Epidemiology Seminar
Todd Lee, MD MPH FRCPC
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Consultant in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Co-Director, Quality Improvement, Medical Mission, Chief of Service, 9C Medical Clinical Teaching Unit, McGill University Health Centre / Royal Victoria Hospital
High value Health Care: What is it, What is Upcoming at the MUHC and What Might Be the Implications for Research?
ALL ARE WELCOME
OBJECTIVES:
- Define and give practical examples of high value healthcare
- Discuss two upcoming clinical trials at the MUHC
- Explore areas for related research
BIO:
Dr. Todd C. Lee is a clinician-scientist and Associate Professor of Medicine at McGill University appointed to the Divisions of General Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases and Associate member of the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health. He is the Director of the McGill University Health Centre’s Clinical Practice Assessment Unit which is a research unit tasked with studying and improving the quality of clinical practice at the MUHC and beyond. He is also medical director of Quality Improvement for the Department of Medicine at the Royal Victoria Hospital and the medical director of one of four clinical teaching units for Internal Medicine. In 2015, his work on antibiotic self-stewardship was named one of three “best innovations” in the American College of Physicians “Teaching Value to Residents” international competition. He was also the 2015 winner of the Canadian Society of Internal Medicine’s New Investigator Award. He is one of two Choosing Wisely Canada Clinical Leaders for Quebec and is active for Choosing Wisely at both the Canadian Society of Internal Medicine and Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases of Canada levels.