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Brodie Nolan

MD, MSc

Scientist

Email: Brodie.Nolan@unityhealth.to
Tel: (416) 864-5095
Twitter: @brodie_nolan

Biography

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. He 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 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 principal investigator of a study on the Trauma Black Box, an advanced data capture and analysis platform that identifies safety threats and resilience supports in the trauma bay.

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Recent Publications

  1. Tran, A, Lamb, T, Charette, M, Lanos, C, Durr, K, Glen, P et al.. A comparison of clinical prediction scores for massive traumatic hemorrhage. Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med. 2025;33 (1):181. doi: 10.1186/s13049-025-01499-9. PubMed PMID:41219974 PubMed Central PMC12607193.
  2. Dion, PM, Singh, K, Coleby, J, Beckett, A, Lampron, J, McGowan, M et al.. Blood transfusion training for prehospital providers: a scoping review. Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med. 2025;33 (1):134. doi: 10.1186/s13049-025-01440-0. PubMed PMID:40745553 PubMed Central PMC12312356.
  3. Harish, V, Postill, G, Al-Haimus, F, McGowan, M, Pavenski, K, Beckett, A et al.. Adherence to local rotational thromboelastometry recommendations in the care of trauma patients: A retrospective cohort study. Transfusion. 2025;65 (9):1716-1727. doi: 10.1111/trf.18349. PubMed PMID:40739783 PubMed Central PMC12432809.
  4. von Vopelius-Feldt, J, Persaud, A, Jones, S, Drennan, I, Cheskes, S, FIRST60 Investigators et al.. Hemothorax and needle thoracostomies in prehospital traumatic cardiac arrest: An autopsy series of 172 cases. Resusc Plus. 2025;25 :101012. doi: 10.1016/j.resplu.2025.101012. PubMed PMID:40688253 PubMed Central PMC12270726.
  5. Stephenson, R, Sarhangian, V, Cheskes, S, Turner, L, Nolan, B, Drennan, I et al.. Feasibility and optimization of a second-tier prehospital critical care response for major trauma in a North American urban and suburban area: A geospatial analysis and modelling study. Am J Emerg Med. 2025;97 :35-44. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2025.07.025. PubMed PMID:40680489 .
  6. Dion, PM, Pan, A, Beckett, A, Singh, K, Greene, A, Benhamed, A et al.. Prehospital transfusion training in Canada: a national survey of critical care transport organizations. Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med. 2025;33 (1):114. doi: 10.1186/s13049-025-01435-x. PubMed PMID:40598343 PubMed Central PMC12211276.
  7. Nazir, A, Shore, EM, Dumas, RP, Fitzgerald, C, McGowan, M, Keown-Stoneman, C et al.. A comparative analysis of the STAT taxonomy and T-NOTECHS for assessing trauma team non-technical skills: A secondary analysis using trauma video review. Injury. 2025;56 (9):112537. doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2025.112537. PubMed PMID:40588430 .
  8. Nolan, B, Schellenberg, M, Ball, CG, Vogt, KN, Nantais, J. Evidence Based Reviews in Surgery: a critical appraisal of whole blood resuscitation in injured patients. Can J Surg. 2025;68 (3):E271-E273. doi: 10.1503/cjs.009924. PubMed PMID:40533254 PubMed Central PMC12180917.
  9. von Vopelius-Feldt, J, Nolan, B, Drennan, I, Buick, J, Shah, S, Price, J et al.. Air Transport Medicine: From the Field. Air Med J. 2025;44 (3):171-173. doi: 10.1016/j.amj.2025.02.003. PubMed PMID:40419314 .
  10. Meadows, J, Buick, JE, Nolan, B. Assessing the need for blood transfusion in patients with haemorrhage transported by air ambulance in Northern Ontario. Can J Rural Med. 2025;30 (2):63-70. doi: 10.4103/cjrm.cjrm_24_24. PubMed PMID:40366285 .
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Affiliations & Other Activities

  • Emergency Physician and Trauma Team Leader, St. Michael’s Hospital
  • Transport Medicine Physician, Ornge
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto