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:
- Rotating Night Shift Work and Unhealthy Lifestyle Factors Increase Risk for Type 2 Diabetes
- ACE Inhibitors and Associated Risk of Lung Cancer
- Triple Therapy in the Management of COPD
- Effect of Linagliptin on Major Cardiovascular Events in Adults With Type 2 Diabetes and High Cardiovascular and Renal Risk
- Guideline-Directed Blood Pressure Classification in Young Adults Associated With Cardiovascular Events Later in Life
- Association of Blood Pressure Classification With Subsequent Cardiovascular Disease Events
- Merits of Antihypertensive Treatment in Low-Risk Patients With Mild Hypertension
- Association of Weather With Day-to-Day Incidence of Myocardial Infarction
- Association of Chronic Low-Grade Inflammation With Risk of Alzheimer's Disease in ApoE4 Carriers
- Management of Hyperglycemia in Type 2 Diabetes, 2018: A Consensus Report by the ADA and the EASD