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Peter Lin MD, CCFP

Peter Lin MD, CCFP

Director, Primary Care Initiatives, Canadian Heart Research Centre, North York, Ontario

Dr. 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:

  1. Modifiable Risk Factors, Cardiovascular Disease, and Mortality in High-, Middle-, and Low-Income Countries
  2. Medication Use to Reduce the Risk of Breast Cancer
  3. USPSTF: Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing for BRCA-Related Cancer
  4. Iron Absorption From Supplements Is Greater With Alternate-Day Than With Consecutive-Day Dosing in Iron-Deficient Anemic Women
  5. Association of Midlife to Late-Life Blood Pressure Patterns With Incident Dementia
  6. Impact of Intensive and Standard Blood Pressure Control on Cerebral White Matter Lesions
  7. Association of Ideal Cardiovascular Health at Age 50 With Lower Incidence of Dementia
  8. Association of Office and Ambulatory Blood Pressure With Mortality and Cardiovascular Outcomes
  9. Androgen Deprivation Therapy and Diagnosis of Dementia in Men With Prostate Cancer
  10. A Fundamental Change in Asthma Management by GINA

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