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:
- Management of Hypertension in Octogenarians
- Implications of the Eighth Joint National Committee Guidelines for the Management of Blood Pressure in Aging Adults
- Ventricular Ectopy as a Predictor of Heart Failure and Death
- Discordance in TC/HDL-C Ratios Compared With LDL-C and Non–HDL-C
- Duration of Oral Anticoagulation After Pulmonary Embolism
- Vitamin K Antagonists for Symptomatic Venous Thromboembolism
- Atherosclerosis in Patients With Inactive Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Telemedical and Standard Outpatient Monitoring of Diabetic Foot Ulcers
- Association of SGLT-2 Inhibitors and Euglycemic Diabetic Ketoacidosis
- Effects of Treatment on Brain Function of Elderly Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea