Dr. Bernard Lawless practices general surgery, traumatology and critical care medicine at St. Michael’s Hospital and is also the Provincial Lead for Critical Care and Trauma at Critical Care Services Ontario. In this role he oversees activity under the provincial Critical Care Strategy, work being done on provincial trauma systems organization and is actively involved in policy and strategy development in other program areas such as Wait Times, Surge Capacity Planning and Transplantation. He has a special interest in program evaluation as it relates to initiatives of the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care as well as in areas of health policy development, and holds a Master’s degree in Health Science (Health Policy, Management and Evaluation) at the University of Toronto. Dr. Lawless’ other appointments include Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery, University of Toronto and Assistant Scientist, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute.