Departments, Institutes, Centres and Other Units

Susan Armstrong

The breadth and depth of the Faculty of Medicine's activities are represented in its departments, centres and institutes. These include interdisciplinary research units that bring researchers together to address specific challenges and identify solutions. It also includes 26 departments that foster discovery, provide training and deliver answers to pressing questions in medical research and care. Through the websites listed below, you can learn more about these units, and more importantly, about the people who bring the ideas, energy and passions needed to do what can’t be done.

Departments

CHAIR & DEPARTMENT	CONTACT	DIRECTORIES
Beverley Orser Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine	12th Floor, 123 Edward Street Toronto, Ontario M5G 1E2 Tel: 416.978.4307 \| Fax: 416.978.2408	Administrative Directory Faculty Directory
Justin Nodwell Biochemistry	Room 5207, Medical Sciences Building 1 King’s College Circle, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8 Tel: 416.978.6892 \| Fax: 416.978.8548	Administrative Directory Faculty Directory
Warren Chan (Director) Biomedical Engineering, Institute of	Room 407, Roseburgh Building 164 College Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G9 Tel: 416.946.0020 \| Fax: 416.978.4317	Administrative Directory Faculty Directory
David Tannenbaum (Interim Chair) Family and Community Medicine	Suite 546, 500 University Avenue Toronto, Ontario M5G 1V7 Tel: 416.978.6473 \| Fax: 416.978.3912	Administrative Directory
Juan Carlos Zúñiga-Pflücker Immunology	Room 7203, Medical Sciences Building 1 King's College Circle, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8 Tel: 416.978.2120 \| Fax: 416.978.1938	Administrative Directory Faculty Directory
Rita Kandel Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology	6th floor, Medical Sciences Building 1 King's College Circle, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8 Tel: 416.978.2557 \| Fax: 416.978.7361	Administrative Directory Faculty Directory
Thomas Kislinger Medical Biophysics	Room 9-807, 101 College St. Toronto, Ontario M5G 1L7 Tel: 416.581.7627 \| Fax: 416.581.7627	Administrative Directory Faculty Directory
Alan Moody Medical Imaging	4th Floor, 263 McCaul Street Toronto, Ontario M5T 1W7 Tel: 416.978.6801 \| Fax: 416.978.6915	Administrative Directory Faculty Directory
Mingyao Liu Medical Science, Institute of	Room 2374, Medical Sciences Building 1 King's College Circle, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8 Tel: 416.946.7143 \| Fax: 416.971.2253	Administrative Directory Faculty Directory
Gillian Hawker Medicine	Room RFE3-805, Toronto General - UHN 190 Elizabeth Street, Toronto, Ontario M5G 2C4 Tel: 416.946.8071 \| Fax: 416.978.7230	Administrative Directory Faculty Directory
Tim Hughes (Interim Chair) Molecular Genetics	Room 4388, Medical Sciences Building 1 King’s College Circle, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8 Tel: 416.946.8511	Administrative Directory Faculty Directory
Deborah O'Connor Nutritional Sciences	Room 5253, Medical Sciences Building 1 King's College Circle, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8 Tel: 416.978.2422 \| Fax: 416.978.5882	Administrative Directory Faculty Directory
John Kingdom Obstetrics and Gynaecology	Suite 1200, 123 Edward Street Toronto, Ontario M5G 1E2 Tel: 416.978.2668 \| Fax: 416.978.8350	Administrative Directory Faculty Directory
Heather Colquhoun (Interim Chair) Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy	Room 9th Floor, 500 University Avenue Toronto, Ontario M5G 1V7 Tel: 416.978.2766 \| Fax: 416.946.7102	Administrative Directory Faculty Directory
Sherif El-Defrawy Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences	Kensington Eye Institute 340 College Street, Toronto, Ontario M5T 3A9 Tel: 416.416.928-2132 x 123	Administrative Directory Faculty Directory
Ian Witterick Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery	Suite 120, C. David Naylor Building, 6 Queen’s Park Crescent West, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H2 Tel: 416.946.8742 \| Fax: 416.946.8744	Administrative Directory Faculty Directory
Meredith Irwin Pediatrics	Room 1436, Hospital for Sick Children 555 University Ave., Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8 Tel: 416.813.4990	Administrative Directory Faculty Directory
Ruth Ross Pharmacology and Toxicology	Room 4207, Medical Sciences Building 1 King's College Circle, Toronto, Ontario M5S1A8 Tel: 416.978.2723 \| Fax: 416.978.6395	Administrative Directory Faculty Directory
Susan Jaglal Physical Therapy	Room 874, 8th Floor, 500 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1V7 Tel: 416.978.2769 \| Fax: 416.946.8561	Administrative Directory Faculty Directory
Scott Heximer Physiology	Room 3207, Medical Sciences Building 1 King's College Circle, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8 Tel: 416.978.2674 \| Fax: 416.978.4940	Administrative Directory Faculty Directory
Benoit Mulsant Psychiatry	Centre for Addiction and Mental Health/Clarke Institute Room 835, 250 College Street, Toronto, Ontario M5T 1R8 Tel: 416.979.6948 \| Fax: 416.979.6928	Administrative Directory Faculty Directory
Fei-Fei Liu Radiation Oncology	5th Floor, Stewart Building, 149 College Street, Toronto, Ontario M5T 1P5 Tel: 416.978.4545 \| Fax: 416.971.2110	Administrative Directory Faculty Directory
Yana Yunusova (Acting Director) Rehabilitation Sciences Institute	Suite 160, 500 University Avenue Toronto, Ontario M5G 1V7 Tel: 416.978.1789 \| Fax: 416.946.8643	Administrative Directory Faculty Directory
Pascal van Lieshout Speech-Language Pathology	Room 1068, 10th Floor, 500 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1V7 Tel: 416.978.8332 \| Fax: (416) 946-8634	Administrative Directory Faculty Directory
James Rutka Surgery	Suite 503, 149 College Street Toronto, Ontario M5T 1P5 Tel: 416.978.2623 \| Fax: 416.978.3928	Administrative Directory Faculty Directory

Research Centres

RESEARCH CENTRE & Director	CONTACT	DIRECTORY
Robert Paul Ambulatory Care Education, Centre for	76 Grenville Street, Floor 2, Room 2442 Toronto, Ontario M5S 1B2 Tel: 416.323.6400 x 3019 \| Fax: 416.323.6361	Administrative Directory
Gary Lewis Banting and Best Diabetes Centre	Toronto General Hospital - UHN Eaton Wing, 12th Floor, Room 12E248 200 Elizabeth Street, Toronto, Ontario M5G 2C4 Tel: 416.978.4656	Administrative Directory
Jennifer Gibson Bioethics, Joint Centre for	155 College Street, Suite 754 Toronto, Ontario M5T 1P8 Tel: 416.978.1395 \| Fax: 416.978.1911	Administrative Directory
Charlie Boone (Interim Director) Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research	Room 230, 160 College Street Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E1 Tel: 416.978.8562 \| Fax: 416.946.8253	Administrative Directory Faculty Directory
Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Children	Room 2111, Temerty Faculty of Medicine 1 King's College Circle, Medical Sciences Building, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8	Administrative Directory Faculty Directory
Latika Nirula Faculty Development, Centre for	Li Ka Shing International Healthcare Education Cente, St. Michael's Hospital 209 Victoria Street, 4th floor Tel: 416.864.6060 x77412	Administrative Directory
Global Institute for Psychosocial, Palliative and End-of-Life Care	700 Bay Street, Suite 2303 Toronto, Ontario M5G 1Z6	Administrative Directory Faculty Directory
Michael Farkouh Heart & Stroke/Richard Lewar Centre for Cardiovascular Research	585 University Avenue Toronto, Ontario M5G 2N2 Tel: 416.340.3141	Administrative Directory Faculty Directory
Maria Tassone Interprofessional Education, Centre for	University of Toronto/Toronto Western Hospital 399 Bathurst Street, Nassau Annex Toronto, Ontario M5T 2S8 Tel: 416.603.5800 x 2577 \| Fax: 416.603.5580	Administrative Directory Faculty Directory
Daniel Sellen Joannah and Brian Lawson Centre for Child Nutrition	Room 5269, Medical Sciences Building 1 King's College Circle, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8 Tel: 416.978.8112	Administrative Directory
Esme Fuller-Thomson Life Course and Aging, Institute for	246 Bloor St. W., Room 238 Toronto, Ontario M5S 1V4 Tel: 416.978.0377	Administrative Directory
Stephen Scherer McLaughlin Centre	Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning 686 Bay Street, 13th Floor Toronto, Ontario M5G 0A4 Tel: 416.813.7613 \| Fax: 416.813.8319	Administrative Directory
Medical Psychiatry Alliance
Brian Wong Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, Centre for	Sunnybrook Health Sciences 2075 Bayview Ave., Room H4 66 Toronto, Ontario M4N 3M5 Tel: 416.480.6100, ext. 83709	Administrative Directory
Graham Collingridge Tanz Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases	Tanz Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases Krembil Discovery Tower, 60 Leonard Avenue, 4th Floor - 4KD481, Toronto, Ontario M5T 2S8 Tel: 416.507.6840 \| Fax: 416.507.6435	Faculty Directory
Mansoor Husain Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research	661 University Avenue, 14th Floor Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1M1	Administrative Directory Faculty Directory
Tarek K. Rajji Toronto Dementia Research Alliance		Administrative Directory
Atul Humar Transplantation Institute	Toronto General Hospital University Health Network, NCSB-11-1236 585 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M5G 2C4 Tel: 416.340.5166 \| Fax: 416.340.3378	Administrative Directory
Cynthia Whitehead Wilson Centre for Research in Education	Toronto General Hospital 1st floor, 1-559 Eaton South Wing 200 Elizabeth Street, Toronto, Ontario M5G 2C4 Tel: 416.340.3079 \| Fax: 416.340.3792	Administrative Directory

Other Units

Unit & DIRECTOR	CONTACT	DIRECTORY
Carin Wittnich Cardiovascular Sciences Collaborative Specialization	263 McCaul St, P.O. Box 3C, 4th Floor, Rm 413 Toronto, Ontario M5T 1W7 Tel: 416.978.0746	Administrative Directory Faculty Directory
Zhong-Ping Feng Collaborative Specialization in Neuroscience	Medical Sciences Building 1 King's College Circle Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8 Tel: 416.978.8637	Faculty Directory
Edward Shorter History of Medicine	263 McCaul Street Toronto, Ontario M5T 1W7 Tel: 416.978.5256	Administrative Directory
Stephanie Nixon International Centre for Disability and Rehabilitation	Rehabilitation Sciences Centre, 8th Floor 500 University Avenue at Dundas Street West Toronto, Ontario M5G 1V7 Tel: 416.946.3232	Administrative Directory
Sharon Straus Knowledge Translation Program	Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute St. Michael's Hospital,209 Victoria Street Toronto, Ontario, M5B 1T8 Tel: 416.864.6060 x3068	Administrative Directory
Aled Edwards Structural Genomics Consortium	101 College St. MaRS South Tower Suite 700 Toronto, Ontario M5G 1L7 Tel: 416.946.0237	Administrative Directory