Research Committee

Purpose

Advise the Department of Medicine Chair  and Vice Chair Research 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.

Meetings

The Research Committee meets quarterly. 

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. The current composition of the committee includes the representatives below, including divisional research leads and hospital representatives. All Division Directors are also invited. 

Name Division Hospital
Mina Madan Cardiology Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Margaret Herridge Critical Care UHN - Toronto General Hospital
Keerat Grewal Emergency Medicine Mount Sinai Hospital
Iliana Lega Endocrinology Women's College Hospital
Vivian Huang Gastroenterology Mount Sinai Hospital
Gideon Hirschfield Gastroenterology  UHN - Toronto General Hospital
Fahad Razak General Internal Medicine St. Michael's Hospital
Lauren Lapointe-Shaw General Internal Medicine UHN - Toronto General Hospital
Shabbir Alibhai Geriatric Medicine UHN - Toronto General Hospital
Steven Chan Hematology UHN - Toronto General Hospital
Bryan Coburn Infectious Disease UHN - Toronto General Hospital
Geoff Liu Medical Oncology UHN - Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
David Cherney Nephrology UHN - Toronto General Hospital
Mario Marsellis Neurology Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Breffni Hannon Palliative Medicine UHN - Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Cathy Craven Physical Med and Rehab UHN - Toronto Rehabilitation Institute
Shannon MacDonald Physical Med and Rehab Sinai Health System - Bridgepoint
Dmitry Rozenberg Respirology UHN - Toronto Western Hospital
Lihi Eder Rheumatology Women's College Hospital
John Floras Cardiology Mount Sinai Hospital
Rob Inman Rheumatology UHN - Toronto Western Hospital
Paula Harvey Cardiology Women's College Hospital
Howard Leong-Poi Cardiology St. Michael's Hospital
 Jill Tinmouth Gastroenterology  Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Mamatha Bhat Gastroenterology  UHN - Toronto General Hospital
Shiphra Ginsburg Respirology Mount Sinai Hospital
Ayelet Kuper General Internal Medicine Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Paula Rochon Geriatric Medicine Women's College Hospital