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| Cardiology |
 RODRIGO BAGUR, MD, PhD, FRCPC, Associate ProfessorDr. Bagur received his MD degree in 2000 from the National University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Argentina, where he also completed postgraduate Internal Medicine training in 2004, and a Cardiology fellowship in 2008. Subsequently, he completed a 3-year fellowship in Interventional Cardiology at the Quebec Heart & Lung Institute, Laval University, in 2011. During his fellowship, he received full training in transradial coronary interventions, and he is one of the first interventional cardiologists to receive training in recanalization of coronary chronic total occlusion (CTO) and transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) in Canada. Dr. Bagur pursued a PhD in Experimental Medicine at Laval University in Quebec City. His PhD thesis focused on outcomes research on TAVI populations and he successfully finished in 2012. Prior to his appointment to the London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC), Dr. Bagur had an academic appointment as Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, at Laval University, and served as an Interventional Cardiologist at the Quebec University Hospital Centre in Quebec City during 2012-2014. At the beginning of 2015 he moved to London, Ontario, where he was appointed as Interventional Cardiologist in the Division of Cardiology, LHSC, and Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Western University. Dr. Bagur's clinical interests are catheter-based cardiovascular interventions, including transradial coronary interventions and structural heart disease interventions. He is the founder of the LHSC CTO program and member of the Heart Team for TAVI. His research interests include clinical epidemiology, health services and outcome research, chronic disease and multimorbidity, health-research methods, and evidence-base medicine. Dr. Bagur is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. He is also a member of the editorial board of EuroIntervention and Heart, he has contributed to numerous peer reviewed publications and serves as peer reviewer for most of Interventional Cardiology and Cardiology journals (PUBLONS). Keywords: Cardiovascular Epidemiology Catheter-based cardiovascular interventions Comorbidity Burden and Outcome Research Evidence-base Medicine Health-research Methods Meta-analysis Patient preferences and values Patient-important outcomes Systematic reviews Transcatheter aortic valve implantation Transradial coronary interventions |
| Critical Care Medicine |
 IAN BALL, MD, MSc (Epi), FRCPC, Associate Professor Education MD UWO 2002 FRCPC (Emergency Medicine) UWO 2007 Fellowship in Critical Care, UWO 2008 Fellowship in Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Toronto 2010 MSc (Clinical Epidemiology), University of Ottawa - 2016 Research Interests Dr. Ball spends his clinical time as an ICU consultant in the Critical Care Trauma Center at Victoria Hospital and as a Consultant Physician with the LHSC Regional Trauma Program. Dr. Ball is the Chair of Critical Care Western Research. He is an active member of the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. His research interests include: trauma, end of life care and toxicology Keywords: End of life care Toxicology Trauma |
| Rheumatology |
 LILLIAN BARRA, MD, FRCPC, Associate ProfessorDr. Lillian Barra is an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology at the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, cross-appointed to the Departments of Microbiology and Immunology, Epidemiology and Biostatistics. She completed her M.D. and Postgraduate training in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology at the University of Western Ontario and her Master of Public Health at Harvard University. She established the first interdisciplinary vasculitis clinic (IVASC) in Southwestern Ontario and is a member of the administrative board for CanVasc, a national network aimed at establishing research and education programs in vasculitis. The focus of her research is understanding the pathogenesis and impact of chronic autoimmune vascular diseases, specifically rheumatoid arthritis (RA)-associated cardiovascular disease and systemic vasculitis. The research is translational involving humanized mouse models of RA and atherosclerosis, biomaker studies, evidence synthesis and observational epidemiologic studies with the establishment and participation in various local, national and international cohort studies. Keywords: Animal models Autoantibodies Cardiovascular disease Immunoepidemiology Immunopathogenesis Meta-analysis Observational cohorts Rheumatoid arthritis Systematic reviews Systemic vasculitis |
| Rheumatology |
