2026 Presenters
Below, you’ll find biographies of our incredible speaker line up for the 2026 Trauma Symposium.
Dr. Sheldon Cheskes
Sheldon Cheskes is a Professor of Emergency Medicine at University of Toronto and serves as Medical Director for the Regions of Halton and Peel with the Sunnybrook Centre for Prehospital Medicine. An internationally recognized expert in CPR quality, defibrillation, and cardiac arrest resuscitation, he is a principal investigator for the Canadian Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium (CanROC) and the DOSE VF trial studying advanced defibrillation strategies for refractory ventricular fibrillation.
Dr. Cheskes has published more than 200 manuscripts in leading medical journals, with research that has helped shape resuscitation practices worldwide. His current work also focuses on improving public access defibrillation through community responder programs and drone-delivered AED initiatives.
Dr. Maia Dorsett
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Dr. David Fischer
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Dr. Martin Zielinski
Martin Zielinski is Professor and Chief of Trauma, Bariatrics, and Acute Care Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine, where he oversees adult trauma, emergency general surgery, bariatric surgery, and surgical critical care across multiple Baylor-affiliated hospitals in Houston, Texas. He earned his undergraduate and medical degrees from the University of Minnesota before completing his surgical residency at Mayo Clinic, where he later became the first Professor of Surgery in Mayo’s trauma division.
Dr. Zielinski’s clinical and research interests include leadership development, emergency surgical disease standardization, small bowel obstruction management, and hemorrhagic shock resuscitation. He has published more than 180 peer-reviewed manuscripts, authored numerous book chapters, and co-edited The Acute Management of Surgical Disease.