Douglas Lee

Senior Core Scientist (Full Status)
Program Lead

ICES Affiliation

ICES Central
Cardiovascular Research Program

Phone
416-480-4055

Assistant
Suzanne Perrett, Research Administrative Coordinator, 437-317-8907

Biography

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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

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

Comprehensive diabetes management and its association with the risk of leg amputation: a population-based cohort study

Principal investigator: de Mestral C
Co-investigators: Albalawi Z, Al-Omran M, Austin PC, Caul JM, Cross KM, Evans R, Lee DS, Verma SS
Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Project Grant
2021-2023; $130,050
Incidence, outcomes and left atrial size in immigrants with atrial fibrillation in Ontario, Canada

Principal investigator: Tsang W
Co-investigator: Lee D
Canadian Cardiovascular Society, CCS/BMS-Pfizer AF Research Award
2021-2024; $90,000
Identifying disparities in equitable access to virtual palliative care

Principal investigators: Bell CM, Quinn KL
Co-investigators: Bhatia RS, Downar J, Isenberg SR, Kyeremanteng K, Lee DS, Stall NM, Stukel TA, Tanuseputro P, Vincent D
Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Project Grant
2021-2022; $150,000

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

11/5/2022

Trial of an intervention to improve acute heart failure outcomes

Lee DS, Straus SE, Farkouh ME, Austin PC, Taljaard M, Chong A, Fahim C, Poon S, Cram P, Smith S, McKelvie RS, Porepa L; for the COACH Trial Investigators. N Engl J Med. 2022; Nov 5 [Epub ahead of print]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa2211680

10/17/2022

Post-acute health care burden after SARS-CoV-2 infection: a retrospective cohort study

McNaughton CD, Austin PC, Sivaswamy A, Fang J, Abdel-Qadir H, Daneman N, Udell JA, Wodchis WP, Mostarac I, Lee DS, Atzema CL. CMAJ. 2022; 194:E1368-76. Epub 2022 Oct 17. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.220728

10/4/2022

Telemedicine use and outcomes after transient ischemic attack and minor stroke during the COVID-19 pandemic: a population-based cohort study

Yu AYX, Penn J, Austin PC, Lee DS, Porter J, Fang J, Redelmeier DA, Kapral MK. CMAJ Open. 2022; 10(4):E865-71. Epub 2022 Oct 4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.9778/cmajo.20220027

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News coverage

CIHR11/9/2022Article

Assessing the risks: How a new scorecard is helping emergency doctors better assess risk in heart failure patients

tctMD8/9/2019Article

Echo overuse in heart failure stabilizes in the wake of Ontario appropriateness efforts

The Star7/31/2014Article