Endowed Chairs and Canada Research Chairs

Endowed Chairs in the Department of Medicine

The Department of Medicine holds 19 endowed chairs that support research and other initiatives (including the Sir John and Lady Eaton Professor and Chair of Medicine). Department of Medicine faculty additionally hold over 60 endowed chair positions at the Temerty Faculty of Medicine and across the Toronto Academic Health Sciences Network. Information about the Canada Research Chairs program, which is currently supporting 17 faculty members, is below.

Beth Abramson

Paul Albrechtsen Chair in Cardiology

Shabbir Alibhai

George, Margaret and Gary Hunt Family Chair in Geriatric Medicine

David Cherney

Gabor Zellerman Chair in Nephrology Research

Chung-Wai Chow

Godfrey S Petit Chair in Respirology Medicine

Breffni Hannon

Rose Family Chair in Palliative Medicine and Supportive Care

Marissa Joseph

AbbVie Chair in Ethnodermatology

Rupert Kaul

Elisabeth Hofmann Chair in Translational Medical Research

Christine Lay

Deborah Ivy Christiani Brill Chair in Neurology Research

Howard Leong-Poi

Dr. Dexter Hung-Cho Man Chair in Cardiology

Gary Lewis

Drucker Family Chair in Diabetes Research

Barbara Liu

Mary Trimmer Chair in Geriatric Medicine

Minakshi Madan

Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario Polo Chair

Heather McDonald-Blumer

Pfizer Canada Chair in Rheumatology

Mario Ostrowski

OHTN Chair in HIV/AIDS Research

Vincent Piguet

Drs. Dev Raj and Saroj Gupta Chair in Dermatology

Heather Reich

Baxter Oreopoulos Chair in Nephrology Research

Raphael Schneider

Elizabeth S. Barford Early Career Professorship in Multiple Sclerosis

Baiju Shah

Novo Nordisk Research Chair in Equitable Care of Diabetes and Related Conditions

Michelle Sholzberg

Alexandra Yeo Chair in Benign Hematology

David Tang-Wai

Slamen-Fast Chair in Neurology

Jennifer Watt

RTO ERO Chair in Geriatric Medicine

Brian Wong

Mr. Mak Pak Chiu and Mrs. Mak-Soo Lai Chair in General Internal Medicine

To be announced

Irene Frances Breen Chair in Hemorrhagic Stroke

Canada Research Chairs

The Canada Research Chairs Program (CRC) invests approximately $265 million per year across Canadian academic institutions to attract and retain some of the world’s most accomplished and promising minds. Chair holders aim to achieve research excellence in engineering and the natural sciences, health sciences, humanities, and social sciences.