Message from the Division Director
Dear Colleagues,
Please see below for information on awards, announcements, upcoming meetings, and publications from the division of GIM. If you have items for inclusion in future newsletters, please email me or tina.teng@uhn.ca.
Sincerely,
Moira
Dr. Moira Kapral
Director, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Toronto
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Temerty Award for Excellence in Professional Values
Dr. Reena Pattani is one of five inaugural recipients of the Temerty Awards for Excellence in Professional Values. Supported by James and Louise Temerty and the Temerty Foundation, the awards recognize learners and faculty members who champion collaboration, health and well-being, diversity and inclusion, excellence through equity, and sustainability. Reena was praised for her “exceptional kindness, humility, collegiality and commitment to learner wellness.” Congratulations!
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Consider Submitting to the Canadian Journal of General Internal Medicine
The Canadian Journal of General Internal Medicine (CJGIM) is the voice of general internists in Canada. The CJGIM has made important gains to increase its visibility among general internists in Canada, to promote scholarship, and to provide a forum for discussion of emerging issues in the practice of GIM. The journal offers continuous publishing, a rapid turnaround prior to publication within the context of a rigorous peer-review process, and an easy-to-navigate manuscript submission portal. The CJGIM would be an ideal destination for quality improvement research, systematic reviews and other research presented by GIM fellows. During the pandemic, it has responded to the needs of general internists by publishing emerging knowledge on COVID-19 and VITT, as well as an authoritative, regularly updated summary on diagnosis, prevention and treatment. A supplement on Perioperative Medicine was also released.
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Assistant / Associate / Full Professor – Division Head, Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, University Health Network/Sinai Health System
The joint Department of Medicine at the University Health Network (UHN) and Sinai Health System (SHS), affiliated with the Department of Medicine at the University of Toronto, are seeking to recruit a visionary Internal Medicine specialist to lead the UHN SHS Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics. This divisional director position
is for a 5-year term, renewable once following a successful review. Effective start date of appointment is December 1, 2021, or to be negotiated. Applications will be accepted until 25 October 2021.
More information is available HERE
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It's a Boy!
Dr. Kevin Singh (GIM 2021 alumnus) and Dr. Alexandra Allard-Coutu welcomed their first child, Noah Singh, on August 21. Congratulations!
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It's a Boy!
Dr. Peter Wu, wife Lily, and proud big bother Jacob welcomed baby Henry on September 13th, 9 minutes after midnight, 7lbs. All are doing well, and Jacob is excited about being a big brother. Congratulations!
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GeMQIN Community of Practice Webinar
Date: Tuesday, September 21, 2021
Time: 12-1 PM, via Zoom
Acute Treatment of COVID-19: An Update
The General Medicine Quality Improvement Network (GeMQIN) brings general medicine physicians and care teams together to learn new ways to improve their patient care and to reduce variations in care. Dr. Andrew Morris will share updates on the treatment of acute COVID-19 based on the work of the Drugs & Biologics Clinical Practice Guidelines Working Group at Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table. Read More...
Registration now open - REGISTER
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University of Toronto GIM September Citywide Rounds
Date: Friday, September 24, 2021
Time: 12-1 PM, via Zoom
Speakers: Drs. Kieran Quinn and Amol Verma
Presentation Title: Great Papers in GIM in 2021, the COVID-Free Edition
U of T GIM Citywide Rounds are held on the last Friday of each month from 12-1 PM. If you would like to attend but have not received calendar invitations with details, please email tina.teng@uhn.ca
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CSIM Virtual Annual Meeting
Dates: October 14-16, 2021
Preliminary Program - VIEW
Registration now open - REGISTER
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Acute Care Update - Virtual Program
Dates: October 19, 2021
Time: 6:30 - 9 PM
St. Joseph's Health Centre and Unity Health Toronto are pleased to announce the return of Acute Care Update. The Acute Care Update will be held virtually via ZOOM during the 2021/22 academic year. The 2021/22 Acute Care Update will be offered free of charge. To receive the ZOOM videoconference link, users must register for the program in advance. Acute Care Update is open to all acute care providers including Hospitalists, Internists, Family Physicians, Emergency Physicians. Specialists, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, Pharmacists, Nurses, Fellows, and Medical Residents. More information is available HERE.
Registration now open - REGISTER
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2021 Point-of-Care Ultrasound Conference
Dates: November 6-7, 2021
MTL-SONO 2021 is an official CPoCUS recognized introductory course. This year, the event will be held in-person on November 6th and 7th near the Jewish General Hospital in Montreal, QC and will feature a variety of trained educators, hands-on workshops, and keynote lectures on the cutting edge of POCUS. More information about the program and conference is available HERE.
