David Alter

David Alter, MD, PhD, FRCPC

Senior Scientist, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute (TRI)
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Keywords: acute myocardial infarction, behavioural determinants, cohort studies, exercise rehabilitation, health services research, music, population health, prognosis, socioeconomic status, clinical outcomes
Dr. Alter maintains an active community cardiology practice in Milton Ontario (Milton Cardiac Care) and is the founder of a social purpose organization called Vigour Projects, whose mission is to improve the health of communities through music.
Dr. Alter's research spans across many disciplines including cardiovascular health services and outcomes, clinical epidemiology and social determinants, cardiac rehabilitation and more recently, music and medicine. He has published over 125 scholarly peer-reviewed papers in prestigious journals such as the New England Journal of Medicine and the Journal of the American Medical Association. Dr. Alter has also received funding from various agencies including the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario.
Regional variations in ambulatory care and incidence of cardiovascular events.
CMAJ. 2017 Apr 03;189(13):E494-E501
Tu JV, Chu A, Maclagan L, Austin PC, Johnston S, Ko DT, Cheung I, Atzema CL, Booth GL, Bhatia RS, Lee DS, Jackevicius CA, Kapral MK, Tu K, Wijeysundera HC, Alter DA, Udell JA, Manuel DG, Mondal P, Hogg W, Cardiovascular Health in Ambulatory Care...
Relationship Between Cardiac Rehabilitation Participation and Health Service Expenditures Within a Universal Health Care System.
Mayo Clin Proc. 2017 Mar 13;:
Alter DA, Yu B, Bajaj RR, Oh PI
Association Between Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Aortic Stenosis: The CANHEART Aortic Stenosis Study.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2017 Mar 28;69(12):1523-1532
Yan AT, Koh M, Chan KK, Guo H, Alter DA, Austin PC, Tu JV, Wijeysundera HC, Ko DT
The eco-biological-behavioural perfect storm that follows heavy snowfall.
CMAJ. 2017 Feb 13;189(6):E225-E226
Alter DA
Primary Care Physician Volume and Quality of Diabetes Care: A Population-Based Cohort Study.
Ann Intern Med. 2016 Dec 13;:
Cheung A, Stukel TA, Alter DA, Glazier RH, Ling V, Wang X, Shah BR
Cardiovascular Risk Factor Management Performance in Canada and the United States: A Systematic Review.
Can J Cardiol. 2016 Jul 18;:
Alabousi M, Abdullah P, Alter DA, Booth GL, Hogg W, Ko DT, Manuel DG, Farkouh ME, Tu JV, Udell JA
High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol and Cause-Specific Mortality in Individuals Without Previous Cardiovascular Conditions: The CANHEART Study.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2016 Nov 8;68(19):2073-2083
Ko DT, Alter DA, Guo H, Koh M, Lau G, Austin PC, Booth GL, Hogg W, Jackevicius CA, Lee DS, Wijeysundera HC, Wilkins JT, Tu JV
The Burgeoning Roots of Socioeconomic Inequalities in Health: The Legacy Effect.
Rev Esp Cardiol (Engl Ed). 2016 Oct 4;:
Alter DA, Yu W
Ensuring Cardiac Rehabilitation Access for the Majority of Those in Need: A Call to Action for Canada.
Can J Cardiol. 2016 Oct;32(10S2):S358-S364
Grace SL, Turk-Adawi K, Santiago de Araújo Pio C, Alter DA
Baseline risk has greater influence over behavioral attrition on the real-world clinical effectiveness of cardiac rehabilitation.
J Clin Epidemiol. 2016 Apr 28;
Biswas A, Oh PI, Faulkner GE, Alter DA

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Senior Scientist, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute (TRI)

Senior Scientist, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences
Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto
Cross appointment to the Department of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto
Adjunct Scientist, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital