The highly anticipated 2025 Primary Care Guidelines are ready!
Staff Nephrologist and Associate Professor | The Ottawa Hospital/ University of Ottawa
Dr. Greg Hundemer is a staff nephrologist at the Ottawa Hospital, an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Ottawa, and a Scientist at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. His clinical and research interests focus on aldosterone-mediated hypertension and vascular disease. Specifically, his work focuses on improving treatment algorithms for primary aldosteronism and the impact of subclinical forms of aldosterone excess. His research has been funded by the CIHR, NIH, Kidney Foundation of Canada, and Lorna Jocelyn Wood Chair in Kidney Research. He also serves as Co-Chair for the Hypertension Canada Clinical Practice Guidelines Committee.
Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine | University of Toronto
Dr. Jeffrey Habert is a Family Physician in Thornhill for the last 35 years. He is an Assistant Professor in the Dept. of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto. He is Co-Editor of Canadian Primary Care Today. He is also a member of Diabetes Canada: Dissemination & Implementation Committee. He is one of the co-authors of the 2023 CANMAT MDD Guidelines and the 2024 Consensus recommendations for the management of chronic insomnia in Canada, In addition he is co-author on the soon to be published Canadian Primary Care Hypertension Guidelines and Canadian Acne Guidelines.
Dr. Habert is a former Peer Assessor for the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (19 years). He has an interest in the use of clinical practice guidelines, and has participated on committees to establish guidelines in the areas of Depression, Stroke, ASA in Primary Care, Hypertension, Acne and Thrombosis. He is the Previous co-chair of Thrombosis Canada Clinical Guides.
His clinical interests are varied, and include Diabetes, Obesity, CV risk, Depression, ADHD, Insomnia, Lipids and Osteoporosis. He is also published in many of the above mentioned areas in addtion to others. He is a National speaker in the multiple areas and actively participates on Scientific Committees involved in the creation of educational programs.
