Canadian Burn Conference 2026
SCHEDULE AT-A-GLANCE
October 1-3, 2026
Venue: Ottawa Marriott Hotel
Theme: “New Horizons in Canadian Burn Care”
Pre-conference (Thursday, October 1)
08:00–16:00: Registration Open
08:00–12:00: ABLS Live Provider Course
09:00–13:00: ABLS Instructor Course (Presented by Dr. J. Wong and Dr. S. Logsetty)
16:00–18:00: CBA Board Meeting (Invite Only)
Day 1 (Friday, October 2)
6:45–7:15: Exhibitor Setup
7:15–8:00: Lite Breakfast and Registration – Sponsored by Integra LifeSciences
8:00–8:10: Opening Remarks
8:10–8:20: Fire Chief Intro, Honour Guard, and National Anthem
8:20–9:25: General Session
• Speaker: Dr. Monty Ghosh – Addiction & Pain Medicine in Burn Patients
9:25–10:30: General Session
• Speaker/Panel: Trauma and Burn
• Dr. A. Papp: Introduction
• Dr. P. Engels: Existing State of Trauma and Burn Systems Across Canada
• Dr. S. Logsetty: Abdominal Compartment Syndrome: Risks and Prevention
• Dr. L. Cancio: Combined Injuries in the Military Setting
10:30–10:50: Break and Connect with Sponsors – Sponsored by Korfit Medical Inc.
10:50–12:30: General Session
• Mini-Oral Presentations (Co-Chairs: Dr. Shahrokhi and Dr. Izadpanah)
12:30–13:30: Lunch & Symposium – Sponsored by Urgo
• 12:30–13:00: Lunch
• 13:00–13:30: Symposium: The wait is over: Vashe pHA, now in a gel form!
Dr. Ali Izadpanah, M.D., F.R.C.S., Associate Professor of Surgery, University of Montreal
Medical and Surgical Director, Regional Burn Centre and Centre d’expertise pour victimes de brûlures graves de l’Ouest du Québec (CEVBGOQ)
13:30–15:00: Breakout Sessions
• Room 1: Operation National Spark: A National Burn Mass Casualty Incident Tabletop Exercise (Danielle Fuchko, ABA Canadian Region Burn Disaster Coordinator; Jayme Paterson, Manager, Toronto Medical Planning Team & Moira Hennebury, Manager, Emergency Preparedness, both with Sunnybrook’s Emergency Management)
• Room 2: Rehab Didactic (Dr. M. Godleski, Stephanie Schetzsle)
Addressing mobility barriers in the Burn Intensive Care Unit (Lauren Vanderlelie, MSc, PT & Julianna Kuryluk, MSc, OT, Hamilton Health Sciences)
Acute Care Management of Severe Frostbite – A proposal on how to standardize care (Stephanie Schetzsle BPE, MscOT Edmonton)
Firefighters Burn Treatment Unit
Abstracts:
-Exploring the Inpatient Burn Rehabilitation Population: Injury Specific Factors and Social Determinants of Health (Shira Petcho, MSc.OT, OT Reg. (Ont.), Sunnybrook – St. John’s Rehab Campus)
-YouTube as an Educational Resource for Post-Burn Rehabilitation: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Video Quality and Accuracy (Salem AlShammari, MD, MSc, Dalhousie University)
-Evolution of the Canadian Frostbite Care Network (Dasha Shalin, RN from West Parry Sound Health Centre)
-Exploring an Association between Postburn Pruritus and Anxiety, Depression or Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis using Bradford Hill Criteria (Sandra Bojic, BHSC; MD Candidate (2027), University of Ottawa)
15:00–15:20: Break and Connect with Sponsors – Sponsored by Recovery Garment Centre, Inc.
15:20–16:00: General Session
• Presidential Plenary
• Speaker: Dr. C. Malic / Dr. A. Papp Introduction
16:00–16:30: Sponsor Symposium, New Horizons in Canadian Burn Care with Fish Skin Technology. Presented by: RAJIV SOOD, M.D., FACS – Sponsored by Coloplast
16:30–18:30: SkinCeuticals Discussion – Invite Only
• Led by Dr. S. Logsetty
19:00–24:00: Evening Social – Queen St. Fare
Day 2 (Saturday, October 3)
08:15–09:00: Lite Breakfast and Registration – Sponsored by Prevor Toxicology
08:30–08:35: General Session / Morning Remarks
08:35–09:50: General Session, Pediatric Session: They are not just little adults!
