Dr Edward Harvey, MDCM MSc FRCSC FIOTA FAAOS, is a full professor of surgery at McGill University. He has degrees in biophysics, biomedical science, and medicine, plus has completed multiple clinical fellowships. He is the inaugural recipient of the Michal and Renata Hornstein Chair of Surgical Excellence at McGill and is currently the head of the Surgery and Interventional Sciences program at the MUHC-RI. He has held several prominent national and international positions including president of the Canadian Orthopaedic Association, editor in Chief of the Canadian Journal of Surgery, chair of the program committee of the Orthopaedic Trauma Association, Board of Directors of SICOT, and head of basic science at the OTA. His research focuses on the repair and recovery of the trauma patient. This encompasses fundamental and clinical aspects of healing, including implant and fracture optimization, biosensors, evaluation of novel hardware and surgical approaches to expedite fracture repair, and innovation and business models in surgical discovery. He has founded multiple companies in the sensor, biomedical, and electronics fields- and has held senior management positions at assorted companies.