Dr. Edmund Kwok

Dr. Edmund Kwok

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Dr. Edmund Kwok MD, MHA, MSc, FRCPC
Associate Professor
TOH DEM Roles:
Director, Quality Improvement & Patient Safety (QIPS) Program, Department of Emergency Medicine
Medical Director, Quality & Patient Safety, The Ottawa Hospital

Site: The Ottawa Hospital (TOH)



Biography

Medical school

  • Queen’s University (2006)

Residency

  • Royal College Emergency Medicine, University of Ottawa (2011)

Academic Focus

  • Quality Improvement, Patient Safety and Health Administration

Award Highlights

  • Physician Leadership Award Certificate, The Ottawa Hospital Excellence Awards (April 2019)
  • Dr. Adam Cwinn Excellence in Quality and Safety Awards, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Ottawa (June 2016)
  • Professor/Teacher of the Year, Master of Health Administration (MHA) Program, Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa (December 2014)

Selected Publications

  • Richard T. Griffey, Ryan M. Schneider, Edmund S.H. Kwok, Keith E. Kocher, Ellen Salmo, Laura Watson, April Rick, Tamara Clavet, Carrie Smith, Catie Guarnaccia, Rachel Ancona. Multicenter Trial of the Emergency Department Trigger Tool. Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2025. ISSN 0196-0644. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annemergmed.2025.06.613
  • Newton H, Kwok ESH, Standing S, Vu PH, Thiruganasambandamoorthy V. The impact of language barriers on patient care in the emergency department. CJEM. 2025 Nov 3. doi: 10.1007/s43678-025-01046-6. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41184602.
  • Griffey RT, Schneider RM, Kocher KE, Kwok ESH, Salmo E, Malone N, Smith C, Guarnacia C, Rick A, Clavet T, Asaro P, Merlin R, Todorov AA. The emergency department trigger tool: Multicenter trigger query validation. Acad Emerg Med. 2024;00:1-12. doi:10.1111/acem.14873
  • Kwok ESH, Clapham G, Calder-Sprackman S. The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Emergency Department Visits at a Canadian Academic Tertiary Care Center. West J Emerg Med. 2021;22(4):851-859. Published 2021 Jul 19. doi:10.5811/westjem.2021.2.49626
  • Calder-Sprackman S, Clapham G, Kandlah T, Choi-Foo J, Aggarwal S, Sweet J, Abdukarim K, Price C, Thiruganasambandamoorthy V, Kwok ESH. The impact of adoption of an electronic health record on emergency physician work: a time motion study. JACEP Open 2021;2:e12362 https://doi.org/10.1002/emp2.12362
  • Kwok ESH, Clapham G, White S, Austin M, Calder LA. Development and implementation of a standardised emergency department intershift handover tool to improve physician communication. BMJ Open Quality 2020;9:e000780. doi:10.1136/bmjoq-2019-000780
  • Kwok ESH. Inadequacy of current morbidity and mortality review activities: evolution of a time-honored tradition needed. (Invited Editorial) Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety 2017;43(1):3-4
  • Kwok ESH, Calder LA, Barlow-Krelina E, Mackie C, Seely AJE, Cwinn AA, Worthington JR, Frank JR. Implementation of a structured hospital-wide morbidity and mortality rounds model. BMJ Qual Saf 2016; online first: doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2016-005459
  • Kwok ESH, Geymonat C, Peters K, et al. A novel emergency department surge protocol: implementation of a targeted response plan. J Clin Outcomes Manag 2015;22:495-503
  • Kwok ES, Howes D.  Use of methylene blue in sepsis: a systematic review. J Intensive Care Med 2006; 21:359-363

Personal interests

“If you’re the smartest person in the room, you’re in the wrong room.”

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Updated - June 2026