Division of Emergency Medicine

John W. Opie

BSc, MD, CCFP(EM)

Assistant Clinical Professor, Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine

905.521.2100 X73547
opiejohn@hhsc.ca

 

1200 Main Street West, Room 2Q39
Hamilton, ON
L8N 3Z5

Education and Professional Standing

  • CCFP(EM) University of Western Ontario, 1995
  • CCFP University of Ottawa, 1994
  • MD University of Western Ontario, 1992
  • BSc (Biology) University of Western Ontario, 1987

Current Activities

Dr Opie has been a Staff Physician at Hamilton Health Sciences since 1995. He is currently the Division Director for the Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Family Medicine.

Clinical interests include continuous quality improvement through the Death Review process at Hamilton Health Sciences.

Selected Publications

  1. Worster A, Sharma S, Mookadam F, Opie J. Acute presentation of choriocarcinaoma: a case study and review of the literature. CJEM 2002; Vol.4:111-114.
  2. Hill S, Devereaux PJ, Griffith L, Opie J, McQueen M, Panju A, Stanton E, Guyatt G. Can troponin I measurements predict short-term serious cardiac outcomes in patients presenting to the emergency department with possible acute coronary syndrome? CJEM 2004; Vol 6:22-30.
  3. Worster A, Devereaux PJ, Heels-Ansdell D, Guyatt GH, Opie J, Mookadam F, Hill SA. Capability of ischemia-modified albumin to predict serious cardiac outcomes in the short term among patients with potential acute coronary syndrome. CMAJ 2005: VOL 172:1685-90.