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Journal Articles
Divisional members have published the following journal articles since the last issue of the GIM newsletter:
- Problems in the deployment of machine-learned models in health care.
Cohen JP, Cao T, Viviano JD, Huang CW, Fralick M, Ghassemi M, Mamdani M, Greiner R, Bengio Y.
CMAJ. 2021 Aug 30:cmaj.202066. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.202066.
PMID: 34462316
- A 54-year-old woman with chronic lithium toxicity.
Kobylianskii J, Austin E, Gold WL, Wu PE.
CMAJ. 2021 Aug 30;193(34):E1345-E1348. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.210725.
PMID: 34462294
- Effectiveness and Safety of Twice- Versus Thrice-Daily Subcutaneous Heparin for Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis at a Large Academic Medical Center.
Wiethorn EE, Harrison S, Weeda ER, Bell CM.
Ann Pharmacother. 2021 Aug 29:10600280211041380. doi: 10.1177/10600280211041380.
PMID: 34459268
- Truth and reconciliation in Canada's health system.
Richardson L, Boozary A.
Lancet. 2021 Aug 26:S0140-6736(21)01953-X. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)01953-X.
PMID: 34454689
- Nowhere to go: exploring the social and economic influences on discharging people experiencing homelessness to appropriate destinations in Toronto, Canada.
Jenkinson JIR, Strike C, Hwang SW, Di Ruggiero E.
Can J Public Health. 2021 Aug 26. doi: 10.17269/s41997-021-00561-0.
PMID: 34448129
- Benign serous cystadenoma presenting with cough and back pain.
Rudolph M, Peng J, Wu PE.
CMAJ. 2021 Aug 23;193(33):E1304. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.202850.
PMID: 34426448
- Editorial: liver disease in secondary care-'money or your life'. Authors' reply.
Roberts SB, Verma AA, Hirschfield GM.
Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2021 Sep;54(6):856-857. doi: 10.1111/apt.16562.
PMID: 34425003
- COVID-19 in Canada: Experience and Response to Waves 2 and 3.
Detsky AS, Bogoch II.
JAMA. 2021 Aug 23. doi: 10.1001/jama.2021.14797.
PMID: 34424275
- Finding the source of intoxication: better salicylate than never.
Aga Z, Matthews N, Delaney S, Wong N, Poley R, Perl J.
Kidney Int. 2021 Sep;100(3):711-712. doi: 10.1016/j.kint.2021.05.020.
PMID: 34420669
- Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in Critically Ill Adults - A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis.
Fernando SM, Tran A, Cheng W, Sadeghirad B, Arabi YM, Cook DJ, Møller MH, Mehta S, Fowler RA, Burns KEA, Wells PS, Carrier M, Crowther MA, Scales DC, English SW, Kyeremanteng K, Kanji S, Kho ME, Rochwerg B.
Chest. 2021 Aug 19:S0012-3692(21)03688-6. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2021.08.050.
PMID: 34419428
- Tackling exclusion: A pilot mixed method quasi-experimental identity capital intervention for young people exiting homelessness.
Thulien NS, Wang A, Mathewson C, Wang R, Hwang SW.
PLoS One. 2021 Aug 20;16(8):e0256288. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0256288. eCollection 2021.
PMID: 34415951
- Predictors of Mortality Among Long-Term Care Residents with SARS-CoV-2 Infection.
Lee DS, Ma S, Chu A, Wang CX, Wang X, Austin PC, McAlister FA, Kalmady Vasu S, Kapral MK, Kaul P, Ko DT, Rochon P, Schull MJ, Rubin BB, Wang B; CORONA Collaboration.
J Am Geriatr Soc. 2021 Aug 19. doi: 10.1111/jgs.17425.
PMID: 34409590
- Association of Neighborhood-Level Material Deprivation With Health Care Costs and Outcome After Stroke.
Yu AYX, Smith EE, Krahn M, Austin PC, Rashid M, Fang J, Porter J, Vyas MV, Bronskill SE, Swartz RH, Kapral MK.
Neurology. 2021 Aug 18:10.1212/WNL.0000000000012676. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000012676.
PMID: 34408072
- Incidence of Stroke in Immigrants to Canada: A Province-wide Retrospective Analysis.
Vyas MV, Austin PC, Pequeno P, Fang J, Silver FL, Laupacis A, Kapral MK.
Neurology. 2021 Aug 18:10.1212/WNL.0000000000012555. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000012555.
PMID: 34408071
- The role of electronic versus written order sets in inappropriate laboratory testing among hospitalized medical patients.
