This recording captures Dr. Rob Cartotto’s keynote address from Phoenix World Burn Congress 2025, exploring the powerful role compassion plays in burn recovery and community. Through stories of burn survivors and burn care professionals—spanning both past and present—Dr. Cartotto reflects on the relationships that help people navigate healing, resilience, and life after burn injury.
Centered on empathy, connection, and shared experience, this keynote highlights how compassionate care and peer support can strengthen recovery for survivors, loved ones, and the professionals who walk alongside them. Whether you are part of the burn community personally or professionally, this session offers meaningful insight into the lasting impact of human connection throughout the recovery journey.
Meet Your Speaker
Dr. Rob Cartotto
Dr. Rob Cartotto is a Phoenix Society board member, recently retired burn surgeon, Past President of the American Burn Association, and a Professor in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery, at the University of Toronto, Canada. Rob continues to be involved in the development of clinical practice guidelines for burn care and hopes to continue to strengthen the connection between Phoenix Society and the American Burn Association.
Outside of his work, Rob enjoys being at his cabin north of Toronto rather than the city, where he likes to paint in his art studio. He and his wife Marianne have one son, Thomas.
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