TODS FEATURED SPEAKER
MEDICAL EMERGENCIES & LEADERSHIP…DENTAL OFFICE TO ER
WELCOME TO THE THUND-ER-DOME
Dr. Chad A. Kim Sing
Session Date: Thursday October 23, 2025
Session Time: 6 PM – 9 PM
Presenter Name: Dr. Chad A. Kim Sing
Outline:
We all know medical emergencies can happen anywhere, anytime including in your office practice. Both preparing and leading yourself, your office and your team for these acute presentations is vital and does not need to cause undue stress. We will use interactive cases and shared experiences to discuss and learn about some acute medical presentations, standard approaches to care, some prudent key interventions and definitive care that happens for these patients in the ER. What will you commit to bring back to your teams and office to enhance your care of the patient and save lives?
#1: Have fun while sharing and learning about acute presentation in the office & what happens in the ER
#2: Prepare and use a team approach to common and acute medical concerns in the office
#3: Enhance your knowledge, confidence and management of acute medical presentations
#4: Up your leadership acumen because it matters everyday and especially in an emergency!
#5 SAVE LIVES
About The Speaker
Dr. Chad A. Kim Sing is an academic Emergency Physician at Vancouver General Hospital (VGH) and the University of British Columbia Hospital (UBCH). He is an associate clinical professor at UBC and executive medical leader, currently serving as Vice President of Medicine and Academic Affairs at Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) Authority. VCH serves more than 1.25M people and operates approximately 20 hospitals, acute care facilities, and urgent and primary care centers with about 25,000 staff and 3,500 medical staff (physicians, dentists, Nurse practitioners and midwives).
Dr. Kim Sing has served as the Department Head and Medical Director of the Emergency Departments of VGH and UBCH which see over 125,000 visits a year. VGH is a tertiary/quaternary academic level 1 trauma center and the provincial referral center for programs including transplant, spine, burns, and stroke.
He has held numerous medical leadership roles including co-leading the VCH COVID-19 pandemic emergency operations center response, serving on the British Columbia Provincial Medical Services Executive Council with the Ministry of Health, and as the VCH lead for the recent provincial Physician Master Agreement (PMA) negotiations. Chad supports regional initiatives including the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion and Wellness programs.
He was the inaugural fellow in 2017 and now Co-Director of the UBC DEM-Mass General Brigham-Harvard physician leadership fellowship and executive lead of the well received innovative VCH Medical Practitioner Occupational Safety and Health (mPOSH) program which serves and supports the occupational, physical and psychological safety needs of medical staff. His leadership acumen is enhanced as an International Coaching Federation (ICF) trained organizational and executive coach.
Chad is energized by medical leadership development, building up others to show up as their best selves, and in bringing vast stakeholders together to advance and improve patient and provider models of care with impactful experiences. A mantra he espouses is relentless decency and he is known for approaching challenges with calm, curiosity, and compassionate leadership.
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