Gerald Bain, MD (Active Staff, Clinician Teacher job description [Activities divided between patient care, teaching and creative professional development]). Dr. Bain’s primary interest is in men’s health issues and reproductive disorders of men, including issues of erectile dysfunction, hypoandrogenic states, male andropause, sexual development, male contraception and disorders of the testes. He has a clinical interest in infertility issues of both men and women.
Telephone: 416-586-4436
Fax: 416-586-3134
E-mail: j.bain@utoronto.ca
Brown, Theodore J. PhD: (Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology and the Department of Zoology; Cross appointment to the Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism MSH). Dr. Brown research includes studies of gonadal steroid mechanisms in growth regulation of cancer and in the hypothalamic regulation of reproductive function
Telephone: 416-586-4800 x 2996 416-586-4800 x 2451
E-mail: brown@mshri.on.ca
Shereen Ezzat, MD (Active Staff, Clinician Scientist job description [70% protected research time]). Major administrative responsibilities: Program Director, Freeman Center for Endocrine Oncology, U of T, and heading an effort to develop a UHN/MSH Endocrine Oncology multidisciplinary program of excellence in patient care, teaching and research. Primary Research Interest: Dr. Ezzat’s research focus spans fundamental molecular studies addressing questions regarding normal and abnormal endocrine cell development and differentiation. Parallel translational studies relate these findings to their impact on human endocrine tumour disease and treatment.
Telephone: 416-586-8505
Fax: 416-586-8834
E-mail: sezzat@mtsinai.on.ca
I.G. Fantus, MD (Active Staff, Clinician Scientist job description [70% protected research time]). Major administrative responsibilities: Director, University of Toronto Division of Endocrinology. Director, Core Laboratory, Banting and Best Diabetes Center. Major research Interests: Investigation of the mechanism of insulin action with a focus on elucidating the pathophysiology of insulin resistance. Specifically, Dr. Fantus is studying cellular and molecular mechanisms of high glucose and free fatty acid-induced insulin resistance in adipose and muscle tissue. Secondly, Dr. Fantus has an interest in investigating the pathogenesis of chronic complications of Diabetes, particularly the ability of hyperglycemia to alter cell signaling.
Telephone: 416-586-8665
Fax: 416-361-2657
E-mail: fantus@mshri.on.ca
Denice Feig, MD (Active Staff, Clinician Teacher job description [25% time protected for research]). Major administrative responsibilities: Head of the UHN/MSH Endocrinology of Pregnancy clinic and co-ordinator of the Masters course in Clinical Epidemiology called 'Evidence-based guidelines’. Dr. Feig teaches students and residents in three disciplines: endocrinology, internal medicine and obstetrics in the area of diabetes and other endocrine disorders in pregnancy. She also does clinical research in the area of Diabetes in Pregnancy and the effect of hyper and hypothyroidism in pregnancy on infants and newborns. She teaches seminars in Clinical Epidemiology and is involved in the development of evidence-based guidelines for preventive health.
Telephone: 416-586-8590
Fax: 416-361-2657
E-mail: dfeig@mtsinai.on.ca
Anthony Hanley, PhD (Staff Scientist with primary appointment to the UHN/MSH Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism. He is in the process of obtaining a cross appointment to the Department of Public Health, U of T [90% time protected for research]). Dr. Hanley is a new recruit to our Division, having started in January 2002. His major areas of research interest include the epidemiology of Type 2 diabetes mellitus associated complications, particularly among Aboriginal Canadians. In addition, he has an interest in the role of proinsulin in the etiology of diabetes and cardiovascular disease, and in the validation and application of surrogate measures of insulin resistance and beta cell function.
Telephone: 416-586-8441
Fax: 416-586-8404
E-mail: hanley@mshri.on.ca
Jacqueline James, MD (Active Staff, Clinician Teacher job description [Activities divided between patient care, teaching and administration]). Major administrative responsibilities: Course Director for the undergraduate course ‘The Art and Science of Clinical Medicine II’, a major undergraduate course for all second year medical students across the University of Toronto. Dr. James is also the Chair of the Banting and Best Diabetes Center Care and Education Committee. Her major activities include patient care, medical education and administration.
Telephone: 416-586-8369
Fax: 416-361-2662
E-mail: jjames@mtsinai.on.ca
Stephen J. Lye, MD, PhD: (Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology; Senior Investigator, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute; Cross appointment to the Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, MSH). Research interest in endocrinology of pregnancy; molecular regulation of myometrial, placental/fetal develoment, onset of term/pre-term labour and prevention of preterm delivery.
Telephone: 416-586-4800 x 8460
Fax: 416-586-8857
Email: lye@mshri.on.ca
Stephen Matthews, PhD (Professor, Department of Physiology and Cross appointments to the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism. Dr. Matthews research focuses on the regulation and plasticity of neuroendocrine systems during development.
Telephone: 416-978-1974
Fax: 416-978-4940
Email: stephen.matthews@utoronto.ca
Ravi Retnakaran, MD, MSc, FRCP(C) (Active Staff, Clinician Scientist) Major research interest: Dr. Retnakaran's research program focuses on novel risk factors for metabolic and cardiovascular disease, including adipokines, inflammatory proteins and markers of endothelial dysfunction. A major focus of this research initiative is the evaluation of these factors in women with a history of gestational diabetes, a population at high risk for developing type 2 diabetes.
Telephone: 416-586-4800 Ext. 3941
Fax: 416-586-4740
Email: rretnakaran@mtsinai.on.ca
Paul Walfish, MD (Emeritus Professor). Dr. Walfish runs a very busy clinic specializing in the treatment of thyroid disorders and endocrine malignancy. His research into the regulation of thyroid hormone action by nuclear receptor co-activators is funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
Telephone: 416-586-4437
Fax: 416-586-8861
E-mail: walfish@mshri.on.ca
B. Zinman, MD (Active Staff, Clinician Scientist job description [70% protected research time]). Major administrative responsibilities: Director, Leadership Sinai Centre for Diabetes. Major Research Interests: Dr. Zinman has contributed significantly to the understanding of the relationship between metabolic control and the long-term complications of Diabetes. Dr. Zinman has been a principal investigator in a number of landmark clinical studies that have changed the practice of diabetes care. More recently his work with aboriginal people has highlighted the devastating impact of diabetes on Canadian First Nation populations.
Telephone: 416-586-8747
Fax: 416-586-4740
E-mail: zinman@mshri.on.ca