Douglas Lee

Senior Core Scientist
Program Lead

ICES Affiliation

ICES Central
Cardiovascular Research Program

Phone
416-480-4055 Ext. 3018

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

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

Contemporary management and long-term clinical course of claudicants in Ontario

Principal Investigator: de Mestral C
Co-investigators: Al-Omran M, Johnston KW, Lee D, Roche-Nagle G.
Blair Foundation, Operating Grant
2019-2021; $20,000
Development and application of a patient-defined outcome in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy

Principal investigator: Sun L
Co-investigators: Austin PC; Beanlands R; Duffett L; Lee DS; Ruel M; Tulloch HE; Wells GA.
Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Project Scheme Grant
2019-2022; $260,101
Association between oral anticoagulation use and outcomes for older patients with new onset post-operative atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery: a population-based analysis from Ontario, Canada

Principal investigators: Ha A, Lee D
Co-investigators: Austin P, Yu B
Canadian Cardiovascular Society, 2018 Atrial Fibrillation Award
2018-2020; $100,000

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

8/8/2019

Trends in utilization of cardiac imaging among patients with heart failure: a repeated cross-sectional study

Braga JR, Leong-Poi H, Rac VE, Austin PC, Ross HJ, Lee DS. JAMA Netw Open. 2019; Aug 8 [Epub ahead of print].

7/18/2019

Development and validation of a multivariable prediction model for major adverse cardiovascular events after early stage breast cancer: a population-based cohort study

Abdel-Qadir H, Thavendiranathan P, Austin PC, Lee DS, Amir E, Tu JV, Fung K, Anderson GM. Eur. Heart J. 2019; Jul 18 [Epub ahead of print]. DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz460.

6/23/2019

Validation of endovascular and open thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair in Ontario health administrative databases

Rocha RV, Al-Omran M, Hussain MA, Lee DS, Forbes TL, Lindsay TF, Ouzounian M. Clin Invest Med. 2019; 42(2):E19-25. 2019; Jun 23 [Epub ahead of print]. DOI: 10.25011/cim.v42i2.32812.

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News coverage

tctMD8/9/2019Article

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

The Star7/31/2014Article

Bigger hospital better after heart failure, study finds

TheHeart.org 5/30/2014Article