Biography
Medical school
- Queen’s University (2001)
Residency
- Queen’s University – Family Medicine/Emergency Medicine (2004)
Academic Focus
- Advocacy
- Emergency Medicine Imaging
- EM Ultrasound
Selected Publications
- Worrall JC, Hendin A, Kanji S. Just say no to metered dose inhalers. CJEM. 2025
May;27(5):317-318. doi: 10.1007/s43678-025-00918-1. PMID: 40354023. - Hamel C, Avard B, Dea N, Margau R, Mattar A, Michaud A, Schmidt M, Volders D,
Witiw C, Worrall J, Murphy A. Canadian Association of Radiologists Central Nervous System Diagnostic Imaging Referral Guideline. Can Assoc Radiol J. 2025 Jan 30:8465371241311247. doi: 10.1177/08465371241311247. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39882774. - Worrall, JC, Perry, JJ. Carotid PoCUS and the search for the needle in the chest pain haystack. Can J Emerg Med (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43678-024-00733-0
- Worrall JC, Al-Dujaili H, Macdonald DB. Just the facts: radiation from CT scanning. CJEM. 2024 Sep;26(9):619-621. doi: 10.1007/s43678-024-00714-3. Epub 2024 May 27. PMID: 38802559.
- Hamel C, Avard B, Isaac N, Jassal D, Kirkpatrick I, Leipsic J, Michaud A, Worrall J,
Nguyen ET. “Canadian Association of Radiologists Cardiovascular Imaging Referral
Guideline”. Can Assoc Radiol J. 2024 May 11:8465371241246425. doi:
10.1177/08465371241246425. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38733286. - Worrall JC, Atkinson P. “Waiting to die: the hidden pandemic of ED crowding and
excess mortality.” CJEM 2023; 25 (9): 722-723. PMID: 37581704 - Worrall JC, Bakewell FW, Rosenberg H. “When the patient wishes to leave”, CJEM
2023; 25 (1): 3-4. PMID: 36617615 - Kadhim-Saleh, Amjed, Worrall JC, Taljaard M, Gatien M, Perry JJ. “Self-awareness of computed tomography ordering in the emergency department”. CJEM 2018 Mar;20(2):275-283. PMID: 28673374
- Worrall JC, Jama S, Stiell IG. “Radiation Doses to Emergency Department Patients
Undergoing Computed Tomography” CJEM 2014; 16(6): 477-84. PMID: 24192301
Personal Quote
"I am a passionate advocate for access to emergency care. I have worked with the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians public affairs committee, had numerous media appearances, and have several publications advocating for better access to emergency care and reduced ED crowding.
I am also an advocate for sustainable healthcare delivery and planetary health.
My academic work has focussed on rationale utilization of imaging in emergency medicine, radiation exposure from CT scanning, and point-of-care ultrasound. "
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Updated - June 2026