 PARI BASHARAT, MD, FRCPC, Associate ProfessorDr. Basharat completed her Internal Medicine and Rheumatology fellowships at the University of Western Ontario in 2011 and 2013. She also completed a fellowship in Inflammatory Myopathies at Johns Hopkins University in 2014. Dr. Basharat has a special interest in inflammatory myopathies. She runs a specialized multi-disciplinary clinic for Inflammatory Myositis bi-monthly with Dr. Shannon Venance, a neuromuscular specialist from the Department of Neurology. This clinic serves to enhance the care and assessment of patients with possible autoimmune muscle disorders. Dr. Basharat is also involved in research at the local, national and international levels in autoimmune myopathies and recently received the AMOSO Opportunities Fund Award from the Department of Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, for research in this area. She recently published a review on Autoimmune Necrotizing Myopathies and will be involved in the Canadian Inflammatory Myopathy Study Group research initiative, a national research network and database to enhance research in the area of inflammatory myopathies. Keywords: Autoimmune-Mediated Necrotizing Myopathy Dermatomyositis Inflammatory Myopathy Polymyositis Rheumatology |
| Critical Care Medicine |
 JOHN BASMAJI, MD, FRCPC, Assistant ProfessorBio sketch and keywords unavailable. |
| Gastroenterology |
 MELANIE BEATON, MD, FRCPC, Associate ProfessorMelanie Beaton completed her MD at the University of Ottawa and residency training in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology at Western University. She subsequently completed a research fellowship at the Queensland Institute of Medical Research and Royal Brisbane Hospital in Brisbane, Australia. After returning to London she joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology at Western University. Her clinical practice encompasses general gastroenterology with a focus in the management of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD). She is actively involved in Clinical Trials and investigator-initiated research in both of these areas. She is the Site Chief of University Hospital for Gastroenterology, as well as, the Equity and Wellness Lead for the Division and its trainees. Keywords: Hepatic Drug Metabolism Hepatology Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease |
| Endocrinology and Metabolism |
| AMANDA BERBERICH, MD, FRCPC, Assistant Professor Bio Sketch and keywords unavailable. Keywords: Genetics Heritable Endocrine Disorders Lipids Monogenic Diabetes |
| Respirology |
| ANURAG BHALLA, MD, FRCPC, Assistant Professor Bio sketch and keywords unavailable. |
| Geriatric Medicine |
 JASPREET BHANGU MD, FRCP(C), Assistant Professor Dr. Jaspreet Bhangu joined the Division of Geriatric Medicine as Clinician Researcher in October 2019. He graduated from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland in 2004 and completed his PhD in Trinity College Dublin in 2016. He further completed a clinical fellowship in stroke neurology with the University of Toronto in 2017. His research interests include vascular causes of cognitive impairment, falls, orthostatic hypotension and syncope. He is a member of the Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration and Aging (CCNA) as well as the Cognitive Clinical Trials group within the division of Geriatric Medicine. Keywords: Cardiac disorders in older adults Falls and syncope Frailty Orthostatic Hypotension and Autonomic Dysfunction |
| Nephrology |
 PETER BLAKE, MD, FRCPC, FRCPI, MB, MSc (Hons), ProfessorDr. Peter Blake is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Nephrology at the University of Western Ontario and London Health Sciences Centre in London, Ontario. Over the past two decades, Dr. Blake has published over 100 papers in the area of peritoneal dialysis and adequacy of dialysis in general. He has been Editor of two major textbooks in Nephrology. He has served as Editor-in-Chief since 2001 of Peritoneal Dialysis International. He is or has been a member of the Editorial Boards of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, the American Journal of Nephrology, Advances in Renal Replacement Therapy, and Nephrology News and Issues. He has given over 200 invited talks in 25 different countries. Dr. Blake has served on the National Kidney Foundation K/DOQI Peritoneal Dialysis Work Group, and the International Society of Peritoneal Dialysis Council (ISPD). He has been Chair of the Canadian Society of Nephrology Work Group on Peritoneal Dialysis since 1998 and has Co-Chaired the International Society of Nephrology (ISN) North American Task Force on Renal Disasters on behalf of the ISN Acute Renal Failure Commission. In 2013, he was appointed Provincial Medical Director of the Ontario Renal Network (ORN), the agency that administers renal services in Ontario. Dr. Blake graduated from University College Dublin Medical School in 1980. He received his Masters degree in Immunology from the University of Alberta in 1992. He also holds the FRCPC, Royal College of Physicians of Canada and the FRCPI, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland. Keywords: Dialysis delivery systems internationally Dialysis dose: Optimization of with particular regard to peritoneal dialysis Dialysis patients: Malnutrition Dialysis patients: Registry studies Dialysis: Economics Dialysis: Prescription and adequacy (Major Focus) Hemodialysis: Recirculation and urea rebound Peritoneal dialysis prescriptions: Patient compliance Peritoneal dialysis: Determinants of outcome in patients |
