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Susan Poutanen

Associate Professor

Temerty Faculty of Medicine, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology

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  • Associate Professor
    Temerty Faculty of Medicine, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology
  • (416) 586-3139 (Work)
  • (416) 586-8423 (Work)
  • (416) 586-8746 (Fax)
  • Sinai Health System, Department of Microbiology, 600 University Ave, Toronto, M5G 1X5, Canada

BIO

Dr Poutanen is a Medical Microbiologist and Infectious Diseases Physician at Mount Sinai Hospital and University Health Network in Toronto, Canada and an associate professor in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology and Department of Medicine at the University of Toronto. Dr Poutanen received her Medical Degree from the University of Toronto in 1996 and completed Internal Medicine and Medical Microbiology Residencies at the University of Toronto and an Infectious Diseases Fellowship at Stanford University, California.

She received her Masters of Public Health with a focus on Epidemiology from the University of California, Berkeley in 2002.

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MEDIA

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ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Associate Professor, Medical Microbiology, Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto
    University of Toronto, Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, Canada2013 - present
  • Associate Professor, Infectious Diseases, Medicine, University of Toronto
    University of Toronto, Infectious Diseases, Medicine, Toronto, Canada2013 - present
  • Assistant Professor, Infectious Diseases, Medicine, University of Toronto
    University of Toronto, Infectious Diseases, Medicine, Canada2005 - 2013
  • Assistant Professor, Medical Microbiology, Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto
    University of Toronto, Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology,, Toronto, Canada2004 - 2013

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • UHN Clinician Investigator, Research, University Health Network
    University Health Network, Research, Canada2020 - present
  • Active Staff, Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai Hospital
    Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada2004 - present
  • Active Staff, Infectious Diseases, Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital (cross appointment)
    Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada2004 - present
  • Active - Secondary, Department of Microbiology, University Health Network
    University Health Network, Toronto, Canada2004 - present
  • Active - Secondary, Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University Health Network (cross appointment)
    Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada2004 - present
  • Consultant, Infectious Diseases, Women’s College Hospital
    Women's College Hospital, Toronto, Canada2013 - 2019
  • Consultant, Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
    Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Department of Medicine, Canada2007 - 2014
  • Consultant Microbiologist, Laboratories Branch, Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, Canada
    Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, Toronto, Canada2005 - 2008

DEGREES

  • MPH
    University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States2001 - 2002
  • MD
    University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada1992 - 1996
  • Pre-Med Post-Secondary School Education, Specialist: Immunology/Major: Microbiology/Minor: Religion (GPA: 4.19 out of 4.3), Arts and Science
    University of Toronto,, Toronto, Canada1990 - 1992

CERTIFICATIONS

  • FRCPC
    Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, Toronto, Canada2004 - present
    Medical Microbiology,
  • Board Certification
    American Board of Internal Medicine, Philadelphia, United States2001 - 2011
    Infectious Diseases
  • FRCPC
    Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, Toronto, Canada2001 - present
    Infectious Diseases
  • FRCPC
    Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, Toronto, Canada2000 - present
    Internal Medicine
  • Board Certification
    American Board of Internal Medicine, Philadelphia, United States1999 - 2009
    Internal Medicine

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

  • Resident (Co-Chief Medical Microbiology Medical Resident 2003), Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    University of Toronto,, Canada2002 - 2004
  • Infectious Disease Fellowship
    Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, United States1999 - 2002
  • Resident, Core Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    University of Toronto,, Toronto, Canada1996 - 1999

LANGUAGES

  • English

AVAILABILITY

  • Media enquiries

INSTITUTIONAL STRATEGIC INITIATIVES

  • EPIC (Emerging Pathogens and Infectious Diseases Consortium)

AFFILIATED INSTITUTIONS

  • Sinai Health

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