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Fahad Razak

ResearcherGeneral Internal MedicineUniversity of Toronto

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Fahad Razak

Researcher

General Internal Medicine

Health Sciences

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
80 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 10 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 29 research grants (28 CIHR, 1 NSERC), most recently in 2025.

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128

Publications

407

Citations

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129

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Grants

Publications by year

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Research

Quality Improvement Hospital Medicine Social Determinants Of Health Artificial Intelligence Delirium Implementation Science Health Equity Health Systems

Latest papers

Characterizing Physician Recommendations within Code Status Documentation: A Multicentre Cohort Study and Qualitative Discourse Analysis.
Journal of general internal medicine · 2026
The association between sociodemographic and clinical factors and outcomes among inpatients with community-acquired pneumonia.
Journal of hospital medicine · 2026
Development, validation, and pilot implementation of a prognostic model to predict future foot complications among people with diabetes recently discharged from hospital.
Journal of clinical epidemiology · 2026

All 128 publications

Latest funding

Using audit and feedback to advance equity goals of learning health systems.
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$15,000
Our Health Counts Next Generations: Advancing Indigenist Data and Data Sovereignty to Assure Wellbeing Across Urban and Related Homelands
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$4,284,000
Older Adults' Hospital Admissions for Unmet Community Support Needs
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$100,000

All 42 grants and awards

128 publications.

Characterizing Physician Recommendations within Code Status Documentation: A Multicentre Cohort Study and Qualitative Discourse Analysis.

Melvin RG, Kruser JM, Shin S, Razak F, Verma AA, Detsky ME

Journal of general internal medicine2026

DOI: 10.1007/s11606-025-09402-z PMID: 39979705

The association between sociodemographic and clinical factors and outcomes among inpatients with community-acquired pneumonia.

Islam F, Roberts SB, Malecki SL, Loffler A, Hersi L, Bai AD, Verma AA, Razak F, Gill PJ, Mahant S

Journal of hospital medicine2026

DOI: 10.1002/jhm.70430 PMID: 42656094

Development, validation, and pilot implementation of a prognostic model to predict future foot complications among people with diabetes recently discharged from hospital.

Roberts SB, Löffler A, Ramachandram D, Garay-Fernandez J, Norman M, Pow C, Razak F, Verma AA, de Mestral C

Journal of clinical epidemiology2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2026.112295 PMID: 42061768

Trends in General Internal Medicine Patient and Care Complexity from 2017 to 2022 Across 21 Hospitals.

Ghahtarani A, Roberts SB, Wodchis WP, Razak F, Verma AA, Sarhangian V

Journal of general internal medicine2026

DOI: 10.1007/s11606-026-10586-1 PMID: 42343057

Middle powers must collaborate on health data and health AI.

Razak F, Verma A, Wilson K

BMJ (Clinical research ed.)2026First author

DOI: 10.1136/bmj-2026-078892 PMID: 42259579

Developing Resident-Sensitive Quality Measures for Internal Medicine.

Tang B, Lam ACL, Wankiewicz M, Ismail MF, Roberts SB, Liu C, Schumacher D, Kinnear B, Park YS, Tess A, Verma AA, Razak F, Pusic M, Ginsburg S, Wong BM

JAMA network open2026

DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.11700 PMID: 42101838

Association of Sedating vs. Non-Sedating Antihistamines With Delirium Among Hospitalized Older Adults.

Drucker AM, Bridgman AC, Imrit MA, Roberts SB, Tadrous M, Stall NM, Fralick M, Watt J, Verma AA, Razak F

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/jgs.70323 PMID: 41604345

Early Morning Blood Draw Timing and Frequency Among Hospitalized Patients.

Colacci M, Loffler A, Roberts SB, Silverstein WK, Weinerman A, Verma AA, Razak F

JAMA network open2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.0966 PMID: 41811321

Characteristics and Outcomes of Adults Hospitalized With Childhood-Onset Complex Chronic Conditions.

Malecki SL, Shen T, Loffler A, Stukel TA, de Oliveira C, Roberts SB, Bassett AS, Nelson KE, Razak F, Verma AA, Cohen E

JAMA network open2026

DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.53610 PMID: 41604155

Red Cell Transfusion in General Medicine Patients at Teaching and Non-teaching Hospitals: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis

Raza S, Risk M, Loeffler A, Verma AA, Razak F, Arnold D, Fergusson D, Ryan S, Relke N, Gabarin N

Journal of General Internal Medicine20262 citations

DOI: 10.1007/s11606-025-09860-5

Using audit and feedback to advance equity goals of learning health systems.

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Ivers, Noah M

Keywords: Audit And Feedback; Learning Health System; Quality Improvement

$15,000

Our Health Counts Next Generations: Advancing Indigenist Data and Data Sovereignty to Assure Wellbeing Across Urban and Related Homelands

Principal investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Smylie, Janet K; Bourgeois, Cheryllee; Cyr, Monica; Herrera, Della; McKnight, Constance; Muir, Nicole; Razak, Fahad; Ross, Todd; Rotondi, Michael A; Sinclair, Stephanie A; Star, Leona; Verma, Amol

Keywords: Data Linkage; Data Visualization; Health Survey; Indigenous Data Sovereignty; Knowledge Network; Population Health Assessment; Quantitative Indigenous Methodologies; Respondent Driven Sampling

$4,284,000

Older Adults' Hospital Admissions for Unmet Community Support Needs

Principal investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant - Priority Announcement: Patient-Oriented Research

Principal investigators: Lapointe-Shaw, Lauren; Gopalkrishnan, Rahul; Jones, Aaron T; Razak, Fahad; Roberts, Surain B; Verma, Amol

