Tarek Abdelhalim, University of Toronto

Research

Read how they describe their research on their University of Toronto profile.

Latest papers

Growing pains: adult subspecialist perspectives on improving transition from paediatric to adult care for youth with complex health conditions.
BMJ open quality · 2026
Lessons learned from piloting a heart failure-based remote management care system in a general internal medicine program: A qualitative evaluation.
Digital health · 2026
Reducing Hospitalisations With a Skin and Soft Tissue Infection Clinic.
Journal of evaluation in clinical practice · 2025 · first author

All 6 publications

Latest funding

Canadian COVID-19 Prospective Cohort Study (CanCOV)
CIHR · 2020 · Co-investigator
$2,112,500

All 1 grants and awards

6 publications.

01

Growing pains: adult subspecialist perspectives on improving transition from paediatric to adult care for youth with complex health conditions.

Malecki S, Nwebube C, Orkin J, Halperin I, Khan N, John T, Katzberg H, Steiman A, Matta R, Abdelhalim T, Andrade DM, Bollegala N, Bush S, Ryan C, Colapinto K, Dimaraki E, Faghfoury H, Fu J, Gakhal N, Gent K, Korenblum C, Lansang P, Lega IC, Lim-Fat MJ, Liu J, Miranda S, Mukerji G, Pagnoux C, Vandepoele E, Vinik O, Wentzel K, Yates D, Cohen E, Toulany A

BMJ open quality2026Open Access

DOI: 10.1136/bmjoq-2026-004387 PMID: 42648749

02

Lessons learned from piloting a heart failure-based remote management care system in a general internal medicine program: A qualitative evaluation.

Lawrason SV, Ross HJ, Simard A, Abdelhalim T, Silverstein WK

Digital health2026

DOI: 10.1177/20552076261433263 PMID: 42064380

03

Reducing Hospitalisations With a Skin and Soft Tissue Infection Clinic.

Abdelhalim T, Mair N, McGhie S, Vaisman A, MacMillan TE

Journal of evaluation in clinical practice2025First author

DOI: 10.1111/jep.70082 PMID: 40235232

04

A Remote Management-Centric Postdischarge Pathway for Patients Admitted to GIM with Heart Failure

William K. Silverstein, Sarah Lawrason, Iris Carabuena, Rodrigo Brandao Cavalcanti, Stella Kozuszko, Thomas E. MacMillan, Shail Rawal, Lara Wyss, Anne Simard, Heather Joan Ross, Tarek Abdelhalim

The American Journal of Medicine20242 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2024.12.017 PMID: 39732153

05

Mass Confusion.

Kwok TSH, Kang H, Zhang L, Abdelhalim T

Arthritis care & research2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1002/acr.24995 PMID: 35924859

06

Standardized patient simulation versus didactic teaching alone for improving residents' communication skills when discussing goals of care and resuscitation: A randomized controlled trial.

Downar J, McNaughton N, Abdelhalim T, Wong N, Lapointe-Shaw L, Seccareccia D, Miller K, Dev S, Ridley J, Lee C, Richardson L, McDonald-Blumer H, Knickle K

Palliative medicine201771 citations

DOI: 10.1177/0269216316652278 PMID: 27307057

Canadian COVID-19 Prospective Cohort Study (CanCOV)

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Op Gr: COVID-19 Rapid Research FO - Clinical Mgmt/Health System Interventions

Principal investigators: Cheung, Angela M; Ahmed, Sofia B; Batt, Jane Andrea E; Binnie, Alexandra; Dos Santos, Claudia C; Ghassemi, Marzyeh; Herridge, Margaret S; Lamontagne, Francois; Morin, Suzanne N; Palepu, Anita; Razak, Fahad; Stelfox, Henry T; Strug, Lisa J; Tsang, Jennifer L; Verma, Amol; Yeung, Rae S

Keywords: Caregiver Health; Clinical Presentations & Trajectories; Full Spectrum Of Covid-19 Disease (Mild To Severe); Host Genetic Profiling; Knowledge To Action Cycles; Mental Health & Stigma; Prediction Models Using Machine Learning; Prospective Cohort Study; Sociodemographic And Clinical Predictors Of Outcomes; Transcriptomic, Epigenomic And Immunologic Host Response

