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HISTORY OF CANADIAN CRITICAL CARE SOCIETY (CCCS)

The Initial call to join CCCS CMA Journal/August 6, 1977/Vol. 117

To the editor: Over the past few months, interested individuals have been attempting to initiate the formation of a Canadian Critical Care Society. This society will be open initially to all medical practitioners interested in critical care medicine, including physicians, surgeons, pediatricians, anesthetists and others. Close liaison with the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada is anticipated and, indeed, the inaugural meeting of this subsection of the Royal College will be at the annual meeting of the college in Vancouver in January 1978. A half-day program is anticipated. The scientific meeting will include an inaugural address by Dr. Bryan Kirk on the history and future of critical care medicine in Canada. It is hoped that there will be a response in the form of abstracts, which will be included in the Royal College call for abstracts; we will follow their format. 
Any person interested in participating in this new organization may contact me at the address below. Further information will be available as the society becomes more concrete in form and function.

Ronald L. Holliday, MD
Acting Secretary
Canadian Critical Care Society

Past Presidents of CCCS

Incorporated: May 3, 1978

Name

Date

Kirk, Bryan

1977-1978

King, Garner

1978-1980

Scott, Arthur

1980-1982

Sibbald, William J

1982-1984

Todd, Thomas R. J.

1984-1986

Hewson, John R

1988-1990

Sandham, J. Dean

1990-1992

Spanier, Allen H.

1992-1994

Roberts, Daniel

1994-1996

Devitt, J. Hugh

1996-1998

Heule, Mark K

1998-2000

Boiteau, Paul J.E.

2000-2002

Rocker, Graeme

2002-2004

David Leasa

2004-2006

Joe Pagliarello

2006-2008

John Granton

2008-2013

Claudio Martin

2013-2015

Alison Fox-Robichaud

2015-2018

Bojan Paunovic

2018-2021

Karen Burns

2021-2023

 James Downar

2023-Present

About the Association

The Canadian Critical Care Society (CCCS) is the National Specialty Society, representing Adult and Paediatric Critical Care Medicine physicians in Canada. The practice of Critical Care Medicine in Canada is multidisciplinary and CCCS members hold base specialty certification in anaesthesia, medicine, paediatrics, emergency medicine or surgery and some surgical subspecialties such as cardiac surgery and neurosurgery.

Contact Us

Email: cccs@secretariatcentral.com

Phone: 1-905-604-0166 Ext. 233 & 235

Address: 20 Crown Steel Dr. Unit #6, Markham, ON L3R 9X9

For media inquiries, please contact Kathryn Hendrick at (416) 277-6281.


The Canadian Critical Care Society thanks our organizational sponsors, MD Financial Management and Scotiabank for their generous support!

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