Sheldon Tobe

MD, MScCH (HPTE), FRCPC, FACP, FASH
HSF/NOSM Chair in Aboriginal and Rural Health Research, Associate scientist
sheldon.tobe@sunnybrook.ca
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Phone: 416-480-5590

Research Assistant:

Sana Habib
Phone: 416-480-5590
Fax: 416-480-6940

Dr. Tobe is now engaged with the Northern Ontario School of Medicine to facilitate research in rural and Aboriginal communities based on the principles of social accountability.

Dr. Tobe’s research is focused on improving the lives of people with or at risk of developing kidney disease by focusing on the prevention, diagnosis and control of hypertension. Current projects include the relationship of stress and its management and hypertension, microalbuminuria and hypertension, and renal vascular disease.

  • B.Sc., 1982, University of Toronto, Canada
  • MD, 1985, University of Calgary, Canada
  • FRCPC, 1989, medicine
  • FRCP, 1991, nephrology
  • FACP, 2009
  • FASH, 2010
  • MScCH (HPTE), 2012, U of T, Canada
  • Associate scientist, Evaluative Clinical Sciences, Schulich Heart Research Program, Sunnybrook Research Institute
  • Professor of medicine, department of medicine, division of nephrology, U of T
  • Associate scientist, Institute of Medical Science
  • HSF/NOSM Chair in Aboriginal and Rural Health Research
  • Professor, Northern Ontario School of Medicine

Research Foci

  • Clinical practice guidelines implementation
  • Nephrology and hypertension

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