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:
- SSRI Use Associated With Risk of Poor Surgical Outcomes
- Weight Loss, Exercise Didn’t Affect Heart Outcomes in Look AHEAD
- RAS Inhibitors Lower Rates of Atrial Fibrillation Relapse
- Aspirin Better Than Heparin at VTE Prevention After Total Hip Arthroplasty
- Reducing Gray Matter Atrophy With Vitamin B
- Possible Benefit to Reducing Cardiac Events With Treatment of Mental Stress?
- Pregnancy Loss as Risk Factor for Atherosclerotic Disease
- Clinical Benefit With Vitamin D Supplementation in Obese Adolescents
- Vitamin D Deficiency and All-Cause, Cancer, and Respiratory and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality
- Canadian Diabetes Guidelines: Tools to Manage Our Patients