John M. Tallon

Dr. John M Tallon is currently the Co-Head (I) of the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of British Columbia. He has recently finished his term as Chief Medical Officer with the British Columbia Emergency Health Services/Provincial Health Services Authority.  (August 28, 2020). He also works as a consultant physician for Health Link BC in the virtual physician support program. (www.healthlinkbc.ca/). He has extensive experience in working with and leading multidisciplinary health care teams in different health care regions and authorities within British Columbia, other provinces and nationally.

He is currently appointed clinical professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at UBC. He is also appointed as adjunct professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine, Dalhousie University with cross appointments as adjunct professor in the Departments of Surgery, Anaesthesia and Community Health and Epidemiology at Dalhousie University. His health systems research interests include injury control, injury prevention, trauma and Emergency Medical Services systems as well as health care systems and accreditation. His clinical research interests include resuscitative airway management and head injury.