BBDC Advances in Diabetes Care 2025

March 28, 2025 - Toronto Reference Library

2017 Faculty

Toronto Speakers

* University of Toronto

Zubin Austin, BScPhm, MBA, MISc, PhD
Academic Director, Centre for Practice Excellence
The Murray B. Koffler Chair in Pharmacy Management
Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy*
Marisa Battistella, BSc Phm, Pharm D, ACPR
Pharmacy Clinician Scientist
Assistant Professor
Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy*
Clinical Pharmacist-Nephrology
University Health Network
Denis Daneman, MBBCh FRCPC DSc(Med)
Professor of Paediatrics
Chair Emeritus, Department of Paediatrics*
Paediatrician-in-Chief Emeritus, The Hospital for Sick Children
Jeremy Gilbert, MD, FRCPC
Assistant Professor
Program Director,
Endocrinology and Metabolism,
Faculty of Medicine*
Arno K. Kumagai, MD
Professor Vice Chair for Education
Department of Medicine*
F.M. Hill Chair in Humanism Education
Women’s College Hospital
Heidi Lazar-Meyn
Lawyer
Geetha Mukerji, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Clinical Lead in Quality and Innovation,
Women’s College Hospital Institute of Health
Systems Solutions and Virtual Care
Assistant Professor*
Jane Rajah, BScN, RN, CDE
Diabetes Nurse Educator,
Parkdale Community Health Centre
Barry Simon, MD, FRCPC
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry
Faculty of Medicine*
Psychiatric Consultant,
Leadership Sinai Centre for Diabetes,
Mount Sinai Hospital
Ross Upshur, BA (hons), MA, MD, MSc, CCFP, FRCPC
Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine and Dalla Lana School of Public Health*
Camilla Wong, MDS
Assistant Professor,
Faculty of Medicine*
Staff Geriatrician,
St. Michael’s Hospital
Project Investigator,
Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute,
St. Michael’s Hospital
Afshan Zahedi, MD
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine*
Staff Endocrinologist,
Women’s College Hospital
Diane Zianis, RD
Dietitian,
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Program Committee

* Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto

Rene Wong*, MD, MEd, FRCPC (Course Director)
Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism, University Health Network
Leigh Caplan, RN, BSc, Ma CDE
Diabetes Educator, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Jeremy Gilbert*, MD, FRCPC
Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Henry Halapy, RPh
Pharmacist, Diabetes & Osteoporosis Centre, St. Michael’s Hospital
Lori MacCallum, BScPhm, PharmD
Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy
Jasmine Montreuil, MA, RD, CDE
Registered Dietitian, North York Family Health Team
Patricia Wong, MD
Community Family Physician