Dr. Nolan is an emergency physician and trauma team leader at St. Michael’s Hospital and a transport medicine physician for Ornge. He is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Toronto and Scientist in the Li Ka Shing Institute at Unity Health Toronto. He is the co-founder and Director of FIRST60: Prehospital, Trauma and Resuscitation Sciences. Dr. Nolan also Chairs the Research and Scholarly Activities Committee at Ornge.
Dr. Nolan completed a Master of Science in clinical epidemiology and health care research where he focused on identifying delays during interfacility transfer of injured patients transported by air ambulance.
Dr. Nolan’s research interests are in trauma, prehospital care, transfusion and patient safety. His work focuses on improving timely access to trauma care for injured patients in Ontario and the role of the provincial air ambulance system. He is the PI on the SWiFT Canada study, exploring the efficacy of whole blood in the Canadian prehospital environment.
Positions
Emergency Physician and Trauma Team Leader
St. Michael’s Hospital
Transport Medicine Physician
Ornge
Scientist
Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute
Assistant Professor
Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto
Awards/Recognitions
Emerging Leader in Health Sciences
Canadian Academy of Health Sciences
AMS Healthcare Fellowship in Compassion and Artificial Intelligence
AMS Healthcare, Ontario, Canada.
Graham Farquharson Knowledge Translation Fellowship
Physician Services Incorporated
Publications
von Vopelius-Feldt J, Lockwood J, Mal S, Beckett A, Callum J, Greene A, Grushka J, Khandelwal A, Lin Y, Nahirniak S, Pavenski K, Peddle M, Prokopchuk-Gauk O, Regehr J, Schmid J, Shih AW, Smith JA, Trojanowski J, Vu E, Ziesmann M, Nolan B. Development of a national out-of-hospital transfusion protocol: a modified RAND Delphi study. CMAJ Open. 2023 Jun 27;11(3):E546-E559.
Greene A, Trojanowski J, Shih AW, Evans R, Chang E, Nahirniak S, Pearson D, Prokopchuk-Gauk O, Martin D, Musuka C, Seidl C, Peddle M, Lin Y, Smith JA, MacDonald S, Richards L, Farrell M, Nolan B. A descriptive analysis of the Canadian prehospital and transport transfusion (CAN-PATT) network. Resuscitation Plus. 2023 Mar;13:100357.
Media Coverage
Nolan B. Canada’s first pre-hospital blood transfusion trial could be a ‘lifeline’ for trauma patients. 2025 Mar.
Nolan B. How AI is changing the face of trauma care. Hospital News. 2024 Aug.
Nolan B. Air ambulance: Cancel, or keep it coming? Hospital News. 2020 Sep.