Contributors – TN2018

Editorial Board

Editors-in-Chief

Sydney McQueen
Tina Binesh Marvasti

Production Managers

Ilya Mukovozov
Kirill Zaslavsky

Atlas Editor

Ali Helmi

Associate Editors: Core & Primary

Taraneh (Tara) Tofighi
Sheliza Halani

Associate Editors: Medicine

Graham Mazereeuw
Samik Doshi

Associate Editors: Surgery

Mark Shafarenko
Sangwoo Leem

EBM: Core & Primary

Sukhmani Sodhi
Arnav Agarwal

EBM: Medicine

Alexander Sapa
Keeth Krishnan

EBM: Surgery

Shubham Shan
Jin Kyu Kim

Clinical Handbook Editors

Claudia Frankfurter
Kimia Sorouri
Waleed S. Ahmed

STAT Notes Editor

Mina Faheim

BMC Production Editors

Matan Berson
Natividad Chen

Copy Editors

Emily (Yujin) Li
Alexandra Majerski
Casey Rosen
Shicheng (Tony) Jin
Armin Abadeh
Ari Cuperfain
Jason (Jaewoo) Park
Chantal Li
Brij Karmur
Marissa Lu
Leedan Cohen Mammon
Eric (Yu Hang) Zheng
Jethro Kwong
Fang Zhou (Faith) Xu
Taylor Dear
Min Joon Lee
Kimberley Lam
Sara Mirali
Melissa Allwood
Mirriam Mikhail
Helen Genis
Austin Pereira
Jason Jia
Helen Liu
Megan Drupals
Jaya Tanwani
Eshita Kapoor
Salwa Hasan
Arunima Sivanand
Shihab Sarwar
Danielle Jeong
Kizanee Jegatheeswaran
Sivisan Suntheralingam
Amira Balbaa
Chloe Cadieux
Leigha Rowbottom
Alon Coret

Student Editors

Chapter Editors

Anesthesia

Pauline Sawicki
Abdulkarim Muhaseen
Lior Krimus

Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery

Manpreet Basuita
Yehia Fanous
Jason Gencher

Dermatology

Stephanie Zhou
Arvin Ighani
Sarah Park

Emergency Medicine

Matt Piaseczny
Omri Arbiv
Cecilia Alvarez Veronesi

Endocrinology

Corita Vincent
Ahmed Shah
Jesse Creamer

Ethical, Legal and Organizational Medicine

Sabrina Agnihotri
Arash Khairandish

Family Medicine

Simran Mundi
Mohammed Firdouse
Gary Tran

Gastroenterology

James Bao
Rosie Presutti
Raghad Al-Saqqar

General Surgery and Thoracic Surgery

Jeff Metz
Alexander Tigert
Zacharie Cloutier
Amanpreet Brar

Geriatric Medicine

Victoria Chuen
Jessica Mak

Gynecology

Maria Daniel
Michal Sheinis
Evelyn Waugh
Tammy Ryan

Hematology

Lianne Rotin
Xin (Kevin) Wang

Infectious Diseases

Robyn Elphinstone
Rochelle Melvin
Zane Brickman

Medical Genetics

Spencer van Mil

Medical Imaging

Zafir Syed
Darren Liu
Mark Barszczyk
Jinhui (Bill) Yan

Nephrology

Tamoor Afzaal
Sarah Cao
Tian Yang (Darren) Liu

Neurology

Tal Milman
Ikreet Cheema
Dhruv Kumar Jain

Neurosurgery

Nardin Samuel
Ann Mansur
Celina Nahanni

Obstetrics

Curtis Sobchak
Emily Bartsch
Stephanie Searle

Ophthalmology

Daniel Q. Li
Fady Sedarous
Tarek Bin Yameen

Orthopedics

Tyler Hauer
Michael Dzingala

Otolaryngology

Siraj Zahr
Ragavan Ganeshathasan
Armin Rahmani
Stephen Szeto

Pediatrics

Shirley Poon
Jessie Peng

Pharmacology

Rushi Gandhi
Pamela Leung

Plastic Surgery

Talha Maqbool
Matthew Lee
Maya Deeb
Josephine D’Abbondanza

Population and Community Health

Vishalini Sivarajah
Arjun Sithamparapillai

Psychiatry

Yasmin Nasirzadeh
Jonah Himelfarb
Ayan Dey

Respirology

Sameer Kushwaha
Albert Lee

Rheumatology

Stephanie Wan
Patrina Cheung

Urology

Ahmad Mousa
Viranda H. Jayalath
Anand Lakhani

Vascular Surgery

Joshua Mehta
Asha Behdinan

Faculty Editors

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

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

Jillian Baker, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Pediatrician and Pediatric Hematologist
St. Michael’s Hospital and
The Hospital for Sick Children
Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

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

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

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

Hanna Faghfoury, MDCM, FRCPC, FCCMG
The Fred A Litwin Family Centre
in Genetic Medicine
Department of Medicine
Mount Sinai Hospital and
University Health Network

Michelle Farrugia, M.D., MEd., FRSCS
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Mount Sinai Hospital
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Toronto

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

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

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

Julie Johnston, MD (FRCPC), MScCH
Department of Pediatrics
The Hospital for Sick Children
Division of Pediatric Medicine
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

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

Istvan Mucsi, MD PhD, FRCPC, FASN
Department of Medicine (Nephrology) University of Toronto
Kidney Transplant Program
Toronto General Hospital
University Health Network

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

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 M. Poutanen, MD, MPH, FRCPC
Department of Microbiology
University Health Network and
Mount Sinai Hospital
Departments of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology and Medicine
University of Toronto

Ramesh Prasad, MBBS,MSc,MA,PhD, FRCPC
Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
Division of Nephrology
Department of Medicine
St. Michael’s Hospital

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

Laila Premji, MD, FRCPC
Division of Paediatric Medicine
Department of Paediatrics
The Hospital for Sick Children

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

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

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

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

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

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

Joyce So, MD, PhD, FRCPC, FCCMG
The Fred A. Litwin Family Centre
in Genetic Medicine
Department of Medicine
Mount Sinai Hospital and
University Health Network

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

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

Joshua C. Teichman, MD, MPH, FRCSC
Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences
Trillium Health Partners
University of Toronto

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

Danielle Vicus, MD, MSc
Gynecologic Oncologist
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Toronto

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

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