Research Committee

Purpose

Advise the Department of Medicine Chair on the investment of resources and provide aspirational leadership to further the research enterprise of the Department of Medicine. The committee is an advisory committee to the Chair of the Department of Medicine.

Mandate

Engage in high level visioning and creativity to position the research enterprise of the Department of Medicine for international recognition and leadership. To recognize and reward excellence in research at the local, national and international level.

Meetings

The Executive Research Committee will meet quarterly. More frequent meetings of sub-committees and working groups is anticipated with quarterly reporting to the full committee. A minimum of one third of the members must be present for a meeting to take place.

Membership

Faculty representation is broad, covering all spectrums of research and reflecting the diversity of the department’s different sites, job descriptions, levels of seniority, involvement with research institutes and engagement with extra departmental units.

Name Hospital Division Rank
Chaim Bell Mount Sinai Hospital General Internal Medicine Professor
Sandra Black Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Neurology Professor
Laurent Brochard St. Michael's Hospital Critical Care Professor
Robert Chen University Health Network - Toronto Western Hospital (UHN-TWH) Neurology Professor
Daniel Drucker Mount Sinai Hospital Endocrinology and Metabolism Professor
Michael Farkouh (chair) UHN-Toronto General Hospital (TGH) Cardiology Professor
Richard Gilbert St. Michael's Hospital Endocrinology and Metabolism Professor
Shiphra Ginsburg Mount Sinai Hospital Respirology Professor
Richard Horner n/a Respirology Professor
Atul Humar UHN-TGH Infectious Diseases Professor
Mansoor Husain UHN-TGH Cardiology Professor
David Juurlink Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre General Internal Medicine Professor
Kevin Kain UHN-TGH Infectious Diseases Professor
Kamran Khan St. Michael's Hospital Infectious Diseases Professor
Howard Leong-Poi St. Michael's Hospital Cardiology Professor
Lorraine Lipscombe Women's College Hospital Endocrinology and Metabolism Associate Professor
Muhammed Mamdani St. Michael's Hospital IHPME Professor
Phil Marsden St. Michael's Hospital Nephrology Professor
Issac Odame Hospital for Sick Children Hematology Professor
Thomas Parker St. Michael's Hospital Cardiology Professor
Fahad Razak St. Michael's Hospital General Internal Medicine Lecturer
Donald Redelmeier Sunnybrook  Health Sciences Centre General Internal Medicine Professor
Paula Rochon Women's College Hospital Geriatric Medicine Professor
Sam Saibel n/a n/a  CSTP trainee
Damon Scales Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Critical Care Associate Professor
Aaron Schimmer UHN-Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) Hematology Professor
Kaveh Shojania Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre General Internal Medicine Professor
Arthur Slutsky St. Michael's Hospital Respirology Professor
Sharon Straus St. Michael's Hospital Geriatric Medicine Professor
Bradley Strauss Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Cardiology Professor
Minna Woo UHN-PMH Endocrinology and Metabolism Professor
Darren Yuen St. Michael's Hospital Nephrology Assistant Professor