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:
- Tackling the Opioid-Overdose Epidemic
- Effects of Alcohol and Tobacco on Risk of Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
- Ambulance-Based Thrombolysis Reduces Time to Stroke Treatment
- Pharmacist Case Management Improves Risk Factor Control After Minor Stroke
- Bleeding in Patients With VTE Treated With Anticoagulants Plus NSAIDs
- Plantar Foot Ulcer Recurrence in Diabetic Neuropathy
- Ineffective Renal Denervation Blamed for Trial’s Failure
- Chronic Pain and Use of Opioids
- Effect of ACE Inhibitors and ARBs on Cardiovascular Outcomes in Diabetes
- Comparison of ACC/AHA, ATP III, and ESC Guidelines for CVD Prevention