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.
Music for anxiety reduction in patients undergoing cardiac catheterization: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
Complement Ther Clin Pract. 2017 Aug;28:122-130
Jayakar JP, Alter DA
The energy expenditure benefits of reallocating sedentary time with physical activity: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
J Public Health (Oxf). 2017 Jun 07;:1-9
Biswas A, Oh PI, Faulkner GE, Bonsignore A, Pakosh MT, Alter DA
Patient and practitioner perspectives on reducing sedentary behavior at an exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation program.
Disabil Rehabil. 2017 Jun 06;:1-8
Biswas A, Faulkner GE, Oh PI, Alter DA
Stress testing after percutaneous coronary interventions: a population-based study.
CMAJ Open. 2017 May 26;5(2):E417-E423
Luca SR, Koh M, Qiu F, Alter DA, Bagai A, Bhatia RS, Czarnecki A, Goodman SG, Lau C, Wijeysundera HC, Ko DT
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

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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