Meeting: guest speaker Dr. Upender Mehan

Please join us via Zoom on Friday, August 21 for our club meeting.

7:15-7:30 Social chat / 7:30 Meeting officially starts

Guest Speaker: Dr. Upender Mehan "CoVID 19 Facts and Myths"

Dr. Mehan, MD, CCFP, FCFP

The Centre for Family Medicine Family Health Team, Kitchener, Ontario
Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University
Adjunct Professor, Department of Family Medicine, Western University

Dr Upender (Upe) Mehan is a graduate of the University of Western Ontario and completed his family medicine residency at Queen’s University. He is an Assistant Clinical Professor with McMaster University and Adjunct Clinical Professor at Western University, in their departments of family medicine. He works at the Centre for Family Medicine in Kitchener Ontario where he runs a team-based Type 2 team Diabetes consultation clinic and is involved in his passion for clinical teaching of students and residents. He has received several awards including the Preceptor of the Year and Excellence in Teaching for the McMaster family medicine residency program, McMaster’s DeGroote School of Medicine Excellence in Mentorship Award, and the Award of Excellence from the Ontario College of Family Physicians.   He has been involved in the development and delivery of various Continuing Medical Education programs for both the Ontario College of Family Physicians and private industry. He also appeared on the weekly CTV show Dr. Marla and friends from July 2012 to June 2013 with a medical myth-busting segment. As well, he has been involved with volunteer work both locally and internationally, including working for The Bridges in Cambridge, doing mental health outreach work in Guyana and working with a Palliative care team working with underprivileged people in New Delhi, India.