Speakers ResusNL 2026

Christo Motz is a Dutch international expert on hostile environment capabilities & resilience.
He has worked in this field since 1999.

Presently, he advises international companies, government organizations and bodies within the charity and development sector on how they can develop their ability to operate safely and successfully in hostile environments, and to manage crisis situations effectively.

Christo Motz is the author of books and articles as well as the co-editor of leading international magazines on Survival and Acute Emergency Medicine.

For additional information:
www.christomotz.com

Ross is a Consultant Paediatric Surgeon at Sheffield Children’s Hospital, Sheffield, UK. His specialist expertise is in Paediatric Surgical Oncology and Neonatal Surgery. He is also a world-recognised expert in medical presentation skills. He has developed the p cubed approach to presentations and travels frequently to give lectures and run workshops, helping colleagues develop their skills. He rides a road bike slower than you and sings in a rock covers band.

Matt Morgan is a Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine, Honorary Professor for the Public Understanding of Medicine and regular BMJ columnist. He has contributed to >50 scientific articles following his PhD in artificial intelligence. He has spoken at some of the largest book festivals in the world, written articles for diverse publications from The Guardian to Esquire magazine, featured on radio programmes including The Today Program as well as appearing on many television programs from CNN to The BBC. He gave the 2023 Woodridge Lecture, has spoken at The Wellcome Trust and was nominated for the Royal Society’s David Attenborough prize for public engagement. He was listed in the top fifty most influential health tech people in 2024. His first book CRITICAL tells remarkable stories of patients in the intensive care unit. His second book, ONE MEDICINE, explores how understanding animals can help treat human disease. His third book A SECOND ACT, tells the stories of patients after surviving a cardiac arrest and what these can teach us about our own lives. e is a member of the BMJ Commission on the Future of the NHS, ambassador for 2Wish charity, patron for The Humanimal Trust and medical advisor for The National Theatre London’s production of “Nye”, the story of Aneurin Bevan starring Michel Sheen. He lives in Cardiff with his family and loves ice cream.

Dr Ewoud ter Avest is a prehospital- and emergency physician and an assistant professor in Emergency Medicine, currently employed by the University Medical Centre Groningen in the Netherlands, and by London’s Airambulance in the UK. He has enjoyed working in prehospital environments since 2018 with Kent, Surrey and Sussex Airambulance and London HEMS, and combines his clinical work with research in the field of critical- and prehospital care (preferably combined). He is the author of “Expert Life support”, a 300-page evidence based interdisciplinary acute-care textbook that was published last year in Dutch, and that will be published in English as well later this year. When not writing or flying, he can be found running or cycling anywhere, but preferably in the Alps.

Vahé Ender is a Critical Care Paramedic and clinical programs manager at Boston MedFlight, a combined neonatal, pediatric and adult critical care retrieval and trauma team. Additionally, he is a tactical medical provider for a federal special response team, providing medical care in high threat environments. He is actively involved in clinical development, research and quality assurance with a focus on trauma resuscitation, transfusion and prehospital airway management

Dr. Milne is a staff physician at the Strathroy Middlesex General Hospital in Strathroy, Ontario, Canada. He has been doing medical research for 41 years publishing on a variety of topics. Dr. Milne has been working clinically for 30 years and is an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine (Division of Emergency Medicine) and Department of Family Medicine at the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry. He has taught evidence-based medicine (EBM), clinical epidemiology, critical appraisal and biostatistics at Western University in London, Ontario. Dr. Milne is passionate about skepticism and critical thinking. He is the creator of the knowledge translation project, The Skeptics’ Guide to Emergency Medicine (TheSGEM). Dr. Milne completed his MBA at Ivey School of Business in 2025 and has started a DPhil (PhD) at Oxford University on artificial intelligence (AI) and EBM. Ken is married to Barb and has three amazing children.Dr. Milne serves as a senior editor of Academic Emergency Medicine. He has no funding from the pharmaceutical or biomedical device industry. He is on faculty for the Center for Medical Education and EMRAP. Dr. Milne does partake in medical malpractice reviews and does hold a patent on a pediatric resuscitation device.

In daily life, I am a pediatrician-neonatologist at Zuyderland Medical Center since 2008, a large STZ hospital with a major birth center and post-IC-HC unit. Additionally, I serve as a pediatric residency trainer at Zuyderland Medical Center. Since 2007, I have been involved with the Dutch Foundation for Emergency Care for Children (SSHK), where I have had the honor of holding the position of Medical Director since late 2024. Moreover, I teach Newborn Life Support (NLS, course director) and Newborn Advanced Life Support (NALS, course director). I am also actively engaged on both national and international levels in resuscitation education and the development of neonatal resuscitation guidelines as the National Course Director for NLS at the Dutch Resuscitation Council and the European Resuscitation Council.

Laurens Schols is an emergency physician since 2023. He combines his work in the hospital with an employment as airline pilot since 2005 at a Dutch legacy carrier. Creating a “just culture” in hospitals, similar to the safety culture in aviation is one of his great passions. He is a PhD candidate since 2025 at Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands and the institute of medical education research (iMERR, also in Rotterdam). His research focuses on performance feedback about the diagnostic process in the emergency department. In late 2024 he was grated a fellowship at the American Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) for his research.