Keywords: Ageing; Alternative Level Of Care; Home And Community Care; Hospital Crowding; Older Adults; Social Admissions; Transitions Of Care

$100,000

Transforming Sepsis Care: Robust prediction and decision making leveraging the Social Determinants of Health

Principal investigatorCIHR2024Team Grant: Embracing Diversity to Achieve Precision & Health Equity - Aging

Principal investigators: Gopalkrishnan, Rahul; Razak, Fahad; Richard, Lucie; Siddiqi, Arjumand; Verma, Amol

Keywords: Equity In Predictive Models; Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence In Healthcare; Sepsis; Social Determinants Of Health

$1,996,903

Improving equity and precision of AI models in hospital based care - the critical role of incorporating social determinants of health

Principal investigatorCIHR2024Team Grant: Embracing Diversity to Achieve Precision & Health Equity-Aging - LOI

Principal investigators: Gopalkrishnan, Rahul; Razak, Fahad; Siddiqi, Arjumand; Verma, Amol

Keywords: Equity In Predictive Models; Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence In Healthcare; Social Determinants Of Health

$20,000

Advancing Foundation Artificial Intelligence Models for Electronic Health Records

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024New Frontiers in Research Fund - Exploration

Principal investigators: Verma, Amol

$125,000

Using an Artificial Intelligence Quality Indicator to optimize and evaluate delirium prevention efforts in hospitals

Principal investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant - PA: Patient-Oriented Research: Early-Career Investigator

Principal investigators: Verma, Amol; Chignell, Mark H; Cohen, Eldan; Dolatabadi, Elham; Gopalkrishnan, Rahul; Liu, Barbara; McIlraith, Sheila; Razak, Fahad; Sheehan, Kathleen; Siddiqi, Arjumand; Thorpe, Kevin E; Trbovich, Patricia; Wong, Brian M; Wong, Camilla L

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Delirium; Implementation Science; Machine Learning; Patient Safety; Quality Improvement; Quality Indicators; Senior Friendly Hospital Care

$100,000

Patient and Caregiver Priorities for Quality Improvement on General Medical Wards

Principal investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant - PA: Patient-Oriented Research: Early-Career Investigator

Principal investigators: Lapointe-Shaw, Lauren; Ambasta, Anshula; Carpenter, Travis; Castellani, Lucas; Jensen, Lorraine F; Kiran, Tara; Moses, Brian; Razak, Fahad; Refaei, Mohammad; Shetty, Nabha; Verma, Amol

Keywords: Hospital Medicine; Patient-Oriented Research; Performance Measurement; Quality Improvement

$100,000

Developing an Artificial Intelligence and Implementation Science Toolkit to Prevent Delirium in Hospitals

Principal investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant - PA: Patient-Oriented Research: Early-Career Investigator

Principal investigators: Verma, Amol; Cohen, Eldan; Fahim, Christine; Liu, Barbara; McIlraith, Sheila; Razak, Fahad; Sheehan, Kathleen; Tang, Terence

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Delirium; Early Warning System; Implementation Science; Machine Learning; Patient Safety; Prediction; Quality Improvement; Senior Friendly Hospital Care

$100,000

A pragmatic randomized trial to evaluate the effect of a peer-comparison feedback letter on antimicrobial use in hospital-based physicians

Nominated PICIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Razak, Fahad; Daneman, Nick; Desveaux, Laura; Ivers, Noah M; McIntyre, Mark; Morris, Andrew M; Schwartz, Kevin L; Taljaard, Monica; Verma, Amol

Keywords: Antimicrobial Resistance; Antimicrobial Stewardship; Inpatient Care; Peer-Comparison Feedback Reporting; Pragmatic Randomized Trial

$634,949

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Fahad Razak

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Characterizing Physician Recommendations within Code Status Documentation: A Multicentre Cohort Study and Qualitative Discourse Analysis.

The association between sociodemographic and clinical factors and outcomes among inpatients with community-acquired pneumonia.

Development, validation, and pilot implementation of a prognostic model to predict future foot complications among people with diabetes recently discharged from hospital.

Trends in General Internal Medicine Patient and Care Complexity from 2017 to 2022 Across 21 Hospitals.

Middle powers must collaborate on health data and health AI.

Developing Resident-Sensitive Quality Measures for Internal Medicine.

Association of Sedating vs. Non-Sedating Antihistamines With Delirium Among Hospitalized Older Adults.

Early Morning Blood Draw Timing and Frequency Among Hospitalized Patients.

Characteristics and Outcomes of Adults Hospitalized With Childhood-Onset Complex Chronic Conditions.

Red Cell Transfusion in General Medicine Patients at Teaching and Non-teaching Hospitals: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis

Advancing Foundation Artificial Intelligence Models for Electronic Health Records

Frequent collaborators

Fahad Razak

Amol Verma

Amol Verma

Michael Fralick

Lauren Lapointe-Shaw

Terence Tang

Michael Colacci

Rajiv Gandhi

Jeannie Callum

Margaret Herridge

Pavlos Bobos

Surain Roberts

Shiphra Ginsburg

Donald Arnold

Na Li

Na Li

Kathleen Sheehan

Mark Chignell

Mina Tadrous

Travis Carpenter

Laveena Munshi

Yang Liu

Andreas Laupacis

Laura Desveaux

Jennifer Watt

Tara Gomes

Yona Lunsky

Joy MacDermid

Arnav Agarwal

Nick Daneman

Kimberlyn McGrail

Samir Gupta

Lu Wang

Notisha Massaquoi

David Malkin

Janet Smylie

Dean Fergusson

Navindra Persaud

Anna Goldenberg

Paula Rochon