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:
- Angiotensin–Neprilysin Inhibition vs Enalapril in Heart Failure
- Medications of Questionable Benefit in Advanced Dementia
- Antimicrobials Associated With Hypoglycemia in Older Patients Taking Sulfonylureas
- Predictors of Dementia in Parkinson's Disease
- Aspirin for Secondary Prevention of Idiopathic VTE
- Blood Pressure-Lowering Treatment Based on Cardiovascular Risk: A Meta-Analysis of Individual Patient Data
- ERSPC: Screening and Prostate Cancer Mortality
- Use of Over-the-Counter vs Prescription Proton Pump Inhibitors for GERD
- Factors That Predict Renal Scarring in Children After a First UTI
- Leisure-Time Running Reduces All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality Risk