Centre for Innovation in Complex Care (CICC)

Peter’s primary interest is improving health system performance, safety, and access through technological innovation and provider engagement.  He co-directed the initiation and development of the Medical Device Informatics, Healthcare Human Factors, and Telehealth Teams establishing their positions within the Center for Global eHealth along with the Medical Informatics Team.  As a member of the Center Executive and Director of the Medical Informatics Program for the University Health Network and Shared Information Management Services (SIMS) partnership, Dr. Rossos provides medical leadership to address adoption and integration challenges in the electronic health record and telehealth.

Present projects include clinical documentation and clinical decision support initiatives, point of care clinical device strategies, projects contributing to the development of a secure web-based electronic health record for both patients and healthcare providers, implementation and evaluation of telehealth including the use of digital video for endoscopic and surgical applications, and the development of tools for the evaluation and training of endoscopists.

Peter is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto, and serves on a number of committees including the Clinical Advisory Committee for The Colorectal Cancer Screening Program of the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care (MOHLTC), and the Professional Advisory Committee of the Ontario Telemedicine Network (OTN).  He co-chairs the University Health Network Electronic Health Record Clinical Advisory Committee reporting to the Medical Advisory Committee.

During his recent term as Program Director of the University of Toronto Division of Gastroenterology he successfully introduced a curriculum including an interactive website and videoconferenced teaching rounds to support the internationally recognized multi-site academic program.  He successfully completed his term as Chair of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada Gastroenterology Examination Board in September, 2006 overseeing the merger of the Royal College and Collège des médecins du Québec (CMQ) while completely revising the examination process to include an examination blue print, a standardized patient program, and a multi-media OSCE (Objective Structured Clinical Examination) format to improve the objectivity and fairness of the examination.  His educational contributions have been formally recognized with the W.H. Anderson Teaching Award from The Toronto Hospital in 1995-6 and the University of Toronto Louis J. Cole Faculty Teaching Award for excellence in the field of gastroenterology in June, 2007.

In addition to the above activities, Peter completed the MBA Program at the Joseph L. Rotman School of Management in November, 2007 and enjoys every moment spent with his wife Wendy and four wonderful children.