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Peter Lin MD, CCFP

Peter Lin MD, CCFP

Director, Primary Care Initiatives, Canadian Heart Research Centre, North York, Ontario

Dr. 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:

  1. Making a Decision When "There Is No Evidence to Suggest..."
  2. Partner Bereavement Associated With Reduced Cardiac Disease Management
  3. Statins and Cognitive Function
  4. Long-Term Coffee Consumption and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease: A Systematic Review and a Dose-Response Meta-Analysis of Prospective Cohort Studies
  5. Racial/Ethnic Differences in Dyslipidemia Patterns
  6. 2013 ACC/AHA Guideline on the Treatment of Blood Cholesterol to Reduce Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Risk in Adults: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines
  7. Dyslipidemia, Coronary Artery Calcium, and Incident Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease: Implications for Statin Therapy From the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis
  8. Herpes Zoster: Diagnostic, Therapeutic, and Preventive Approaches
  9. AAFP Votes to Ban Energy Drink Sales to Kids
  10. Distribution of 13-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Streptococcus Pneumoniae Serotypes in US Adults Aged ≥ 50 Years With Community-Acquired Pneumonia

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