Brown I, Tran A, Soong C, Okrainec K.
Int J Med Inform. 2021 Sep;153:104546. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2021.104546. Epub 2021 Aug 4.
PMID: 34391017
- Evaluation of Sarcopenia in Older Patients Undergoing Head and Neck Cancer Surgery.
Orzell S, Verhaaren BFJ, Grewal R, Sklar M, Irish JC, Gilbert R, Brown D, Gullane P, de Almeida JR, Yu E, Su J, Xu W, Alibhai SMH, Goldstein DP.
Laryngoscope. 2021 Aug 12. doi: 10.1002/lary.29782.
PMID: 34383321
- High-intensity interval training or resistance training versus usual care in men with prostate cancer on active surveillance: A three-arm feasibility randomized controlled trial.
Papadopoulos E, Gillen JB, Moore DR, Au D, Kurgan N, Klentrou P, Finelli A, Alibhai SM, Santa Mina D.
Appl Physiol Nutr Metab. 2021 Aug 11. doi: 10.1139/apnm-2021-0365.
PMID: 34380000
- Excess cost of care associated with sepsis in cancer patients: Results from a population-based case-control matched cohort.
Tew M, Dalziel K, Thursky K, Krahn M, Abrahamyan L, Morris AM, Clarke P.
PLoS One. 2021 Aug 11;16(8):e0255107. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0255107. eCollection 2021.
PMID: 34379649
- Testing for a Sweet Spot in Randomized Trials.
Redelmeier DA, Thiruchelvam D, Tibshirani RJ.
Med Decis Making. 2021 Aug 11:272989X211025525. doi: 10.1177/0272989X211025525.
PMID: 34378458
- Transforming Care for People with Multiple Chronic Conditions: AHRQ's Research Agenda.
Bierman AS, Wang J, O'Malley P, Moss DK.
Health Serv Res. 2021 Aug 10. doi: 10.1111/1475-6773.13863.
PMID: 34378192
- Evidence generation and reproducibility in cell and gene therapy research: A call to action.
Abou-El-Enein M, Angelis A, Appelbaum FR, Andrews NC, Bates SE, Bierman AS, Brenner MK, Cavazzana M, Caligiuri MA, Clevers H, Cooke E, Daley GQ, Dzau VJ, Ellis LM, Fineberg HV, Goldstein LSB, Gottschalk S, Hamburg MA, Ingber DE, Kohn DB, Krainer AR, Maus MV, Marks P, Mummery CL, Pettigrew RI, Rutter JL, Teichmann SA, Terzic A, Urnov FD, Williams DA, Wolchok JD, Lawler M, Turtle CJ, Bauer G, Ioannidis JPA.
Mol Ther Methods Clin Dev. 2021 Jul 21;22:11-14. doi: 10.1016/j.omtm.2021.06.012. eCollection 2021 Sep 10.
PMID: 34377737
- Implicit and inferred: on the philosophical positions informing assessment science.
Tavares W, Hodwitz K, Rowland P, Ng S, Kuper A, Friesen F, Shwetz K, Brydges R.
Adv Health Sci Educ Theory Pract. 2021 Aug 9. doi: 10.1007/s10459-021-10063-w.
PMID: 34370126
- The KAIROS Blanket Exercise: Engaging Indigenous ways of knowing to foster critical consciousness in medical education.
Herzog LS, Wright SR, Pennington JJ, Richardson L.
Med Teach. 2021 Aug 7:1-7. doi: 10.1080/0142159X.2021.1956679.
PMID: 34369238
- Association Between Driving in the Summer and COVID-19 Mortality in the Autumn.
Zipursky JS, Redelmeier DA.
J Gen Intern Med. 2021 Aug 6:1-4. doi: 10.1007/s11606-021-07074-z.
PMID: 34357576
- A qualitative study on overdose response in the era of COVID-19 and beyond: how to spot someone so they never have to use alone.
Perri M, Kaminski N, Bonn M, Kolla G, Guta A, Bayoumi AM, Challacombe L, Gagnon M, Touesnard N, McDougall P, Strike C.
Harm Reduct J. 2021 Aug 5;18(1):85. doi: 10.1186/s12954-021-00530-3.
PMID: 34353323
- Therapeutic Anticoagulation with Heparin in Critically Ill Patients with Covid-19.
