Dr. Heather Mcdonald Blumer

Biography

Heather McDonald-Blumer completed her internal medicine rheumatology training at the University of Toronto and began with an initial community rheumatology practice before transitioning to a full-time academic appointment at the University of Toronto in 2004. She is a member of the Division of Rheumatology at Mount Sinai Hospital/University Health Network, where her clinical interests include osteoporosis and inflammatory joint disease. She serves as the Associate Director of the Osteoporosis Program at UHN and is a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee as well as the Chair of the Guidelines Committee for Osteoporosis Canada. McDonald-Blumer is known as a passionate teacher and educator, having served as the program director for rheumatology at the University of Toronto for six years, where she developed and implemented the National Rheumatology Residents Weekend. She has chaired both the Specialty Committee for Rheumatology and the Examination Board Rheumatology for the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. Her work has notably advanced rheumatology training in Canada through collaborative curricular innovations. For her contributions, she has been recognized with the Royal College Program Director of the Year Award and the inaugural Canadian Rheumatology Association Teacher/Educator of the Year Award. Between 2009-2016, she was also the program director for Internal Medicine at the University of Toronto and received the William Goldie Travel Prize and the Medical Education Teacher of the Year Award, recognizing her impact and leadership in the internal medicine program. After completing her term as program director, she returned to her roots in rheumatology and currently holds the position of Division Director of Rheumatology at the University of Toronto.

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