PCME is an accredited provider specializing in innovative continuing medical education solutions.
PCME is an accredited provider specializing in innovative continuing medical education solutions.
Alexander G. G. Turpie, MD, FRCP, FACP, FACC, FRCPC (Chair)
Professor of Medicine, McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Alexander G. G. Turpie, MD, FRCP, FACP, FACC, FRCPC is Professor of Medicine at McMaster University and an internist on the staff of Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Dr. Turpie received his medical degree from the University of Glasgow, Scotland. After completing a residency at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary and a residency and clinical research fellowship at Stobhill General Hospital, Glasgow, he was a clinical lecturer at the University of East Africa Medical School, Nairobi, Kenya. After returning to the University of Glasgow for additional training in haemostasis and thrombosis, Dr. Turpie was appointed MRC Fellow in Pathology at McMaster University in 1970, and joined the faculty in the Department of Medicine there in 1972.
Dr. Turpie has published over 700 articles, abstracts, book chapters, and books, and is a reviewer for several journals, including Annals of Internal Medicine, Circulation, The Lancet, and the New England Journal of Medicine. Dr. Turpie's research interests include new antithrombotic drugs for the management of venous and arterial thrombosis and anticoagulant therapy in patients with prosthetic heart valves. He has served on numerous professional and university-related committees and is a frequent lecturer at professional meetings worldwide. Dr. Turpie also serves on the editorial boards of Vascular Medicine Review and HeartDrug.
