10th Annual
Canadian Burn Conference 2025
October 17–18, 2025 | Calgary, AB
Join like-minded and passionate health practitioners from across the country for a truly Canadian experience.
Dear Friends and Colleagues
On the behalf of the program committee for the upcoming Canadian Burn Conference (Halifax 2022), we would like you to save the date for attending for the annual Canadian Burn Conference. I encourage you to consider joining like-minded and passionate health practitioners from across the country for a truly Canadian experience.
Please stay tuned for further information as to the structure and content of the program as it takes shape, and don’t hesitate to contact me directly with any ideas or suggestions. Please feel free to forward this message to any individual who might be interested in attending the conference. Looking forward to welcoming you to the 2022 Canadian Burn Conference in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Shar Shahrokhi & Jack Rasmussen
(Program co-chairs on the behalf of the Program committee)
Hot Topics
- Multidisciplinary Keynote Speakers
- Dedicated session on paediatric and geriatric burn care
- Anesthetic Considerations in Burn Surgery
- Beyond the Burn: psycho-social needs and care for patients and their families
- Breakout sessions for rehabilitation, nursing and nutrition, researcher and quality assurance, and first responders
- Clinical Cases – Acute and secondary reconstructive cases
- Use of Technology to Advanced Wound Care
Program Directors
Shahriar Shahrokhi MD FRCSC FACS
Attending Surgeon, Ross Tilley Burn Centre
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
Program Chair & Strategic Planning
Canadian Burn Association
Jack Rasmussen MD FRCSC
Assistant Professor Department of Medicine
Dalhousie University
Burn Unit Director
QEII Health Sciences Centre
Nova Scotia Health
Program Committee
Lindsay Burnett (Nursing)
Nancy Coutris (Dietitian)
Dr. Joel Fish (Pediatric Burn Care)
Charis Kelly (Pediatric Burn Care)
Dr. Claudia Malic (Quality Assurance)
Dr. Marc Jeschke (Research)
Dr. Sarvesh Logsetty (CBA President)
Dr. Joshua Wong (ABLS)
Dr. M. Godleski (Rehabilitation Medicine)
Lisa Forbes (Rehabilitation Medicine)
Dr. M. Boyle (Psycho-social)
Janna DiPinto (Psycho-social)
Michael Seltzer (Firefighters)
Other Conferences
British Burn Association Annual Meeting
May 4th-6th, 2022
Endorsed by the:
More About Us
The Canadian Burn Association is a scientific and educational association dedicated to improving burn care, supporting research, and preventing burn injuries.
Find a Burn Centre
Burn Centres across Canada are at the forefront of care from the initial injury, during hospitalization and rehabilitation, and in the long-term recovery and adaptation throughout the life course. This list includes the websites and contact information for centres in Canadian cities.
Association Membership
CBA Membership has its privileges. All members receive access to the annual Canadian Burn Conference and to special association events and programs as part of their membership fee.
The CBA strives to be diverse. equitable. inclusive.
Our Vision
The Canadian Burn Association will strive to advance the practice and provision of burn care in Canada by collaboratively addressing the burn care community’s needs, rooted in evidence while respecting cultural and regional diversity.
Our Mission
We are a scientific and educational association dedicated to improving burn care, supporting research, and preventing burn injuries. Together, we will work towards these goals through multidisciplinary support with members that reflect the burn care team’s spectrum, including first responders and burn survivors.
We are committed to advancing best practices, developing burn organization on provincial and federal levels, and implementing a mass casualty management plan. The CBA is critical for our vast Canadian healthcare landscape, and we will strive to improve outcomes for burn patients and survivors. Essential to our Vision and Mission is building an equitable, diverse, and inclusive community that promotes respect for all.
We mean everyone
Equity. Diversity. Inclusion. We are greater together. To effectively advance burn care in Canada, we need members that reflect the patients we serve and Canada. Everyone is welcome.
What we do…
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Finished Projects
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Hours of Work
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