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Douglas Lee

Senior Core Scientist

ICES Affiliation

ICES Central
Cardiovascular Research Program

Phone
416-480-4055 Ext. 3018

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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

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
Reducing readmission after acute coronary syndrome hospitalization by identifying important determinants and effective strategies to improve care

Principal investigator: Ko D
Co-investigators: Alter D, Austin P, Jackevicius C, Lee D, Stukel T, Tu J, Wijeysundera H
Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Project Grant - First Live Pilot
2016-2019; $470,169

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

8/19/2017

Mortality implications of appropriate implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy in secondary prevention patients: contrasting mortality in primary prevention patients from a prospective population-based registry

Almehmadi F, Porta-Sánchez A, Ha ACT, Fischer HD, Wang X, Austin PC, Lee DS, Nanthakumar K. J Am Heart Assoc. 2017; 6(8):e006220. Epub 2017 Aug 19.

8/14/2017

Predictors of obtaining follow-up care in the province of Ontario, Canada, following a new diagnosis of atrial fibrillation, heart failure, and hypertension in the emergency department

Atzema CL, Yu B, Ivers NM, Rochon PA, Lee DS, Schull MJ, Austin PC. CJEM. 2017; Aug 14 [Epub ahead of print].

6/29/2017

Adverse cardiac events associated with incident opioid drug use among older adults with COPD

Vozoris NT, Wang X, Austin PC, Lee DS, Stephenson AL, O'Donnell DE, Gill SS, Rochon PA. Eur J Clin Pharmacol. 2017; Jun 29 [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