Megan Landes

Current academic appointment/faculty rank: Professor

Affiliations:  

• Staff Physician, Emergency Department, University Health Network;
• Director, Global Health Emergency Medicine (GHEM);
• Strategic Director, Toronto Addis Ababa Academic Collaboration in Emergency Medicine (TAAAC-EM)

Research summary:  

Dr. Megan Landes is a Professor and Head of the Division of Emergency Medicine at the University of Toronto's Department of Family & Community Medicine and an attending staff physician in the Emergency Department of the University Health Network (UHN). Dr. Landes completed her medical training at McGill University, and Master’s degree at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (MSc). 

With clinical experience in Lesotho, Malawi, and Ethiopia, Dr. Landes specializes in operational research on preventing mother-to-child HIV transmission in sub-Saharan Africa. She has expanded her focus to include HIV testing in Ontario emergency departments as co-investigator on the FAST-HIV project. As a founding member and former Director of the Centre for Global Equity in Emergency Medicine (GEM Centre), she is committed to improving emergency medicine services in low-resource settings. 

Dr. Landes serves as a Strategic Director for the Toronto Addis Ababa Academic Collaboration in Emergency Medicine (TAAAC-EM) through the GEM Centre. Her work bridges the gap between global health initiatives and local healthcare improvements, contributing significantly to both academic research and practical implementation of emergency medicine services worldwide. 

Degrees: McMaster University BArts Sc; McGill MDCM; London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) MSc