Edgar Hockman
MD, FRCPC
Dr. Hockmann's academic focus is on the development and teaching of point of care ultrasound in the clinical setting. To this end he has pursued an advanced degree (University of Toronto Master Teacher Program). He also holds American board certification for perioperative echocardiography and is a testamur for the Examination of Special Competence with the American board of echocardiography.
At the University of Toronto, Dr. Hockmann has been a pioneer in the education of point of care ultrasound within critical care and anesthesia. He developed, deployed and peer tested the first point of care ultrasound curriculum within the division of critical care medicine. He has developed and offered the first point of care ultrasound elective rotation for critical care medicine and anesthesia. He deployed the first hospital based curriculum for point of care ultrasound for anesthesia trainees at the University of Toronto and is currently involved in the process with others to develop and deploy a multi-site, holistic competence and portfolio based curriculum for point of care ultrasound for the anesthesia trainees.
Dr. Hockmann has established a reputation as an expert in the field of point of care ultrasound as is demonstrated by over 20 invited lectures at the national level. He is a writing member of the Canadian Training Guidelines for point of care ultrasound education and maintenance of competence.
He holds six resident-voted teaching awards in the fields of anesthesia and critical care medicine.
Dr Hockmann believes in developing and providing meaningful clinical instruction to already graduated and practicing clinicians. He serves as core faculty for the Emergency Critical Care Airway Management course. ECCAM is a not for profit course which provides the cognitive approach and skills to providers who deal with the emergent airway.
Recent Publications
- Arntfield R, Millington S, Ainsworth C, Arora R, Boyd J, Finlayson G, Gallagher W, Gebhardt C, Goffi A, Hockman E, Kirkpatrick A, McDermid R, Waechter J, Wong N, Zavalkoff S, Beaulieu Y. Canadian recommendations for critical care ultrasound training and competency. Can Respir J. 2014 Nov;21(6):341-345.
- Wolff R, Cohen G, Peterson C, Wong S, Hockman E, Lo J, Strauss BH, Cohen EA. MitraClip for papillary muscle rupture in patient with cardiogenic shock. Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 2014 Nov;88(24).
- Wong SS, Hockmann E, Moussa F, Bertram S. Bullet embolization from the right internal jugular vein to the right ventricle. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2013 Aug 27;27(4):e 45-46.
Appointments
Attending Staff, Anesthesia, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center
Attending Staff, Critical Care Medicine, Scarborough General Hospital
Honours and Awards
Name: Dr. Bob Mackenzie Teaching Award
Description:
2011, 2012, 2014 - Department of Anesthesia, Faculty of Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre.
Best overall teacher as voted by all residents rotating through site.
Name: Best Teacher, Affiliated community site.,
Description:
2013, 2014 - Critical Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto. (Postgraduate MD, Specialty: critical care medicine). Best Teacher in Critical Care Medicine at an affiliated community site as voted by the residents.
Name: Junior Attending Clinical Teaching Award
Description:
2010 - Department of Anesthesia, Faculty of Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. (Postgraduate MD, Core Program)
Best teacher amongst junior staff as voted by the residents.
Courses
Course Number: Sunnybrook Anesthesia Point of Care Ultrasound Program
Course Name: Executive member and Site Director
Course Number: Emergency and Critical Care Airway Course (ECCAM)
Course Name: Educational executive
Course Number: Ultrasound Guided Central Venous Access
Course Name: Anesthesia Core Residency Curriculum/ Winter Arrhythmia School/Grand rounds Regional Hospitals
Course Number: Monitors
Course Name: Anesthesia Residency Core Curriculum
Course Number: Fluids and Electrolytes
Course Name: Anesthesia Residency Core Curriculum
Course Number: Point of Care Ultrasound
Course Name: Winfocus CCUSi CAS University of Toronto Critical Care and Anesthesia
Course Number: The Heart From Form to Function
Course Name: U of T senior human biology undergraduate students