Family and Community Medicine

Clinical public health
Core competencies for and roles of health professionals in emergency management
Core competencies for health professionals in identifying and managing patients affected by domestic violence
Critical Incident Stress in health responders
Health disaster and emergency management
Mass gatherings preparedness and response
Responding to the opioid epidemic, a public health emergency
Risk Assessment and Communication (environmental and other emergencies)
Validation of paramedic and firefighter first responder practice through evidence and outcomes-based research

Office: 647-260-7181
Mobile: 647-260-7181
Languages: English
Website
Email: brian.schwartz.a@utoronto.ca
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David White

Professor Emeritus/Emerita

Campus
- St. George
Faculty
- Temerty Faculty of Medicine
Department
- Family and Community Medicine

Areas of Expertise

Community-based research
Education Research
Family medicine
Health Informatics
Health promotion
Health service delivery
Illness prevention
Leadership Development
Lessons learned from SARS
Quality improvement
Quality of Life/Satisfaction
Screening

Office: N/A
Website
Email: david.white@utoronto.ca
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Eva Grunfeld

Professor Emeritus/Emerita

Campus
- St. George
Faculty
- Temerty Faculty of Medicine
Department
- Family and Community Medicine
Centres

Areas of Expertise

Breast cancer
Cancer health services
Cancer survivorship
End-of-life care
Knowledge translation
Primary care

Office: 416-978-7951
Languages: English
Website
Email: eva.grunfeld@utoronto.ca
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Howard Seiden

Assistant Professor

Campus
- St. George
Faculty
- Temerty Faculty of Medicine
Department
- Family and Community Medicine

Areas of Expertise

Absenteeism
Corporate and executive medicine
Corporate health initiatives and policy for influenza, COVID and other health related matters including vaccine administration and screening
Disability insurance
Impairment and disability assessment
Independent medical examinations
Industrial/employee relations and illness
Mask exemptions
Medical-legal issues
Motor vehicle, disability insurance
Vaccine exemptions
Workplace accommodation requests from health care providers in support of job modifications for physical and mental health impairment

Office: 416-362-8614
Mobile: 416- 616-6040
Email: howard.seiden@utoronto.ca
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Julia Lee

Adjunct Lecturer

Campus
- St. George
Faculty
- Temerty Faculty of Medicine
Department
- Family and Community Medicine

Areas of Expertise

Family medicine
Food security
International health
Low-risk obstetrics
Palliative care

Office: 905-494-2120
Email: julia.lee@utoronto.ca
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Mary Sco.

Adjunct Lecturer & Family Physician

Campus
- St. George
Faculty
- Temerty Faculty of Medicine
Department
- Family and Community Medicine

Areas of Expertise

Nutrition
Nutrition for Disease Prevention (Diabetes, High Blood Pressure, High Cholesterol, Fatty Liver etc.)
Nutrition for Weight Loss
Nutrition for Women’s Health (Pregnancy, Fertility, Anxiety/Depression, Migraines, Breast Cancer etc.)

Office: N/A
Website
Email: m.scourboutakos@utoronto.ca
Preferred method of contact: Email
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Mel Borins

Associate Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Temerty Faculty of Medicine

Campus
- St. George
Department
- Family and Community Medicine

Areas of Expertise

Complementary and holistic medicine
Grief counselling
Health benefits of vacations
Healthy lifestyle
Improving clinician patient communication
Laughter as medicine
Preventing burnout
Stress management
Traumatic events & resilience

Office: 416-533-6488
Home: 416-782-4530
Email: mel@melborinscreative.com
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Muna Alkhaifi

Assistant Professor

Campus
- St. George
Faculty
- Temerty Faculty of Medicine
Department
- Family and Community Medicine

Areas of Expertise

Breast cancer
Breast cancer survivorship care
Menopause
Sexual health
Women's health

Office: 416-480-6100
Mobile: 416-834-6925
Website
Email: muna.al.khaifi@mail.utoronto.ca

Peter Selby

Professor

Campus
- St. George
Faculty
- Temerty Faculty of Medicine
Department
- Family and Community Medicine

Areas of Expertise

Digital health
Implementation Science
Tobacco dependence and addiction

Office: (416) 535-8501 Ext. 36859
Languages: English,Hindi,Marathi
Website
Email: peter.selby@camh.ca
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Ross Upshur

Professor

Campus
- St. George
Faculty
- Temerty Faculty of Medicine
Department
- Family and Community Medicine
Centres
- Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology
- Joint Centre for Bioethics

Areas of Expertise

Philosophy of medicine and public health
Practice and policy
Primary care research
Public health ethics (communicable diseases)

Office: (416) 978-6459
Website
Email: ross.upshur@utoronto.ca
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Samantha Green

Assistant Professor

Campus
- St. George
Faculty
- Temerty Faculty of Medicine
Department
- Family and Community Medicine

Areas of Expertise

air pollution
climate change and health
climate change as global health threat
First Nations communities & safety
heat waves
homelessness and health
impact of extreme weather on vulnerable populations
planetary health

Office: 416-864-3022
Languages: English
Website
Email: drsamantha.green@utoronto.ca
Preferred method of contact: Phone, Email, Text
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