Department of Medicine University of Toronto

For Dr. Valerie Palda, protecting human health means protecting the planet. As the DoM's Faculty Lead, Planetary Health, she hopes to help physicians understand the critical links between healthcare, climate change, and environmental sustainability. → deptmedicine.utoronto.ca/news/building-…

When a young man collapsed at a youth soccer game, Drs. Jessica Liu and Hedieh Ghanbari sprang into action, performing CPR and using a defibrillator to help save his life. Their efforts later earned them Citizen Hero Awards. → deptmedicine.utoronto.ca/news/physician…

“The existing literature did not offer a good way to measure treatment-related time, and it defined time in days,” says Ronald Chow, the lead author on the study who is an internal medicine resident at U of T and a doctoral student at the University of Oxford.

We're thrilled to see our Director of the Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Dr. @Pete_Wu, featured in some of @UHN's ads! Keep an eye out for these posters around the city.

A new study by researchers at @UofT has found that mindful self-compassion training may offer valuable emotional and social support for people living with multiple sclerosis. → deptmedicine.utoronto.ca/news/new-study…