Dr. Upadhye is an Associate Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine (EM) at McMaster University (Hamilton Ontario Canada).  He is the current Chair of the Standards Committee for the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians.  He is also the inaugural Regional Research Lead for Emergency Medicine for Niagara Health Systems (Ontario Canada).  He is a published researcher in a number of EM topics, including sepsis care and ED opioid prescribing.  He is a founding deputy chair of the McMaster Best Evidence in Emergency Medicine (BEEM) program, a global initiative in EM knowledge translation since 2005.