Global InformationJames Maskalyk information
James Maskalyk M.D. | |
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| Born | Alberta, Canada |
| Occupation | Medical doctor, author, editor |
| Language | English |
| Citizenship | Canadian |
| Alma mater | University of Alberta, University of Calgary, University of Toronto |
| Subject | Emergency medicine |
| Notable works | Six Months in Sudan Life on the Ground Floor |
| Website | |
| www | |
James Maskalyk is a Canadian emergency medicine physician, author, and meditation teacher.[1][2][3]
He works at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto, and is the strategic director of Toronto-Addis Ababa Academic Collaboration in Emergency Medicine, which has frequently taken him to Ethiopia.[1][4] He was the executive editor-in-chief of the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
His work for Médecins sans Frontières in Abyei was the focus of his first memoir Six Months in Sudan,[5] which was nominated for, among others, the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize. His second book, Life on the Ground Floor, won the 2017 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction.[6] He was nominated one of the "50 most influential Torontonians" in 2023.[7]
- ^ a b "Doctor who helped people meditate through pandemic fears diagnosed with stage 4 cancer". CBC. 27 Oct 2020.
- ^ Sibbald, Barbara (2002-10-29). "Emergency MD becomes CMAJ's fifth editorial fellow". CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. 167 (9): 1045. ISSN 0820-3946. PMC 134194.
- ^ "The Current's new year party brings you laughter, live music, and some people you'll want to meet! by The Current". Podchaser. Retrieved 2021-12-15.
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- ^ https://torontolife.com/deep-dives/the-50-most-influential-torontonians-2023/