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:
- A Risk Model for Hospitalizing COPD Patients Presenting to Emergency Departments
- Breastfeeding and Behavioral Development
- Is Pioglitazone Needed to Manage Type 2 Diabetes?
- 25-Year Results From the Canadian National Breast Screening Study
- Effect of Vitamin D on Skeletal, Vascular, or Cancer Outcomes
- Antibiotics in Patients on Warfarin Therapy
- Secondary Stroke Prevention
- BMI and Mortality in Adults With Type 2 Diabetes
- Drug Treatment for Achieving and Maintaining Smoking Abstinence
- Primary Care Physicians' Role in Managing Women at Risk for Breast Cancer