REMAP-CAP Investigators; ACTIV-4a Investigators; ATTACC Investigators, Goligher EC, Bradbury CA, McVerry BJ, Lawler PR, Berger JS, Gong MN, Carrier M, Reynolds HR, Kumar A, Turgeon AF, Kornblith LZ, Kahn SR, Marshall JC, Kim KS, Houston BL, Derde LPG, Cushman M, Tritschler T, Angus DC, Godoy LC, McQuilten Z, Kirwan BA, Farkouh ME, Brooks MM, Lewis RJ, Berry LR, Lorenzi E, Gordon AC, Ahuja T, Al-Beidh F, Annane D, Arabi YM, Aryal D, Baumann Kreuziger L, Beane A, Bhimani Z, Bihari S, Billett HH, Bond L, Bonten M, Brunkhorst F, Buxton M, Buzgau A, Castellucci LA, Chekuri S, Chen JT, Cheng AC, Chkhikvadze T, Coiffard B, Contreras A, Costantini TW, de Brouwer S, Detry MA, Duggal A, Džavík V, Effron MB, Eng HF, Escobedo J, Estcourt LJ, Everett BM, Fergusson DA, Fitzgerald M, Fowler RA, Froess JD, Fu Z, Galanaud JP, Galen BT, Gandotra S, Girard TD, Goodman AL, Goossens H, Green C, Greenstein YY, Gross PL, Haniffa R, Hegde SM, Hendrickson CM, Higgins AM, Hindenburg AA, Hope AA, Horowitz JM, Horvat CM, Huang DT, Hudock K, Hunt BJ, Husain M, Hyzy RC, Jacobson JR, Jayakumar D, Keller NM, Khan A, Kim Y, Kindzelski A, King AJ, Knudson MM, Kornblith AE, Kutcher ME, Laffan MA, Lamontagne F, Le Gal G, Leeper CM, Leifer ES, Lim G, Gallego Lima F, Linstrum K, Litton E, Lopez-Sendon J, Lother SA, Marten N, Saud Marinez A, Martinez M, Mateos Garcia E, Mavromichalis S, McAuley DF, McDonald EG, McGlothlin A, McGuinness SP, Middeldorp S, Montgomery SK, Mouncey PR, Murthy S, Nair GB, Nair R, Nichol AD, Nicolau JC, Nunez-Garcia B, Park JJ, Park PK, Parke RL, Parker JC, Parnia S, Paul JD, Pompilio M, Quigley JG, Rosenson RS, Rost NS, Rowan K, Santos FO, Santos M, Santos MO, Satterwhite L, Saunders CT, Schreiber J, Schutgens REG, Seymour CW, Siegal DM, Silva DG Jr, Singhal AB, Slutsky AS, Solvason D, Stanworth SJ, Turner AM, van Bentum-Puijk W, van de Veerdonk FL, van Diepen S, Vazquez-Grande G, Wahid L, Wareham V, Widmer RJ, Wilson JG, Yuriditsky E, Zhong Y, Berry SM, McArthur CJ, Neal MD, Hochman JS, Webb SA, Zarychanski R.
N Engl J Med. 2021 Aug 26;385(9):777-789. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2103417. Epub 2021 Aug 4.
PMID: 34351722
- Therapeutic Anticoagulation with Heparin in Noncritically Ill Patients with Covid-19.
ATTACC Investigators; ACTIV-4a Investigators; REMAP-CAP Investigators, Lawler PR, Goligher EC, Berger JS, Neal MD, McVerry BJ, Nicolau JC, Gong MN, Carrier M, Rosenson RS, Reynolds HR, Turgeon AF, Escobedo J, Huang DT, Bradbury CA, Houston BL, Kornblith LZ, Kumar A, Kahn SR, Cushman M, McQuilten Z, Slutsky AS, Kim KS, Gordon AC, Kirwan BA, Brooks MM, Higgins AM, Lewis RJ, Lorenzi E, Berry SM, Berry LR, Aday AW, Al-Beidh F, Annane D, Arabi YM, Aryal D, Baumann Kreuziger L, Beane A, Bhimani Z, Bihari S, Billett HH, Bond L, Bonten M, Brunkhorst F, Buxton M, Buzgau A, Castellucci LA, Chekuri S, Chen JT, Cheng AC, Chkhikvadze T, Coiffard B, Costantini TW, de Brouwer S, Derde LPG, Detry MA, Duggal A, Džavík V, Effron MB, Estcourt LJ, Everett BM, Fergusson DA, Fitzgerald M, Fowler RA, Galanaud JP, Galen BT, Gandotra S, García-Madrona S, Girard TD, Godoy LC, Goodman AL, Goossens H, Green C, Greenstein YY, Gross PL, Hamburg NM, Haniffa R, Hanna G, Hanna N, Hegde SM, Hendrickson CM, Hite RD, Hindenburg AA, Hope AA, Horowitz JM, Horvat CM, Hudock K, Hunt BJ, Husain M, Hyzy RC, Iyer VN, Jacobson JR, Jayakumar D, Keller NM, Khan A, Kim Y, Kindzelski AL, King AJ, Knudson MM, Kornblith AE, Krishnan V, Kutcher ME, Laffan MA, Lamontagne F, Le Gal G, Leeper CM, Leifer ES, Lim