
Faculty Member
Valerie Krym MD MPH CCFP(EM) FCFP
- Email Address(es)
- v.krym@utoronto.ca
- Office Phone
- 416 480 4037
- Office Address
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre 2075 Bayview Avenue, C753 Toronto, Ontario M4N 3N5
- Curriculum Vitae
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- Division(s)/Office
- Clinical Public Health Division
- Position
- Associate Professor
- Appointment Status
- Status Only
Education & Training History
Degrees
Master of Public Health (MPH) – Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Specialty: Global Health / Health Care Management; June 1999
Doctor of Medicine (MD) – McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; May 1993
Bachelor of Nursing Science (BScN) – University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; May 1987
Registered Nurse (RN) Diploma – Red Deer College, Red Deer, Alberta, Canada; June 1984
Postgraduate Training
Emergency Medicine Residency – University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; 1995-6
Family Medicine Residency – University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; 1993-4
Postgraduate Medical Certifications
Fellow (FCFP) – College of Family Physicians of Canada; June 2005
Certification of Special Competence in Emergency Medicine (CCFP-EM) – College of Family Physicians of Canada; Sept 1997
Certification in Family Medicine (CCFP) – College of Family Physicians of Canada; June 1995
Other Professional Training
Health Emergencies in Large Populations (HELP) Program – International Committee of the Red Cross / World Health Organization / Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Physician Management Institute Leadership Training Program – Canadian Medical Association, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Part III – Negotiation and conflict management: vital skills for succes
Part IV – Change management: successful planning and implementation
International Delegate Training Program – Canadian Red Cross, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Physician Management Institute Leadership Training Program – Canadian Medical Association, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Part I – Effective management and leadership begins with self awareness
Part II – High-performance teams need inspirational leaders
Other Affiliations
- Public Health Council, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- International Advisory Board, Patan Academy of Health Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal
- Organizing Committee, Canadian Conference on Global Health, Canadian Society for International Health, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Governance Committee, International Federation for Emergency Medicine, West Melbourne, Australia
- Core Curriculum and Education Committee, International Federation for Emergency Medicine, West Melbourne, Australia
- Task Force on Access and Availability of Emergency Care; World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland (conducted jointly with International Federation for Emergency Medicine)
- Global Health Education Institute Advisory Committee, Dalla Lana School of Public Health and Post-Graduate Medical Education, Office of the Deputy Dean, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Professional Summary & Appointments
Dr. Valerie Krym is a specialist in emergency medicine and has a Master of Public Health degree (International Health) from Harvard University. Dr. Krym has worked in academic teaching centers and held academic appointments in both emergency medicine and public health in Canada. Her areas of expertise include emergency medicine in the developing world, global health, and vector-borne disease.
Dr. Krym practices emergency medicine at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and is an Associate Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine and the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. She is a founding Executive Board Member of the African Federation for Emergency Medicine, and sits on the Core Curriculum and Education, Clinical Practice, and Governance Committees of the International Federation for Emergency Medicine. She is a former member of the Board of Directors for a large Canadian non-governmental organization, and helped lead that NGO’s response to the 2004 tsunami affecting the Indian Ocean basin. She also has a number of peer-reviewed publications related to international emergency medicine and public health.
Dr. Krym received the title of “Visiting Professor” from the University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca in recognition of her work in helping promote and develop Emergency Medicine in Romania, and was last year’s recipient of the Faculty Award for Excellence in International and Global Health at the University of Toronto.
Honours & Awards
Faculty Award for Excellence in International and Global Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada in recognition of “outstanding contributions in leadership and education in a Global Health context”; April 2012
Visiting Professor, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Iuliu Hatieganu”, Cluj-Napoca, Romania in recognition of “helping the development of emergency medicine as a specialty in Romania”; Dec 2006
Certificate of Excellence (Silver Level), Public Sector Quality – Government of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada in recognition of “new program development and intergovernmental / agency partnerships”; Oct 2006
Paul Harris Fellow Award – Rotary International; Nov 2005
University Teaching Award – Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; 2003
University Teaching Award – Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; 2002
Current Research Projects
Dr. Krym is currently active in Nepal and Rwanda, carrying out needs assessments to help Emergency Medicine as a specialty and formulating Public Health governance and program development. Her recently completed needs assessments were received by national government and academic leadership, and are being used by these agencies to act as a basis for muliti-stakeholder (government, NGO, academic) program development in these areas.
Representative Publications
- VF Krym, RD MacDonald. Infectious and Communicable Diseases; in RD MacDonald, R Burgess (eds): Caroline’s Emergency Care in the Streets, 1st Canadian Edition. Sudbury: Jones and Bartlett, 2010.
- RD MacDonald, VF Krym. West Nile Virus: A primer for family physicians. Canadian Family Physician 2005;51:833-7.
- VF Krym, RD MacDonald. Needs assessment and staff education as tools to effect long-term change in emergency medicine in rural Nepal. Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine 2004;6(4):266-70.
- VF Krym, RD MacDonald. Global efforts to eradicate polio. Canadian Medical Association Journal 2004;170(2):189-90.
- VF Krym, RD MacDonald. Safe water for travelers. Canadian Medical Association Journal 2003;169(4):317-8.