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Meet Our Presenter
Dr. Samir K. Sinha MD, DPhil, FRCPC, AGSF
Dr. Samir Sinha is a passionate and respected advocate for the needs of older adults. Dr. Sinha currently serves as the Director of Geriatrics of the Sinai Health and the University Health Network in Toronto, the Peter and Shelagh Godsoe Chair in Geriatrics at Mount Sinai Hospital, and the Director of Health Policy Research at the National Institute on Ageing at Ryerson University. He is also an Associate Professor in the Departments of Medicine, Family and Community Medicine, and the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
A Rhodes Scholar, after completing his undergraduate medical studies at the University of Western Ontario, he obtained a Masters in Medical History and a Doctorate in Sociology at the University of Oxford’s Institute of Ageing. He has pursued his postgraduate training in Internal Medicine at the University of Toronto and in Geriatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Dr. Sinha's breadth of international training and expertise in health policy and the delivery of services related to the care of the elderly have made him a highly regarded expert in the care of older adults. Dr. Sinha began his clinical career working as a long-term care physician in Baltimore, Maryland before returning to Canada in 2010. In 2012 he was appointed by the Government of Ontario to serve as the expert lead of Ontario's Seniors Strategy through which he led or participated in several comprehensive reviews of Ontario’s long-term care services over the years. In 2019 he launched a comprehensive review of long-term care services across Canada and around the world for the National Institute on Ageing. In 2014, Canada’s Maclean’s Magazine proclaimed him to be one of Canada’s 50 most influential people and its most compelling voice for the elderly.
Beyond Canada, Dr. Sinha is a Fellow of the American Geriatrics Society and a member of the American Red Cross Scientific Advisory Council. Dr. Sinha has further consulted and advised hospitals and health authorities in Britain, China, Iceland, Singapore, St. Kitts and Nevis, Taiwan and the United States on the implementation and administration of unique, integrated and innovative models of geriatric and long-term care that reduce disease burden, improve access and capacity and ultimately promote health.
This FREE lecture is part of the Programs for 50+ and Community Engagement Senior's Month Medical Mondays series.
DATE:
Monday, June 28, 2021
TIME:
1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m.
LOCATION:
Online via Zoom
https://ryerson.zoom.us/j/97258364876Please input the full name and email that you registered with. You will be prompted to download the Zoom Launcher to participate in this meeting.
If you do not have access to the Internet you may also join in through telephone by dialing this local number 1-647-558-0588.Meeting ID: 972 5836 4876
CONTACT:
programsfor50plus@ryerson.ca or 416-979-5103
Accessibility: The Chang School is committed to accessibility for persons with disabilities. Please contact us 2–3 weeks in advance of the event if you have any particular accommodation requirements.
