Research Interests: Geriatrics and aging, Performance measurement, Primary care/Clinical practice, Health services research, Palliative care/End-of-life care
Peter completed training in 2012 as a Public Health and Preventive Medicine physician, and as a Family Physician at the University of Toronto. His current research includes using linked big data at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) to develop population perspectives on aging and end of life in Ontario. Peter is currently leading several grants that aim to improve care for palliative and end of life populations, including: 1. Care for those with long-term care needs; 2. Characterizing and improving transitional care for people with dementia, and; 3. Building risk-prognostication tools for end-of-life, to improve identification of those who would benefit from palliative and end-of-life care. He also leads the Bruyère Big Data Research Program. Peter is involved in several provincial and national expert panels aimed at improving care for the aging. Peter also practices family medicine in the community.