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| Rheumatology Staff at St. Michael's Hospital |
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Dr. Laurence
Rubin, MD, FRCPC, FACP
Division Head, Division of Rheumatology
Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto |
| Dr. Rubin is a clinician-scientist who combines
research in genetics of Metabolic Bone Disease/Osteoporosis
and rheumatic inflammatory disorders with a broad-based
clinical practice in Rheumatology (MFC) and Metabolic Bone
Disease/Osteoporosis (61 Queen Street, 7th Floor- Centre for
Diabetes and Osteoporosis).
Fellows attend the Metabolic Bone Disease/Osteoporosis program
weekly (Monday am) and Rheumatology clinics are scheduled on
Monday afternoons and Tuesdays with fellows and core residents in medicine. He is also a participant
in the in patient consult service. A unique experience
for Toronto RDU fellows is "Outpatient Needle Arthroscopy".
The procedures are scheduled monthly, and provides trainees with the novel opportunity to
visualize the internal "architecture" of
the knee joint in patients with either degenerative or inflammatory disorders. |
Contact Information:
Saint Michael's Hospital
30 Bond Street
Shuter Wing 3-002c
Toronto, Ontario
M5B 1W8
Phone: (416) 864-5420
Fax: (416) 864-5139
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Dr.
Louise R. Perlin, MD, FRCPC
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto |
| Dr. Perlin is a clinician-teacher who is recognized
for her outstanding teaching skills at the bedside both in
the clinic and on the consultation service. She has 6-half
days of clinics per week (on 3-Shuter), which are attended
by fellows and housestaff. She has won numerous teaching awards
(most recently 2001/2002) at the under- and post graduate levels.
She is also Program Director for Core Internal Medicine at
SMH, and a member of the Departmental Executive Committee.
Dr. Perlin's practice encompasses the broad spectrum of rheumatic
disease, with a strong emphasis on inflammatory disorders,
and her ambulatory activities take place on 3-Shuter. |
Contact Information:
Saint Michael's Hospital
30 Bond Street
Toronto, Ontario
M5B 1W8
Phone: (416) 864-5550
Fax: (416) 864-5549 |
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Dr. Robert Rottapel, MD, FRCPC
Professor
Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
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| Dr. Rottapel is a clinician-scientist (CIHR Scholar)
whose clinical base is at SMH. He spends Tuesday each week
at SMH where he runs a clinic (MFC) and teaches core residents
and fellows in rheumatology. He attends weekly rheumatology
noon seminars and gives morning reports to core residents on
rotation. His teaching focus is on utilizing basic science
principles to elucidate the pathophysiology and rationale for
treatment of rheumatic disorders. He has a special interest
in the rheumatic manifestations of Hepatitis C. |
Contact Information:
Saint Michael's Hospital
30 Bond Street
Shuter Wing 3-002c
Toronto, Ontario
M5B 1W8
Phone: (416) 864-5420
Fax: (416) 864-5139
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Dr. Rachel Shupak, MD, FRCPC
Associate Professor
Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto |
Dr. Shupak is a clinician-educator who is primarily
responsible for the overall education program in
the Division of Rheumatology at SMH. She has 5-6 half-day clinics per week attended by student,
core residents and fellows.
Her clinics take place on 3- Shuter or MFC (Weds afternoon).
Her interests span the range of MSK issues, but her particular
interests include myopathies and a unique Hemophilia - Arthritis
program which she developed at SMH. As part of this latter
program, Dr. Shupak is the only rheumatologist
in Toronto offering radiation synovectomies of a variety of
affected joint(P32). Dr. Shupak has over the years been the referral source
for adolescents with Inflammatory Muscle disease in transition
from the HSC. She is also a consultant on the in-patient service.
She has won 3 outstanding teaching awards at SMH, the most recent being in 2001/2002. |
Contact Information:
Saint Michael's Hospital
30 Bond Street
Shuter Wing 3-002c
Toronto, Ontario
M5B 1W8
Phone: (416) 864-5450
Fax: (416) 864-5549
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Dr. Millicent Stone, MD
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
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Dr. Stone is a Clinician Investigator who joins the Division of Rheumatology on July 1, 2003. Her main clinical and research interests are in the investigation and treatment of Spondyloarthropathy, specifically Ankylosing Spondylitis. Dr. Stone has gained an international reputation for her work assessing the utility and outcomes of biologic therapy in AS. She will continue these efforts at SMH, and in particular will be establishing clinical trials of these agents, analyzing measures of outcome and predictors of response. Dr. Stone's ambulatory clinical practice will be located in the MFC on Weds (all day) and Thurs AM with a research clinic Friday am. Dr. Stone will also participate in the rheumatology consultation service.
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Contact Information:
Saint Michael's Hospital
30 Bond Street
Shuter Wing 3-002c
Toronto, Ontario
M5B 1W8
Phone: (416) 864-5420
Fax: (416) 864-5139
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