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Ross Edward Upshur

Professor

Temerty Faculty of Medicine, Department of Family and Community Medicine

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  • Professor
    Temerty Faculty of Medicine, Department of Family and Community Medicine
  • (416) 978-6459 (Work)
  • University of Toronto, Dalla Lana Faculty of Public Health, 155 College Street, Toronto, ON, M5G 1L4, Canada

BIO

Dr. Ross Upshur is the Dalla Lana Chair in Clinical Public Health and Head, Division of Clinical Public Health at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health and Senior Scientist at the Lunenfeld Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health. At the University of Toronto he is a Professor at the Department of Family and Community Medicine and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, an affiliate of the Institute of the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology and a member of the Centre for Environment and the Joint Center for Bioethics. He is a member of The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and the College of Family Physicians of Canada. He is a staff physician at the Hennick Bridgepoint Hospital, Sinai Health

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MEDIA

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ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Professor
    University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada1998 - present
  • Division Head, Clinical Public Health
    University of Toronto, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Toronto, Canada2013 - present

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Scientific Director
    Bridgepoint Active Healthcare, Toronto, Canada2014 - 2022
  • Director, Primary Care Research Unit
    Sunnybrook Health Science Centre, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Toronto, Canada2000 - 2010
  • Staff Physician
    Sunnybrook Health Science Centre, Toronto, Canada1998 - 2013
  • Associate Director
    Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Toronto, Canada2015 - 2022

DEGREES

  • MSc, Epidemiology
    University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada1997
  • MD
    McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada1986
  • MA, Philosophy
    Queen's University, Kingston, Canada1983
  • BA (with Honors), Philosophy
    University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Canada1982

CERTIFICATIONS

  • LMCC
    Medical Council of Canada, Ottawa, Canada1986 - present

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

  • Residency Program in Community Medicine
    University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada1993 - 1997
    Residency
  • General Comprehensive Internship
    Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Canada1986 - 1987
    Internship
  • Geriatric Traineeship
    McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

AVAILABILITY

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INSTITUTIONAL STRATEGIC INITIATIVES

  • Institute for Pandemics (IfP)

AFFILIATED INSTITUTIONS

  • Sinai Health