June 9

Some see June 21 as the beginning of the summer season; for some, it’s the beginning of the noise season.

The chaotic cacophony is creeping up in all of our cities. Day, night, and increasingly year-round, people are being disturbed by all kinds of noise. The physical and mental health impacts can be significant, and mounting a defense can seem impossible. 

What are the health consequences of noise? What can you, as a physician, do about it?

How can you determine if noise pollution is a health risk for your patients?

Rather than letting leaf blowers blow away your patience, you are invited to learn from our speakers and share your experiences regarding noise pollution.

Dr. Tor Oiamo is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies at Toronto Metropolitan University. His current research in environmental health geography focuses on environmental determinants of health such as noise pollution. Through collaboration with institutions such as Health Canada and Toronto Public Health, his research activities are oriented towards relevant environmental decision-making and policy arenas.

 Ingrid Buday is founder and Executive Director of No More Noise, a federal not for profit advocating for the restoration of urban calm . See their website for more information. 

 Please join us.

May 5: Three cancer physiatrists to answer all your questions about cancer rehabilitation

 April is Cancer Awareness Month. Then comes May.

A time to reflect on what happens after treatment, and what can be done to improve the quality of life for cancer survivors.

Please join us for an evening with three cancer physiatrists as they educate us on optimizing recovery from cancer and its treatment, with plenty of opportunity to get your questions answered.

Dr. Eugene Chang is a physiatrist who works at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and Toronto Rehabilitation Institute . His main interest is management of cancer-related impairments, which includes musculoskeletal and neurological dysfunction, fatigue, lymphedema, pain, and medical education related to cancer survivorship and rehabilitation. He will provide us with an overview of models of care in cancer rehabilitation.

Dr. Emma Mauti’s clinical work is focused on maximizing quality of life for individuals living with and beyond cancer, through diagnosing and managing functional impairments that arise from cancer or its treatments.  She has a particular interest in neuromuscular complications of cancer and the focus of her presentation will be breast cancer related impairments and management.

Dr. Melissa Weidman’s clinical interests include management of cancer and treatment related impairments, helping individuals to maximize their function through a combination of conservative, pharmacologic, and interventional strategies. She is a firm believer in exercise as medicine and preventative management strategies, and enjoys working in collaborative, interprofessional teams. The focus of her presentation will be exercise considerations and recommendations in cancer patients.

April 20: Lunch with Dr. Neil Theise

You are invited to a special daytime edition of the Doctors’ Lounge series.

 As Earth Day approaches, we are asked to reflect on the interconnectedness of life on this planet.

It is also a wonderful opportunity to reflect on the interconnectedness of life within the human body.

Recent research through microanatomic mapping has reframed the interstitium as a body-wide network composed of three domains: the intercellular space, the pericapillary space, and the fascial interstitia, which is now considered an integrated organ system.

If you haven’t given much thought to fascia since seeing it as the stuff that got in the way of your dissection in first-year medical school, this will be your opportunity for a radical update of your understanding of what is holding us together.

Dr Theise is Adjunct Professor of Pathology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, with a research career spanning chronic liver disease, cancer biology, adult stem cells, and the anatomy of the human interstitium. He is also the author of Notes on Complexity: A Scientific Theory of Connection, Consciousness and Being, long-listed for the 2023 PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award, and the forthcoming memoir Sarah in the In Between (Spiegel & Grau, 2026).

Related: https://radiolab.org/podcast/interstitium