Dr. Ian Stiell, the first full professor in the Division of Emergency Medicine at the University of Ottawa, has been inducted into the Institute of Medicine of the US National Academy of Sciences. The 1380-member institute has 56 foreign members, and only 3 are from Canada.
Stiell, who is probably best known for his role in developing the Ottawa Ankle Rules, graduated from the University of Western Ontario in 1975 and joined the Emergency Department at the Ottawa Civic Hospital in 1981.
Dr. Garth Dickinson, associate editor of the Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine, says Stiell is responsible for setting a “new standard for the development of clinical decision rules in medicine.”
Figure. Dr. Ian Stiell Photo by: Ottawa Hospital