• Speaker: Charis Kelly, Dr. S. Hynes, Dr. J. Fish
9:50-10:15: General Session, Management of Burn Wound Infections in an Era of Multi-drug Resistance
• Speaker: Dr. S. Smith
10:15–10:40 : General Session, Reconstruction
• Speaker: Dr. J. Rasmussen
10:40–11:00: Break and Connect with Sponsors – Sponsored by Lumenis
11:00–11:15: General Session, ABA Presentation
• Speaker: Dr. Leopoldo Cancio
11:15–11:45: General Session
• Speaker: Burn Survivor, Kelley Laflamme
11:45–12:05: General Session, CBA Business Meeting
• Dr. A. Papp
12:05–13:05: Lunch & Symposium, BTM in Complex Wound Reconstruction: Applications and Outcomes – Sponsored by PolyNovo
• 12:05–12:35: Lunch
• 12:35–13:05: Symposium
13:05–14:35: Breakout Sessions
• Room 1: Firefighter’s Session, EV battery fires and tactics/EMMrGNSi Study (Owen Chatwin, Quinn Kennedy)
• Room 2: Rehab Hands-On Workshops (Stephanie Schetzsle, Dr. M. Godleski)
–Edema Management (Shira Petcho, MSc.OT, OT Reg. (Ont.), Sunnybrook Health Science Centre – St. John’s Rehab & Billie Alagas-Remzi, OT Reg. (Ont.), MSc, Sunnybrook Health Science Centre – St. John’s Rehab)
–We got a 3D Printer – Now What? Practical beginner tips for therapists (Ben Badgero, OT Reg. (MB) Burns Clinical Specialist, Health Sciences Centre – Winnipeg)
-“Ask a Surgeon” station for small group open Q+A on burn surgery topics (Dr. Shahrokhi)
• Room 3: Nursing (Allison Ziegler)
14:35–14:55: Break and Connect with Sponsors – Sponsored by Lumenis
14:55–15:45: General Session – Top Abstracts: Plenary Research Session
• Top 7 Abstracts – Dr. A. Morzycki
15:45–16:00: Closing Remarks (2027 Announcement)
16:00–16:30: Exhibitor Tear Down
Program Chair:
Dr. Josh Wong
Program Co-chairs:
Dr. Alex Morzycki
Allison Ziegler
Program Committee
Dr. Matthew Godleski (Burn Physiatrist, Toronto, ON)
Dr. Joel Fish (Pediatric Burn Director, Toronto, ON)
Charis Kelly (Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Toronto, ON)
Dr. Sally Hynes (BC Children’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC)
Dr. Jack Rasmussen (Burn Director, Halifax, NS)
Dr. Sarvesh Logsetty (Burn Director, Winnipeg, MN)
Dr. Monty Ghosh (Addiction and Pain Medicine, Calgary, AB)
Dr. Anthony Papp (Burn Director, Vancouver, BC)
Danielle Fuchko (Clinical Nurse Educator, Calgary, AB)
Lindsay Burnett (Nurse Practitioner, Calgary, AB)
Dr. David Wallace (Ross Tilley Burn Center, Toronto, ON)
Owen Chatwin (President EFBTS, Firefighter, Edmonton, AB)
Quinn Kennedy (Secretary EFBTS, Firefighter, IAFF, Edmonton AB)
Stephanie Schetszle (Burn OT, Edmonton, AB)
Dr. Claudia Malic (CHEO Burn Director, Ottawa, ON)
Dr. Shar Sharokhi (McMaster Burn Unit, Hamilton, ON)
Dr. Eduardo Gus (SickKids, Toronto, ON)
Dr. Ali Izadpanah (CHUM, U de M, Montreal, QC)
Dr. Leopoldo Cancio (President, ABA, Ft Sam Houston, TX)