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Dr. Mark J. Yaffe
BSc, MDCM, MClSc, CCFP, FCFP (hon)
Dr. Yaffe is a McGill University Professor of Family Medicine who practices in the Family Medicine Centre (FMG-U) of the St. Mary's Hospital Centre, within the Integrated University Centre for Health and Social Services of West Island of Montreal. He has been a practitioner of, and advocate for, team work and interdisciplinary care, with particular interest in chronic disease management, family caregiving, and elder abuse. In 2014 this was recognized by the “Inaugural Award of Distinction for care of older adults by a family physician within and beyond the walls of one’s practice”, awarded jointly by the College of Family Physicians of Canada and Canadian Geriatrics Society.
Dr. Yaffe has advanced the discipline of family medicine by being a Chief of the St. Mary’s Hospital Department of Family Medicine and Director of its Family Medicine Centre and Family Medicine Residency Program. As an educator he has taught at the undergraduate, graduate, post-graduate, and continuing professional education levels, and received the “Inaugural Prix d’Excellence for Advancement of Teaching of Family Medicine” of the Quebec College of Family Physicians in conjunction with the College of Family Physicians of Canada.
As a clinician-scientist Dr. Yaffe has authored /co-authored over 100 peer-reviewed journal publications. He served as Principal Investigator on the research team that developed and validated the Elder Abuse Suspicion Index (EASI) ©, an internationally recognized tool (available in 15 languages) to help identify mistreatment of older adults, and about which he has made invited presentations in nine countries. His scientific enquiry has been recognized by a “Lifetime Achievement Award in Research” from the College of Family Physicians of Canada.
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