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New release: 2022-2023 Evidence with Impact report.
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Irfan Dhalla

Affiliate Scientist ICES Central Primary Care & Health Systems Research Program

Biography

Irfan Dhalla joined ICES as a scientist in 2011. He is an assistant professor in the Department of Medicine and the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto, and medical director, Quality and Research at St. Michael's Hospital, where he also practices general internal medicine. Dr. Dhalla is also Health Quality Ontario's Vice-President of Evidence Development and Standards.

  • MHCM, Harvard University
  • MSc, Health Policy, Planning and Financing, London School of Economics
  • MD, University of Toronto
  • BASc, Engineering Physics, University of British Columbia
  • Health policy/reform
  • Acute/hospital care
  • Internal medicine
  • Quality improvement
  • Vice-President, Physician Quality, Unity Health Toronto
  • Director, Care Experience and Equity, Unity Health Toronto
  • Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto

ICES Grants

Grant
2019 - 2023

Keeping in Touch (KiT) with young adults as they transition through type 1 diabetes care

Granting Agency
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Principal Investigators
Booth GL, Brazeau A, Desveaux L, Dhalla I, Goyal S, Greenberg M, Nakhla M, Shulman R
Co-Investigators
Austin PC, Cafazzo JA, Goldbloom EB, Halperin IJ, Harrington J, Hillmer M, Isaranuwatchai W, Landry A, Lipscombe L, Mok E, Mukerji G, Parsons JA, Rabasa-Lhoret R, Spaic T, Sultan R, Wright M, Zenlea IS
Grant Type
Team Grant
Grant Amount
$1,200,000
Grant
2013 - 2014

Transitions across the continuum of care for older people with complex needs

Granting Agency
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Principal Investigators
Rochon P, Anderson G
Co-Investigators
Austin P, Bell C, Bronskill S, Dhalla I, Gill S, Gruneir A, Seitz D, Wodchis W
Grant Type
Operating Grant
Grant Amount
$100,000
Grant
2012 - 2015

Transitions across the healthcare system and risk of rehospitalization among older women and men

Granting Agency
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Principal Investigators
Gruneir A
Co-Investigators
Anderson G, Bell C, Bronskill S, Dhalla I, Rochon P
Grant Type
Operating Grant
Grant Amount
$268,384
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Journal Articles

Journal Article
05/12/2023

Association of neighborhood-level marginalization with healthcare use and clinical outcomes following hospital discharge in patients who underwent coronary catheterization for acute myocardial infarction in a single-payer healthcare system

Akioyamen LE, Abdel-Qadir H, Han L, Sud M, Mistry N, Alter DA, Atzema CL, Austin PC, Bhatia RS, Booth GL, Dhalla I, Ha ACT, Jackevicius CA, Kapral MK, Krumholz HM, Lee DS, McNaughton CD, Roifman I, Schull MJ, Sivaswamy A, Tu K, Udell JA, Wijeysundera HC, Ko DT. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2023; Dec 5 [Epub ahead of print].

Journal Article
13/11/2023

Association of neighborhood-level material deprivation with adverse outcomes and processes of care among patients with heart failure in a single-payer healthcare system: a population-based cohort study

Bobrowski D, Dorovenis A, Abdel-Qadir H, McNaughton CD, Alonzo R, Fang J, Austin PC, Udell JA, Jackevicius CA, Alter DA, Atzema CL, Bhatia RS, Booth GL, Ha ACT, Johnston S, Dhalla I, Kapral MK, Krumholz HM, Roifman I, Wijeysundera HC, Ko DT, Tu K, Ross HJ, Schull MJ, Lee DS. Eur J Heart Fail. 2023; Nov 13 [Epub ahead of print].

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