War
International Committee Red Cross
Lokichokio, Sudan
Sept. 1998 - Oct. 1999Emergency Medicine, Anaesthesia
Whitehorse General Hospital
Yukon
July 1996 - July 1998Emergency Physician, Emergency Medicine Department
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Charlottetown, PEI
March - Dec. 1995Royal Flying Doctor Service
Retrieval and Emergency Medicine
Alice Springs, Australia
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
1988 - 1993Baffin Regional Hospital, Iqaluit, Nunavut
General Practitioner, Anaesthesia
Chief of Staff, June – November 1989
1991 - 1993Moose Factory General Hospital, Ontario
General Practitioner, Anaesthesia
1991 - 1996Dawson City, Yukon, General Practitioner
1992Ialibu, Papua New Guinea
Physician, Medical Superintendent
1989, Oct-NovVanuatu, Volunteer work
1988, summerNapanee, Ontario
General Practitioner, Anaesthesia, ER
1986 - 1987Inuvik General Hospital
General Practitioner, Anaesthesia
Chief of Staff, 1987
1983, Jul-Aug.Papua New Guinea, Medical Student Elective
Education:
1984MD - University of TorontoMedical School
1980BSc - University of Western Ontario
Bachelor of Science
Post Graduate Training:
1998CCFP-EM
1997CCFP
1985 -1986Memorial University of Newfoundland
Anaesthesia Residency Program, Year 1
1984-1985St. Joseph’s Health Centre
Toronto, Ontario
Rotating Internship
Continuing medical educational:
AIMECertified, Instructor since 2006
ACLSInstructor since 2003, Medical Director
ATLSInstructor since 2006,
PALSInstructor since 2006, Medical Director
CCFP-EMCompleted 1998, Examiner annually since 2000
EDE Emergency Department Echo
Independent Practitioner 2003; Master Instructor
Course Organizer
LANGUAGE:
- Proficient in English
- French, able to converse, read and write
- Red Cross Overseas Preparation Course, completed in French, 1993
- French Immersion- Toulouse, 1991, March - June, Alliance Francais
- Tours, 1990, Jan. - Mar.; 1989 Oct. - Dec.
AWARDS / APPOINTMENTS
- Canadian Certificate of Physician Executive – CCPE – 2012
- College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan Discipline Committee 2011
- Fellow of the College of Family Physicians of Canada – FCFP – 2009
- University of Saskatchewan Clinical Assistant Professor 2008 - present
- Medical Advisor for Yukon Territorial Government, 2004 (April/May)
- University of British Columbia Faculty, Clinical Instructor, 2003 to 2007
- Medical Alumni Toronto Award for Paediatrics, 1984
- Commonwealth Foundation Scholarship, 1983
LEADERSHIP ROLES
- Department Head Emergency Medicine, Saskatoon Health Region, September 2007 to Present. Three sites, Academic Medical School Centre with ER training program, 35 member department
- LEAN Training -White and Yellow Belt, Group Lead on 2011 Children’s Hospital Design event Saskatoon
- Department Head Emergency Medicine, Commonwealth Health Centre, Saipan, Northern Marianas Islands, March to August 2004
- Emergency Medicine Ultrasound Program lead, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, December 2005 to July 2007
- Regional Medical Director, Ialibu District Hospital, Ialibu, Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea, 1992
- Chief of Staff, Baffin Regional Hospital, Iqaluit, NWT, June to November 1989
- Chief of Staff, Inuvik General Hospital, Inuvik, NWT, 1987