Christian Vaillancourt

  • Full Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine
  • Senior Scientist, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
  • Tier 1 Research Chair in Emergency Heart and Brain Resuscitation, University of Ottawa
  • Associate Medical Director, Regional Paramedic Program for Eastern Ontario

Dr. Vaillancourt obtained his MD from University of Montreal in 1994, completed his Royal College training in Emergency Medicine at McGill in 1999, and completed a Masters degree in Epidemiology at University of Ottawa in 2003. He currently holds the position of Full Professor with the Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Ottawa, and of Senior Scientist at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. He is cross-appointed with the School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventative Medicine, and is a member of the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies. He was awarded a Research Chair in Emergency Cardiac Resuscitation by the University of Ottawa, and is an Associate Medical Director for the Regional Paramedic Program for Eastern Ontario. 

His research program focuses on prehospital care, specifically improving the care and survival for cardiac arrest and trauma victims. His research contribution includes the publication of the first national statistics on cardiac arrest and EMS services in Canada, the completion of a national survey on barriers and facilitators of CPR training and performance in a population most likely to witness a cardiac arrest, and published work leading to improvement in cardiac arrest recognition and 9-1-1 telecommunication-assisted CPR instructions. He is currently leading innovative initiatives allowing AED use by nurses and allied health professionals during in-hospital cardiac arrest, and allowing paramedics to safely and selectively transport cervical-spine injured patients more comfortably and without immobilization.

Dr. Vaillancourt has led and co-authored many high-impact papers as part of the Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium (ROC) and is a Co-Principal-Investigator and Past-Chair of the Canadian ROC (CanROC), one of the largest cardiac arrest research network in the World. Dr. Vaillancourt continues to participate in the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) consensus on science with treatment recommendations (CoSTR) review process and is a member of the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada’s Resuscitation Advisory Committee. He has received numerous international and national awards, including being named Researcher of the Year (2020) and receiving a National Advocacy Award from the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians for leading and disseminating its national position statement on bystander CPR, and a Canadian EMS Research Network Award acknowledging excellence in mentoring as well as time and energy spent in the pursuit of EMS and paramedic research in Canada.

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