Contributors – TN2017

Editorial Board

Editors-in-Chief

Jieun Kim
Ilya Mukovozov

Production Managers

Tina Binesh Marvasti
Sydney McQueen

 

Associate Editors: Core & Primary

Narayan Chattergoon
Desmond She

Associate Editors: Medicine

Claudia Frankfurter
Inna Gong

Associate Editors: Surgery

Sneha Raju
Dhruvin Hirpara

EBM: Core & Primary

Arnav Agarwal
Quynh Huynh

EBM: Medicine

Robert Vanner
Brittany Prevost

EBM: Surgery

Simran Mundi
Valerie Lemieux

Clinical Handbook Editors

Drew Brotherston
Meredith Li
Laura Betcherman

Electronic Content Editor

Kota Talla

BMC Production Editors

Matan Berson
Susan Le

 

Copy Editors

Anand Lakhani
Ghassan Elkarim
Fady Sedarous
Impreet Gill
Maged Metias
Usman Tarique
Sheliza Halani

Andrea Copeland
Minha Lee
Daniel Q. Li
Daniel Yoo
Sarah Esther Mamane
Peter Farag
Marcus Tan

Patrina Cheung
Chris Tsoutsoulas
Jason Gencher
Adrian Cozma
Kevin Wang

Student Contributors

Core & Primary Chapters

Ethical, Legal and Organizational Medicine

Patrick Steadman
Stephanie Zhou
Zafir Syed

Anesthesia

Madelaine Kukko
Simon Feng
Michael Poon

Pharmacology

Teja Voruganti
Pamela Leung

Dermatology

Venus Valbuena
Danny Mansour
Cristina Olteanu

Emergency Medicine

Ali El Hamouly
Hamza Sami
Jonah Himelfarb
Devon Alton

Family Medicine

Tina Hu
Lisa Saldanha
Julianne Bagg
Roland Wong

Medical Imaging

Kota Talla
Armin Rahmani
Omid Shearkhani

Pediatrics

Daniel Axelrod
Nicholas Light
Paige Burgess

Population and Community Health

Nicholas Howell
Yasmin Nasirzadeh

Psychiatry

Paris Lai
Cieran Tran

Medicine Chapters

Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery

Sean Cai
Zain Sohail
Shun Chi Ryan Lo

Endocrinology

Sumedha Arya
Raghad Al-Saqqar
Cecilia Alvarez Veronesi

Gastroenterology

Rory Blackler
Gary Tran
Michael Tjong

Geriatric Medicine

Keith Lee
Harry Zhou

Hematology

Tejas Desai
Brent Parker
Ryan Chan

Infectious Diseases

Ilyse Darwish
Valerie Taylor
David Kleinman

Nephrology

Elliot Lass
Roman Zyla
Jonathan Ripstein

Neurology

Anthony Wan
Jane Liao
Kirill Zaslavsky

Respirology

Benjamin Chin-Yee
Cameron Williams

Rheumatology

Ayan Dey
Mathew Nicholas
Trang Vu

Surgery Chapters

General Surgery and Thoracic Surgery

Shaidah Deghan
Eric Walser
Nishaan Brar

Gynecology

Katie Bies
Tammy Ryan
Tahrin Mahmood

Obstetrics

Adam Rosen
Erica Pascoal
Karyn Medcalf

Neurosurgery

Ryan Muir
Laureen Hachem
Alan Chalil

Otolaryngology

Terence Fu
Rebecca Stepita
Ragavan Ganeshathasan

Orthopedics

Aaron Gazendam
Graeme Hoit

Plastic Surgery

Matthew Lee
Janelle Yu
Daniel Low

Urology

Matthew Da Silva
Weining Yang
Ryan Sun

Ophthalmology

Aaron Chan
Eli Kisilevsky
Alex Tam

Vascular Surgery

Mohammed Firdouse
Jiayi Mary Tao
Dhruv Kumar Jain

BMC Contributors

Ruth Chang
Kaia Chessen
Ursula Florjanczyk

Wendy Gu
Erina He
Lauren Hu

Robyn Hughes
Savanna Jackson
Jung Hee Lee

Kara Lukasiewicz
Midori Nediger
Mel Phachanhla

Judy Rubin
Kelly Speck

Faculty Contributors

All contributing professors have been appointed at the University of Toronto.

