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Douglas Lee

Senior Core Scientist

ICES Affiliation

ICES Central
Cardiovascular Research Program

Phone
416-480-4055 Ext. 3018

Assistant
Zahira Somani, Research Administrative Coordinator, 416-480-4055 Ext. 4700

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Education

PhD, Health Policy and Clinical Epidemiology, Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto
FRCPC, Cardiology, University of Toronto
MD, University of Toronto

Research Focus

Cardiovascular disorders
Diagnostic testing/imaging
Health care quality
Outcomes research
Health technology assessment

Other Affiliations

Associate Professor, Medicine, University of Toronto
Scientist, Toronto General Research Institute
Cardiologist, Peter Munk Cardiac Centre and University Health Network
Ted Rogers Chair in Heart Functions Outcomes, Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research

Recent ICES Grants

The impact of revascularization options on disability-free survival in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy

Principal investigator: Sun L
Co-investigators: Austin P, Lee D, Tu J.
AHSC AFP Innovation Fund, Operating Grant
2018-2020; $50,000
Atrial fibrillation after early stage breast cancer: incidence, risk factors, and pathogenesis

Principal investigators: Abdel-Qadir H, Anderson G
Co-investigators: Austin P, Lee D, Tu J
Canadian Cardiovascular Society, Atrial Fibrillation Research Award
2017-2019; $100,000
The Program of Research on Outcomes, Treatment, and Evaluation of Care in the Spectrum of HF (PROTECT-HF)

Principal investigator: Lee D
Co-investigators: Austin P, Celi L, Grimshaw J, Ko D, Lavis J, Tu J
Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Foundation Scheme Grant
2016-2023; $1,894,649

Recent Awards & Recognition

Heart and Stroke Foundation Ontario Mid-Career Investigator Award

2016 – 2020: Awarded to Dr. Douglas Lee for Program of Research on Outcomes, Treatment, and Evaluation of Care in the Spectrum of HF (PROTECT-HF).
4/1/2016
Robert E. Beamish Award

2014: Awarded to Dr. Doug Lee by the Canadian Cardiovascular Society. This honour is given to the lead author of a research article published in The Canadian Journal of Cardiology within the past three years that is judged to have the greatest potential impact in cardiovascular medicine.
11/5/2014
CIHR Clinician Scientist Award

2013-2016: Awarded to Dr. Doug Lee.
6/1/2013

Recent ICES Publications

7/11/2018

Importance of considering competing risks in time-to-event analyses: application to stroke risk in a retrospective cohort study of elderly patients with atrial fibrillation

Abdel-Qadir H, Fang J, Lee DS, Tu JV, Amir E, Austin PC, Anderson GM. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2018; 11:e004580. Epub 2018 Jul 11.

6/12/2018

A clinical decision instrument to predict 30-day death & cardiovascular hospitalizations following an emergency department visit for atrial fibrillation: the atrial fibrillation in the emergency room, part 2 (AFTER2) study

Atzema CL, Dorian P, Fang J, Tu JV, Lee DS, Chong AS, Austin PC. Am Heart J. 2018; Jun 12 [Epub ahead of print].

5/23/2018

Risk-imaging mismatch in cardiac imaging practices for women receiving systemic therapy for early-stage breast cancer: a population-based cohort study

Thavendiranathan P, Abdel-Qadir H, Fischer HD, Liu Y, Camacho X, Amir E, Austin PC, Lee DS. J Clin Oncol. 2018; May 23 [Epub ahead of print].

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News coverage

The Star7/31/2014Article

Bigger hospital better after heart failure, study finds

TheHeart.org 5/30/2014Article

Delaying follow-up with ICD patients is associated with increased mortality risks