May 9, 2019  |  5:00pm - 7:00pm

Jim Ruderman Lecture on Leadership and Innovation 2019: Presenting Dr. Victor Montori

The Jim Ruderman Lecture on Leadership and Innovation will be held annually in honour of Dr. Ruderman (1950-2015), a much-loved and respected leader who served as Chief of Staff (2006-2013) and Family Physician in Chief (1992-2014) during his career at Women’s College Hospital. Additionally, Dr. Ruderman was a valued faculty member (1981-2015) with the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto. Dr. Ruderman is remembered for mentoring generations of physicians in their early careers and inspiring many to champion change across the health care system.

Dr. Victor M. Montori will be presenting on "A Patient Revolution for Careful and Kind Care". In this conversation, Dr. Montori will discuss the state of the healthcare industry and make the case for fundamental change toward careful and kind care for all.

Please join us for this very special evening to honour Dr. Ruderman, a remarkable medical leader in the Toronto community, and to reflect on how clinicians can drive positive change in the pursuit of human health and social justice. For more information and to register, please click here.

Biography:

Dr. Montori is a Professor of Medicine at Mayo Clinic. An endocrinologist and health services researcher, Dr. Montori is the author of more than 600 peer-reviewed publications and is among the top 1% of researchers with most cited papers in clinical medicine worldwide in the last decade. He is a Senior Advisor in the Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement at the Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research of the US Government. He also serves in the Editorial Advisory Board of the BMJ, and as Director of Late Stage Translational Research at the Mayo Center for Clinical and Translational Science. He is a recognized expert in evidence-based medicine and shared decision making, and developer of the concept of minimally disruptive medicine. He works in Rochester, Minnesota, at Mayo Clinic's KER Unit, to advance person-centered care for patients with diabetes and other chronic conditions. He recently published the book Why We Revolt – a Patient Revolution for Careful and Kind Care.