David Adam, MD, FRCPC
Division of Dermatology
Department of Medicine
St. Michael’s Hospital

Iqbal Ahmed, MD, FRCSC
Department of Ophthalmology
and Vision Science
University of Toronto

Ruby Alvi, MD, CCFP, MHSc
Department of Family
and Community Medicine
University of Toronto

Meyer Balter, MD, FRCPC
Division of Respiratory Medicine
Department of Medicine
Mount Sinai Hospital

Abdollah Behzadi, MD, MBA, FRCSC, FACS
Division of Thoracic Surgery
Department of Surgery
University of Toronto

Nirit Bernhard, MSc, MD, FRCPC
Department of Pediatrics
Hospital for Sick Children

Katherine Bingham, MD, MPH, CCFP-EM
Faculty of Medicine
University of Toronto

Matthew Binnie, MD
Division of Respirology
University Health Network
St. Michael’s Hospital

Ari Bitnun, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Division of Infectious Diseases
The Hospital for Sick Children

Andrea Boggild, MSc, MD, FRCPC
Tropical Disease Unit and
Division of Infectious Diseases
University Health Network
Toronto General Hospital

Arthur Bookman, MD, FRCPC
Division of Rheumatology
Department of Medicine
University Health Network
Toronto Western Hospital

Mark Boulos, MD, MSc, CSCN(EEG), FRCPC
Division of Neurology and Sleep Medicine
Department of Medicine
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

John Byrne, MD, MB, BCh, BAO
Division of Vascular Surgery
Department of Surgery
University of Toronto

Simon Carette, MD, FRCPC
Division of Rheumatology
Department of Medicine
Mount Sinai Hospital

Vicky Chau, MD, MScCH, FRCPC
Division of Geriatric Medicine
Department of Medicine
University Health Network

Alice Cheung, MD, FRCPC
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Department of Medicine
St. Michael’s Hospital

Chi-Ming Chow, MDCM, MSc, FRCPC
Division of Cardiology
Department of Medicine
St. Michael’s Hospital

Allison Chris, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Division of Clinical Public Health
Dalla Lana School of Public Health

Maria Cino, HonBSc, MSc, MD, FRCPC
Division of Gastroenterology
University Health Network
Toronto Western Hospital

Alfonso Fasano, MD, PhD, FRCPC
Division of Neurology
University Health Network
Toronto Western Hospital

Mark Freedman, MD, FRCPC
Department of Emergency Medicine
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Natasha Gakhal, MD, FRCPC
Division of Rheumatology
Department of Medicine
Women’s College Hospital

Barry J. Goldlist, MD, FRCPC
Division of Geriatric Medicine
Department of Medicine
University Health Network

David Hall, MD, PhD, FRCPC
Divisions of Respirology and Critical Care
Medicine
Department of Medicine
University of Toronto
St. Michael’s Hospital

Jeremy Hall, MD, FRCSC
Division of Orthopedic Surgery
Department of Surgery
St. Michael’s Hospital

Philip C. Hébert, MA, PhD, MD, FCFPC
Department of Family and
Community Medicine
Joint Centre for Bioethics
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Sender Herschorn, MDCM, FRCSC
Division of Urology
Department of Surgery
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and
Women’s College Hospital

Jonathan C. Irish, MD, MSc, FRCSC
Department of Otolaryngology –
Head and Neck Surgery
University Health Network

Nasir Jaffer, MD, FRCPC
Division of Abdominal Imaging
Department of Medical Imaging
Joint Department of Medical Imaging
University of Toronto

David Juurlink, BPhm, MD, PhD, FRCPC
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
and Toxicology
Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Gabor Kandel, MD, FRCPC
Division of Gastroenterology, Department of
Medicine
St. Michael’s Hospital

Sari L. Kives, MD, FRCSC
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
St. Michael’s Hospital and
The Hospital for Sick Children

Wai-Ching Lam, MD, FRCSC
Department of Ophthalmology and
Vision Science
University Health Network
Toronto Western Hospital

Chloe Leon, MD, FRCPC
Division of Brain and Therapeutics
Department of Psychiatry
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

