Meldon Kahan

Research Synopsis

Meldon Kahan is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Toronto, and Medical Director of the Substance Use Service at Women’s College Hospital.  Over the years he has written a number of peer-reviewed articles, guidelines, and educational publications on addiction-related topics. He is the former project lead on the Mentoring, Education and Clinical-Tools for Addiction: Primary Care – Hospital Integration Project (META:PHI), funded by Health Quality Ontario and the Council of Academic Hospitals to expand best practices in managing addictions. He now leads the META:PHI Toronto project funded by the Toronto Central LHIN. His main interests are primary care and addiction, methadone and buprenorphine treatment, medical marijuana, and medical education in addiction.