Peter Lin MD, CCFP
Director, Primary Care Initiatives, Canadian Heart Research Centre, North York, OntarioDr. Peter Lin, a primary care physician, is the Director of Primary Care Initiatives at the Canadian Heart Research Centre and has two busy family medicine practices in Toronto. For 7 years, he served as the medical director at the University of Toronto Scarborough Health & Wellness Centre. In 2011, he received a teaching award from the College of Family Physicians of Canada.
Dr. Lin has worked with KDIGO (Kidney Disease│Improving Global Outcomes) in an effort to help enhance care for patients with chronic kidney disease. He has been a contributing author to the Canadian Diabetes Guidelines and has served on the editorial board of Pri-Med Institute, which provides education for physicians.
Dr. Lin maintains an active lecture schedule, reflecting his varied medical interests, continuing his focus on bridging the chasm between research and clinical practice.
Disclosures
- Consultant (continuing medical education programs): AstraZeneca; Boehringer Ingelheim; Bayer; Eli Lilly; Amgen; Janssen; Merck; Pfizer; Sanofi; Abbott; HLS Therapeutics
Recent Contributions to PracticeUpdate:
- 2021 Top Story in Primary Care: COVID-19: A Powerful Foe
- Nonantibiotic Outpatient Therapy in Mild Acute Diverticulitis
- BP Lowering and Risk of New-Onset Type 2 Diabetes
- Reducing Sodium and Increasing Potassium Intake May Have CV Benefit
- Early Treatment Effects of Fluvoxamine on COVID-19
- Third Dose Efficacy of the BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine
- Waning Immunity After the BNT162b2 Vaccine in Israel
- Sotrovimab Reduces COVID-19 Disease Progression
- Sleep Disorders and the Development of Alzheimer's Disease
- REGEN-COV Antibody Combination Improves Outcomes in Outpatients with COVID-19