Armando Lorenzo, MD, FRCSC
Division of Urology
Department of Surgery
The Hospital for Sick Children

Todd Mainprize, MD, FRCSC
Department of Neurosurgery
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Eric Massicotte, MD, MSc, FRCSC
Department of Neurosurgery
University Health Network
Toronto Western Hospital

Michael McDonald, MD, FRCPC
Division of Cardiology and
The Multi-Organ Transplant Program
Department of Medicine
University Health Network
Toronto General Hospital

Adam C. Millar, MD, MScCH
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Department of Medicine
Mount Sinai Hospital

Azadeh Moaveni, MD, CCFP
Department of Family and
Community Medicine
University Health Network
Toronto Western Hospital

Ally Murji, MD, MPH, FRCS(C)
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Mount Sinai Hospital

Melinda Musgrave, MD, PhD, FRCSC
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Department of Surgery
St. Michael’s Hospital

Sharon Naymark, MD, FRCPC
Department of Pediatrics
St. Joseph’s Health Centre

George Oreopoulos, MD, MSc, FRCSC
Division of Vascular Surgery
Department of Surgery
University Health Network

Richard Pittini, MD, MEd, FRCSC, FACOG
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
University of Toronto
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Susan Poutanen, MD, MPH, FRCPC
Department of Microbiology
University Health Network and
Mount Sinai Hospital

Ramesh Prasad, MBBS, MSc, FRCPC
Division of Nephrology
Department of Medicine
St. Michael’s Hospital

Mary Preisman, MD, FRCPC
Department of Psychiatry
Mount Sinai Hospital

Evan Propst, MD, MSc, FRCSC
Division of Head and Neck Surgery
Department of Otolaryngology
The Hospital for Sick Children

Angela Punnett, MD, FRCPC
Department of Pediatrics
The Hospital for Sick Children

Amanda Selk, MD, FRCSC
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Mount Sinai Hospital

Marisa Sit, MD, FRCSC
Department of Ophthalmology
and Vision Science
University Health Network
Toronto Western Hospital

Michelle Sholzberg, MDCM, MSc, FRCPC
Division of Hematology
Department of Medicine
St. Michael’s Hospital

Kevin Skarratt, MD, FRCPC
Department of Emergency Medicine
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Elizabeth Slow, MD, PhD, FRCP
Division of Neurology
University Health Network

Peter Tai, MD, FRCPC
Division of Neurology
University Health Network
Toronto Western Hospital

Diana Tamir, MD, FRCPC
Department of Anesthesia and
Pain Management
University Health Network

Gemini Tanna, MD, FRCPC
Division of Nephrology
Department of Medicine
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Piero Tartaro, MD, FRCPC
Division of Gastroenterology
Department of Medicine
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Fernando Teixeira, MD, FRCPC
Department of Emergency Medicine
St. Michael’s Hospital

Martina Trinkaus, MD, FRCPC
Division of Hematology
Department of Medicine
St. Michael’s Hospital

Herbert P. von Schroeder, MD, MSc, FRCSC
Divisions of Orthopedic Surgery and
Plastic Surgery
Department of Surgery
University Health Network

Oshrit Wanono, MD, FRCPC
Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

Kyle R. Wanzel, MD, MEd, FRCSC
Division of Plastic Surgery
St Joseph’s Health Centre

Jeffrey Wassermann, MD, FRCPC
Department of Anesthesia
St. Michael’s Hospital

Alice Wei, MD CM, MSc, FRCSC
Division of General Surgery
Department of Surgery
University Health Network

Michael J. Weinberg, MD, MSc, FRCS(c)
Division of Plastic Surgery
Department of Surgery
University of Toronto
Trillium Health Centre

Fay Weisberg, MD, FRCSC
Division of Reproductive Endocrinology
and Infertility
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Toronto

Anna Woo, MD CM, SM, DABIM, FRCPC
Division of Cardiology
Department of Medicine
University Health Network
Toronto General Hospital

Jensen Yeung, MD, FRCPC
Division of Dermatology
Department of Medicine
Women’s College Hospital

Eugene Yu, MD, FRCPC
Division of Neuroradiology
Department of Medical Imaging
University Health Network