David Alter

David Alter, MD, PhD, FRCPC
Senior Scientist, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Associated with the Division of
Cardiology Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael's Hospital, and Toronto
Rehabilitation Institute, Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto

Dr. Alter’s research interests extend across many disciplines, including the examination of chronic vascular disease management, cardiovascular outcomes and the processoutcomes relationship, physician decision-making behaviours, evaluating the effects of regionalization and/or decentralization of specialized cardiac services, waiting-list management systems, and determinants of non-invasive cardiac testing in Ontario. Dr. Alter is a Career Investigator with the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario. Dr. Alter is the Principal Investigator for the Socio-Economic and Acute Myocardial Infarction study (SESAMI), a multicentre prospective longitudinal study examining the relationship between socioeconomic status, the provision of cardiac services, and outcomes following acute myocardial infarction. Dr. Alter is also Principal Investigator for the study entitled Care gaps among high-risk cardiovascular patients: Evaluating the inappropriateness and clinical significance of the “treatment-risk paradox”.

Key Research Interest:
 

• Cardiovascular research