After a 28-year military career, Bob joined BRC in San Antonio, Texas. His job included the analysis of severe crashes, most notably STS-107 Space Shuttle Columbia. He has been recognized for his original research and contributions to books on aviation and space medicine. He will be inducted into the Canadian Hall of Fame in September 2026.

Teamwork, clinical excellence and performance under pressure have been paramount to Dr. John Froh’s decades-long career in emergency and transport medicine.
Whether calmly leading teams through mass-casualty incidents or helping lead the Saskatchewan Health Authority’s COVID-19 pandemic response, Dr. Froh knows that it takes the skilled hands of many to save a life.

After obtaining a Bachelor of Science at the University of Regina, he completed his medical degree followed by residencies in family and emergency medicine at the University of Saskatchewan. In 2025 he obtained his MBA from Queen’s and Cornell Universities.

Dr. Froh has enjoyed his clinical practice of emergency and trauma care as Attending Emergency Physician and Attending Trauma Service Physician in the Departments of Emergency Medicine and Surgery with the Saskatchewan Health Authority in Saskatoon.

Dr. Froh joined the STARS team in 2012 as a transport physician and medical director of the then newly opened Saskatoon base, helping to ensure the clinical care and movement of critically ill and injured patients throughout the province.

He moved into the role of Chief Medical Officer for STARS in 2022 playing an integral role in enhancing the clinical and education practice at STARS.
Dr. Froh has enjoyed contributing to leadership teams throughout his career; prior to him joining STARS, he was the Deputy Chief Medical Officer with the Saskatchewan Health Authority and previously as Area Chief of Staff in Saskatoon.

In 2021 he received the prestigious Dr. Dennis A. Kendel Distinguished Service Award for outstanding contributions to physician leadership and to physician engagement in quality improvements in health care in Saskatchewan.

When not helping to save lives, Dr. Froh loves spending time his wife and three children on his acreage. He enjoys basketball, outdoor cooking and is a car enthusiast.

David Jerome is a CCFP(EM) trained Emergency Physician working full time with the Canadian Armed Forces. He was the founding president of the Canadian Association of Wilderness Medicine, and continues to serve on the Association’s Board of Directors. He is in the process of completing a Masters in Disaster Medicine. His research interests focus on the management of trauma in austere conditions, and triage during mass casualty incidents.

Sean has made of career balancing work as a rural and remote emergency physician with expedition medicine and outdoor pursuits. He has climbed and worked widely across North and South America, Africa, Europe and Asia. He is Associate professor of emergency medicine at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine University, Chief of Staff at Lake of the Woods District Hospital, and Northern Medical Director at Ornge Transport.

Brodie 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 and Director of FIRST60: Prehospital, Trauma, Resuscitation Sciences at Unity Health Toronto. Dr. Nolan also Chairs the Research and Scholarly Activities Committee at Ornge. He is the PI on the SWiFT Canada study, exploring the efficacy of whole blood in the Canadian prehospital environment.

25 years ago, in a Twin Otter at 10 000’, with a crashing patient & frozen IV lines, Dr. Kavi Singh learned 2 things:
1. Body heat & armpits were ineffective at thawing IV lines at -30C
2. His training had not set him up for success in the harsh reality of austere
medical care in N. Quebec.

Subsequent attempts to find solutions using the medical training paradigms of the day resulted in little change and large frustration.

An epiphany occurred when he realized that, for high stress situations, his sport training in white water kayaking and combat sport was much more structured than his medical training.

Spurred on by his need to get better or get out, he applied performance training principles from sport, aviation and music to acute care medicine.

The dramatic success of this cross disciplinary exchange led to the realization that for performance under pressure, 'This was the Way’.

Taking these lessons to heart, after working for 15 years, Kavi returned to residency for an EM fellowship, with the primary goal of advancing and modernizing acute care education.

Dr. Joan Saary is the Director of the Division of Occupational Medicine in the University of Toronto’s Department of Medicine. With unique expertise in aerospace and dive medicine she consultants to various organizations including the Canadian Armed Forces and the Canadian Space Agency. She is spearheading Aerospace Medicine training initiatives.

Dr. Bruce Sawadsky is the Chief Medical Officer at Ornge and has over 20 years of experience within the Ontario provincial air ambulance program. His primary focus is clinical care provided in austere environments, such as transport and disaster medicine, as well as the measurement of quality of care and simulation-based training.