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:
- CAR T-Cell Therapy
- Combined Analysis of Asthma Safety Trials of Long-Acting β2-Agonists
- Opportunity to Avoid Pain May Paradoxically Increase Fear
- Revisiting the Association of Blood Pressure With Mortality in Oldest Old People in China
- Antithrombotic Therapy in Patients With Peripheral Artery Disease
- Colorectal Cancer Screening for Average-Risk Adults
- Aldosterone Antagonist Therapy and Mortality in Patients With STEMI Without Heart Failure
- Clopidogrel and Aspirin in Acute Ischemic Stroke and High-Risk TIA
- Long-Term Outcomes Associated With Triple-Goal Achievement in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes
- The 10-Year Association of Coronary Artery Calcium With Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease