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Meyer Balter

Canadian physician

Meyer Stanley Balter, MD, FRCPC, FACP, FCCP (born December 26, 1954) is a Canadian physician specializing in asthma, sarcoidosis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). He is currently Director, Asthma Education Clinic and Director, Internal Medicine Residency Training Program at Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, and Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto.

Clinical activities

  • Asthma (Education Clinic at Mount Sinai Hospital, co-author of Canadian Guidelines)
  • COPD (principal author, Canadian AECB Guidelines, co-author of Canadian COPD Guidelines)
  • Sarcoidosis Clinic

Current local, provincial, national and international activities

  • CTS COPD Guidelines Committee
  • CTS Canadian Respiratory Guidelines Committee (CRGC)

References

  • University of Toronto, Division of Respirology
  • Key Balter publications
  • Canadian COPD Guidelines