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:
- Blood Pressure Control Does Not Prevent Increased Stroke Risk
- Grip Strength Is a Prognostic Indicator of All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality
- Effect of Antihypertensive Medications on Falls
- Knowledge of Public Access Defibrillation
- PCSK9 Inhibitors: A New Era in Lipid-Lowering Treatment?
- Age- and Sex-Specific Risk Thresholds to Guide Statin Therapy
- Chest Pain and Prodromes and the Assessment of Cardiovascular Disease
- Differences in the Efficacy and Safety Among Inhaled Corticosteroids/Long-Acting β2-Agonist Combinations in the Treatment of COPD
- BMI and the Risk for Dementia
- Validation of 1-Hour Algorithm for Acute Myocardial Infarction Using a High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin T Assay