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As partner at Grant Thornton, a leading accounting and business advisory firm operating in 130 countries, Ms Oner is the co-lead of the global Innovation & Investment Incentives practice and elected member of the Partnership Board.  Martha helps clients attain funding for innovation, hiring, and market expansion.

A recognized trailblazer with drive, leadership, and passion, Martha was a Protégé in the Top 100 Wisdom II Program (Women’s Executive Network), has achieved the European Quality Award coaching designation from the European Mentoring and Coaching Council, and was a member of CPA Canada’s Scientific Research and Experimental Development Symposium Advisory Committee. Ms Oner is regularly featured on radio, television, and in print to promote research and development across Canada. She has contributed to organizations including Toronto Board of Trade, Communitech, and Business News Network.

In addition to her volunteer roles as a Director of Kawasaki Disease Canada, Junior Achievement mentor, and recreational soccer coach, Martha is a very proud mom of two future UW students.

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Dr. Asheesh Bedi is the Harold and Helen W. Gehring Early Career Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Professor of Sports Medicine and Shoulder Surgery at the University of Michigan and MedSport Program. He is also an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Hospital for Special Surgery/Weill Cornell Medical College He is a team physician for the University of Michigan and Eastern Michigan University and a consultant for the NFL and NHL Players Association, and specializes in both arthroscopic and open surgery for athletic injuries of the shoulder, elbow, hip, and knee.

Dr. Bedi completed his undergraduate training at Northwestern University where he graduated Summa Cum Laude. He graduated from the University of Michigan Medical School with AOA recognition, and remained in Ann Arbor to pursue residency training in Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Michigan. After completing his training, Dr. Bedi completed a two-year fellowship in sports medicine and shoulder surgery at the Hospital for Special Surgery and Weill Cornell Medical College in New York. He has also pursued additional dedicated training with Dr. Bryan Kelly in arthroscopic hip surgery for young athletes. While in New York, he was an assistant team physician for the New Jersey Nets professional basketball and New York Mets professional baseball organizations with Dr. Riley Williams, Struan Coleman, and David Altchek. He was also an orthopaedic consultant for the U.S. Open Tennis Tournament in 2007 and 2008 with Dr. David Dines and an assistant team physician for Iona College Athletic Programs. Dr. Bedi has also been recognized with the Leonard Marmor Outstanding Orthopaedic Resident Award, and the Hospital for Special Surgery Philip D. Wilson Award for Excellence in both 2008 and 2009 for his efforts in orthopaedic research and tendon-bone healing studies with Dr. Scott Rodeo. He is the winner of the 2010 Neer Award of the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons (ASES) and a recipient of the 2010 Cabaud Award from the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM). He has authored over one hundred articles, chapters, and peer-reviewed publications on shoulder, elbow, knee, and hip injuries in athletes.

Dr. Jason Busse is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Anesthesia and Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics, McMaster University. He is the co-Principle Investigator for the TRUST trial, one of the world’s largest orthopedic randomized controlled trials.

Training

Dr. Busse completed an MSc in Medical and Molecular Genetics at the University of Toronto, a Doctorate in Chiropractic at CMCC, training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy at McMaster University, and a PhD in Health Research Methodology at McMaster University.

Dr. Busse has been active clinically in the management of disability secondary to chronic pain and other medically unexplained syndromes since 1999 and currently serves as the Clinical Director for Prisma Health Canada – a private company that manages chronic claimants (5+ years on disability) referred by private disability insurers. From 2001 to 2010 Dr. Busse was the Director of the Complex Claims Division for ATF Canada, a private company that provided assessment and treatment for patients in receipt of long-term disability benefits.

Research

Dr. Busse has published over 150 peer-reviewed articles in scientific journals with a focus on chronic pain, orthopedic trauma, insurance medicine and methodological research. In 2011 Dr. Busse co-formed the evidence-based insurance medicine research group, an international collaboration with members from McMaster University, the University Medical Center Groningen, and the Academy of Swiss Insurance Medicine. He is a Director of the Cochrane Insurance Medicine Field Group (http://insuremed.cochrane.org/our-team). Current research projects include:

FORESITE– a prospective cohort to establish factors associated with persistent post-surgical pain following heart surgery
Update and revision of the Canadian Guideline regarding opioids for chronic non-cancer pain
Teaching and Promotion of Evidence-Based Clinical Practice

Since 2011, Dr. Busse has been a tutor for the McMaster Evidence-Based Clinical Practice workshop, and an editor for the Newsletter of the International Society for Evidence-Based Health Care since 2009.

Awards and Honours

2015:  McMaster University, HRM Mentoring/Supervision Award in the Full-Time/Joint Category
2010: Outstanding Thesis Award, McMaster University, Faculty of Health Sciences Graduate Programs
2009:  New Investigator Award, Canadian Institute of Health Research
2003:  PhD Training Fellowship, Canadian Institute of Health Research

Kiret Dhindsa, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, Research and High Performance Computing, Department of Surgery, McMaster University
Postgraduate Affiliate, Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence

Kiret's research lies at the intersection of AI and healthcare with a primary focus on neuroscience and neurotechnology, as well as active research areas in medical imaging and bioinformatics. Coming from a multidisciplinary background combining statistics, neuroscience, and biomedical engineering, Kiret is both a data scientist and an experimental scientist. 

Kiret completed a B. Sc. with a double major in Statistics and Psychology at York University, and a PhD in Computational Engineering and Science on brain-computer interfacing at McMaster University

Dr. Sprague is a clinical researcher with expertise in the design and conduct of large randomized controlled trials, observational studies, systematic reviews, and scoping reviews.  She obtained a Doctorate Degree in Medical Science from the University of Amsterdam and a Master of Science Degree in Health Research Methodology from McMaster University.  She became a Faculty Member with the Department of Surgery in 2014 and serves as an Associate Faculty Member in the Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact in 2017.  In addition to her faculty appointments, Dr. Sprague serves as the Associate Director at the Centre for Evidence-Based Orthopaedics at McMaster University.

Darryl Yardley, PT

Director, Brant Community Healthcare System

Consultant, Hip & Spine Specialty

Assistant Professor, ‎Business & Entrepreneurship in Physical Therapy,  Western University

Chair, Private Practice Division, Canadian Physiotherapy Association

Co-Founder, Entry to Practice Essentials (Canadian PCE Study Guide)

Founder, Mentorship Bootcamp

Darryl graduated from the University of Toronto in 2006 with a Master's Degree in Physical Therapy. He later completed further post-graduate education and Master's in Clinical Science at Western University and became a fellow of the Canadian Academy of Manipulative Physical Therapists in 2009.

He is the Senior Director of Quality, Risk Management and Clinical Services at BCHS.

He is the professor of the Business and Entrepreneurship in Physical Therapy course at Western University. He also lectures at McMaster University, University of Toronto and Queen's University on business and practice management topics. 

Darryl is a consultant with orthopaedic and neurosurgeons and has a special interest in hip and spine. He is a co-author of, Diagnosis and Management of Femoroacetabular Impingement: An Evidence-Based Approach - Chapter: ‘Evidence for Rehabilitation After FAI Surgery: A guide to Postsurgical Rehabilitation and Supporting Evidence.’  He has co-authored multiple publications and has presented at over 50 conferences and courses throughout Canada and Internationally.

He is founder of Mentorship Bootcamp, a program offering business training and career coaching to practicing clinicians. He is an advisor with Clinic Accelerator and consults with many clinic owners to grow their business. He has recruited and mentored over 100 therapists.

Lehana Thabane, PhD
Professor/Associate Chair, Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact (formerly the Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics)
Associate Member, Departments of Anesthesia/Pediatrics
McMaster University
Director, Biostatistics Unit, St Joseph's Healthcare--Hamilton
Senior Scientist, Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton Health SciencesEditor-In-Chief, Pilot and Feasibility Studies

Dr Lehana Thabane is a Professor of Biostatistics and Associate Chair of the Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact; Associate member of the

Departments of Pediatrics and Anesthesia, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, in the Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) at McMaster University (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada). He is also the Director of Biostatistics at St Joseph’s Healthcare—Hamilton (Ontario, Canada).

Hi research interests include Clinical Trials; Pragmatic Trials; Pilot and Feasibility Trials; Reporting of Trials; Systematic Review Methodology; Mentorship.

He has won several teaching and supervision awards including the CE&B

Excellence Award in Teaching for 2004-2006; the FHS Excellence in Graduate Supervision Award for 2012; and the McMaster President’s Excellence in Graduate Supervision Award for 2016. He is the clinical trials mentor for the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and CIHR Drug Safety and Effectiveness Cross-disciplinary Training (DSECT) Program

Professional Society Membership: International Statistical Institute (elected member), American Statistical Association, International Society of Clinical Biostatistics, and the Society for Clinical Trials (SCT); Statistical Society of Canada (SSC).

Dr. Thabane has co-authored over 650 publications in peer-reviewed journals and over 700

abstracts presented at national and international meetings with over 200 invited presentations.

DR. BRAD PETRISOR
MD, FRCSC


PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Ontario Medical Association
Canadian Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Trauma  Society
Canadian Orthopaedic Trauma Society 
Orthopaedic Trauma Association 
Canadian Orthopaedic Association

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Functional outcome scoring in foot and ankle trauma, trauma outcomes and fluid irrigation techniques in the management of open fractures. 

AWARDS

2014 PARO (Professional  Association of Residents of Ontario) Residency Program Excellence Award, Orthopaedic  Surgery Residency Training Program, McMaster University

2006 Howard Rosen Teaching Award presented by peer faculty, AO/ASIF Principles of fracture management course.

2003 Outstanding Resident Award: From the Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation, McMaster University Medical Staff Association

2002 Outstanding Preceptor Award: From the Undergraduate MD Program based on student nominations

APPOINTMENTS
Associate Professor, Surgery, CAWAR, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University