| Cardiology |
| SARAH BLISSETT, MD, MHPE, FRCPC, Assistant Professor Bio sketch unavailable at this time. |
| Geriatric Medicine |
 MICHAEL BORRIE, MD, FRCPC, Professor Dr. Michael Borrie is the Medical Director for the Aging Brain and Memory Clinic and is an investigator with the Cognitive Clinical Research Group. The group consists of investigators, clinical trials coordinators, clinicians and research assistants who do research in Neurodegenerative disorders. The group is based at Parkwood Institute and conducts investigator-initiated studies and pharmaceutical sponsored randomized controlled trials. As well, they provide education and clinical support to people with cognitive impairment and their families who are in the community. Dr. Borrie collaborates with Dr. Rob Bartha, Neuroimaging Scientist at the Robarts Research Institute, and his team of graduate students. These investigator-initiated neuroimaging studies have examined early markers of disease progression from Subjective Cognitive Decline to Mild Cognitive Impairment to Alzheimer Disease using magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) and structural MRI at high magnetic field intensity. Dr. Borrie is the platform leader for the Canadian Collaboration on Neurodegeneration and Aging (CCNA), Compass-ND Study and is one of the 5 Canadian site investigators for the NIH funded North American Alzheimer Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI). The Cognitive Clinical Research Group conducts pharmaceutical company sponsored randomized controlled trials of investigational compounds with the potential for disease modification in participants with underlying Alzheimer’s Disease. The trials are recruiting participants who are cognitively normal or have subjective cognitive decline or amnestic mild cognitive impairment or mild dementia. Underlying predisposition to Alzheimer’s Disease is confirmed with amyloid Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Imaging, CSF analysis and blood biomarkers. Keywords: Alzheimer's disease Alzheimer's disease Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) Biomarkers Canadian Collaboration on Neurodegeneration and Aging (CCNA) Magnetic Resonance Imaging/Spectroscopy Mild Cognitive Impairment Neuroimaging studies Randomized controlled trials |
| Critical Care Medicine |
 KAREN J. BOSMA, MD, FRCPC, Associate Professor Dr. Bosma completed her undergraduate work at McMaster University, graduating from the Arts & Science Programme (B. Arts Sc) and subsequently from the McMaster Medical School Program (MD). She then did a residency in Internal Medicine followed by a combined fellowship in Respirology and Critical Care Medicine at Western University. In 2004-2005, Dr. Bosma spent twenty months at the Universita di Torino, Italy doing a Research Fellowship with Professor Marco Ranieri. While in Italy, her research was focused on the relationship between patient-ventilator interaction and sleep quality and she was also involved in studies on acute lung injury in brain-injured patients and the impact of ventilation practices on lung function in potential organ donors. In 2006, Dr. Bosma started her clinical practice in the Department of Medicine, within the Divisions of Respirology and Critical Care Medicine at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University. She is an Attending Consultant in the Medical-Surgical Intensive Care Unit, LHSC University Hospital and on the Critical Care Outreach Team. Dr. Bosma’s research work continues to focus on patient-ventilator interaction, and its impact on sleep quality and weaning from mechanical ventilation. Her work on sleep in the intensive care unit has led her to examine delirium. She was a successful co-applicant for an AMOSO grant which supported a 3 year quality improvement initiative to establish routine delirium screening in the intensive care unit. She was also the site PI for the OSCILLATE study, a multicentre, CIHR-funded randomized controlled trial examining the use of high frequency oscillation for severe, early acute respiratory distress syndrome. Dr. Bosma is an author of three book chapters and ten peer-reviewed publications. Keywords: Delirium Mechanical ventilation Patient-ventilator dyssynchrony Patient-ventilator interaction Sleep |
| Rheumatology |
 TRISTAN BOYD, MD, FRCPC, Assistant ProfessorDr. Boyd completed his internal medicine residency and fellowship in rheumatology at Western University in 2012 and 2014, respectively. He completed postgraduate research training in Psoriatic Arthritis at the Centre for Innovative Therapy at the University of California San Diego (UCSD) in 2015 before joining the Division of Rheumatology an Assistant Professor. He has a particular interest in psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, and enteropathic arthritis. He is a member of the International Psoriasis and Arthritis Research Team (IPART) and Spondyloarthritis Research Consortium of Canada (SPARCC). He is actively recruiting patients to both patient registries and has received pilot project funding from SPARCC for current research projects. Keywords: Ankylosing spondylitis Enteropathic arthritis Psoriatic arthritis |