$2,112,500

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

Frequent collaborators

Julia Orkin and Alene Toulany: 6 shared papers
Alene Toulany and Geetha Mukerji: 5 shared papers
Geetha Mukerji and Ilana Halperin: 5 shared papers
Clodagh Ryan and Alene Toulany: 2 shared papers
Clodagh Ryan and Hans Katzberg: 2 shared papers
Lauren Lapointe-Shaw and Jessica Liu: 2 shared papers
James Downar and Nancy McNaughton: 2 shared papers
James Downar and Natalie Wong: 2 shared papers
Alene Toulany and Amanda Steiman: 2 shared papers
Clodagh Ryan and Julia Orkin: 1 shared paper
Clodagh Ryan and Geetha Mukerji: 1 shared paper
Clodagh Ryan and Tarek Abdelhalim: 1 shared paper
Clodagh Ryan and Natasha Bollegala: 1 shared paper
Clodagh Ryan and Ophir Vinik: 1 shared paper
Clodagh Ryan and Eleni Dimaraki: 1 shared paper
Clodagh Ryan and Amanda Steiman: 1 shared paper
Clodagh Ryan and Hanna Faghfoury: 1 shared paper
Clodagh Ryan and Natasha Gakhal: 1 shared paper
Clodagh Ryan and Ilana Halperin: 1 shared paper
Clodagh Ryan and Christian Pagnoux: 1 shared paper
Clodagh Ryan and Jessica Liu: 1 shared paper
Julia Orkin and Geetha Mukerji: 1 shared paper
Julia Orkin and Tarek Abdelhalim: 1 shared paper
Julia Orkin and Natasha Bollegala: 1 shared paper
Julia Orkin and Ophir Vinik: 1 shared paper
Julia Orkin and Eleni Dimaraki: 1 shared paper
Julia Orkin and Amanda Steiman: 1 shared paper
Julia Orkin and Hanna Faghfoury: 1 shared paper
Julia Orkin and Natasha Gakhal: 1 shared paper
Julia Orkin and Ilana Halperin: 1 shared paper
Julia Orkin and Hans Katzberg: 1 shared paper
Julia Orkin and Christian Pagnoux: 1 shared paper
Julia Orkin and Jessica Liu: 1 shared paper
Lauren Lapointe-Shaw and James Downar: 1 shared paper
Lauren Lapointe-Shaw and Lisa Richardson: 1 shared paper
Lauren Lapointe-Shaw and Nancy McNaughton: 1 shared paper
Lauren Lapointe-Shaw and Tarek Abdelhalim: 1 shared paper
Lauren Lapointe-Shaw and Natalie Wong: 1 shared paper
Lauren Lapointe-Shaw and Christie Lee: 1 shared paper
Lauren Lapointe-Shaw and Heather McDonald-Blumer: 1 shared paper
James Downar and Lisa Richardson: 1 shared paper
James Downar and Tarek Abdelhalim: 1 shared paper
James Downar and Christie Lee: 1 shared paper
James Downar and Heather McDonald-Blumer: 1 shared paper
Lisa Richardson and Nancy McNaughton: 1 shared paper
Lisa Richardson and Tarek Abdelhalim: 1 shared paper
Lisa Richardson and Natalie Wong: 1 shared paper
Lisa Richardson and Christie Lee: 1 shared paper
Lisa Richardson and Heather McDonald-Blumer: 1 shared paper
Alene Toulany and Tarek Abdelhalim: 1 shared paper
Alene Toulany and Natasha Bollegala: 1 shared paper
Alene Toulany and Ophir Vinik: 1 shared paper
Alene Toulany and Eleni Dimaraki: 1 shared paper
Alene Toulany and Hanna Faghfoury: 1 shared paper
Alene Toulany and Natasha Gakhal: 1 shared paper
Alene Toulany and Hans Katzberg: 1 shared paper
Alene Toulany and Christian Pagnoux: 1 shared paper
Geetha Mukerji and Tarek Abdelhalim: 1 shared paper
Nancy McNaughton and Tarek Abdelhalim: 1 shared paper
Sarah Lawrason and Tarek Abdelhalim: 1 shared paper
Lingxin Zhang and Tarek Abdelhalim: 1 shared paper
Lingxin Zhang and Heejun Kang: 1 shared paper
Tarek Abdelhalim and Natalie Wong: 1 shared paper
Tarek Abdelhalim and Natasha Bollegala: 1 shared paper
Tarek Abdelhalim and Ophir Vinik: 1 shared paper
Tarek Abdelhalim and Eleni Dimaraki: 1 shared paper
Tarek Abdelhalim and Amanda Steiman: 1 shared paper
Tarek Abdelhalim and Hanna Faghfoury: 1 shared paper
Tarek Abdelhalim and Natasha Gakhal: 1 shared paper
Tarek Abdelhalim and Ilana Halperin: 1 shared paper
Tarek Abdelhalim and Hans Katzberg: 1 shared paper
Tarek Abdelhalim and Christie Lee: 1 shared paper
Tarek Abdelhalim and Christian Pagnoux: 1 shared paper
Tarek Abdelhalim and Jessica Liu: 1 shared paper
Tarek Abdelhalim and Heather McDonald-Blumer: 1 shared paper
Tarek Abdelhalim and Heejun Kang: 1 shared paper

Department of Medicine
Department of Paediatrics
Department of Medical Imaging
Institute of Medical Science
Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology
Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation
Community Development
Other

Applying for

Paper to mention

Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Abdelhalim, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Growing pains: adult subspecialist perspectives on improving transition from paediatric to adult care for youth with complex health conditions." (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]