G, Lima FG, Linstrum K, Litton E, Lopez-Sendon J, Lopez-Sendon Moreno JL, Lother SA, Malhotra S, Marcos M, Saud Marinez A, Marshall JC, Marten N, Matthay MA, McAuley DF, McDonald EG, McGlothlin A, McGuinness SP, Middeldorp S, Montgomery SK, Moore SC, Morillo Guerrero R, Mouncey PR, Murthy S, Nair GB, Nair R, Nichol AD, Nunez-Garcia B, Pandey A, Park PK, Parke RL, Parker JC, Parnia S, Paul JD, Pérez González YS, Pompilio M, Prekker ME, Quigley JG, Rost NS, Rowan K, Santos FO, Santos M, Olombrada Santos M, Satterwhite L, Saunders CT, Schutgens REG, Seymour CW, Siegal DM, Silva DG Jr, Shankar-Hari M, Sheehan JP, Singhal AB, Solvason D, Stanworth SJ, Tritschler T, Turner AM, van Bentum-Puijk W, van de Veerdonk FL, van Diepen S, Vazquez-Grande G, Wahid L, Wareham V, Wells BJ, Widmer RJ, Wilson JG, Yuriditsky E, Zampieri FG, Angus DC, McArthur CJ, Webb SA, Farkouh ME, Hochman JS, Zarychanski R.
N Engl J Med. 2021 Aug 26;385(9):790-802. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2105911. Epub 2021 Aug 4.
PMID: 34351721
- Bans on Cellphone Use While Driving and Traffic Fatalities in the United States.
Zhu M, Shen S, Redelmeier DA, Li L, Wei L, Foss R.
Epidemiology. 2021 Sep 1;32(5):731-739. doi: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000001391.
PMID: 34348395
- Alopecia in a 36-Year-Old Man With HIV Infection.
Billick MJ, Gold WL.
JAMA. 2021 Aug 3;326(5):435-436. doi: 10.1001/jama.2021.7082.
PMID: 34342636
- Using meta-ethnography to understand the care transition experience of people with dementia and their caregivers.
Saragosa M, Jeffs L, Okrainec K, Kuluski K.
Dementia (London). 2021 Aug 2:14713012211031779. doi: 10.1177/14713012211031779.
PMID: 34333996
- A Descriptive Comparison of Substance Use Services in Recovery and Isolation Sites for People Experiencing Homelessness During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Boston and Toronto.
Harris MTH, Young S, Barocas J, Bayoumi AM, Caudarella A, Laurence G, Tomanovich M, Komaromy M.
Public Health Rep. 2021 Sep-Oct;136(5):532-537. doi: 10.1177/00333549211032974. Epub 2021 Jul 16.
PMID: 34269625
- Interest in Hypothetical Preexposure Prophylaxis Against Herpes Simplex Virus: A Cross-Sectional Survey.
Tan DHS, Tavangar F, Fusca L, Ross P, Hull MW, Grennan T, Bayoumi AM, Burchell AN.
Sex Transm Dis. 2021 Aug 1;48(8):e105-e108. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001342.
PMID: 34110756
- The clinical application of high-resolution peripheral computed tomography (HR-pQCT) in adults: state of the art and future directions.
van den Bergh JP, Szulc P, Cheung AM, Bouxsein M, Engelke K, Chapurlat R.
Osteoporos Int. 2021 Aug;32(8):1465-1485. doi: 10.1007/s00198-021-05999-z. Epub 2021 May 22.
PMID: 34023944
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Publications and Other Contributions by Trainees
Please email tina.teng@uhn.ca if you have items for inclusion in future newsletters
- A 54-year-old woman with chronic lithium toxicity.
Kobylianskii J, Austin E, Gold WL, Wu PE.
CMAJ. 2021 Aug 30;193(34):E1345-E1348. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.210725.
PMID: 34462294
- Benign serous cystadenoma presenting with cough and back pain.
Rudolph M, Peng J, Wu PE.
CMAJ. 2021 Aug 23;193(33):E1304. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.202850.
PMID: 34426448
- Alopecia in a 36-Year-Old Man With HIV Infection.
Billick MJ, Gold WL.
JAMA. 2021 Aug 3;326(5):435-436. doi: 10.1001/jama.2021.7082.
PMID: 34342636
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