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Dr. Shapera obtained his Doctor of Medicine in 2003 from the University of Toronto and went on to continue in Toronto during his Internal Medicine and Respirology residency training. With the help of the Dr. Cameron C. Gray Award, he completed an additional year of clinical fellowship with an emphasis in Interstitial Lung Diseases. He was appointed to the Faculty of Medicine as an Assistant Professor and Clinician Educator in December 2011. He has been an innovator in his role as an educator and has received numerous teaching awards since his appointment. He is currently the Director of the Interstitial Lung Diseases Program at the Toronto General Hospital, UHN. He also works with the Toronto Lung Transplant Program providing pre-lung transplant assessments for patients with ILDs.

Dr. Fisher obtained her Doctor of Medicine in 2008 from the University of Manitoba. She went on to complete an Internal Medicine residency at the University of Manitoba and a Respirology residency at the University of Toronto. She received formal training in Interstitial Lung Diseases at the Toronto General Hospital, UHN, completing a fellowship in 2014 and is currently enrolled in a Clinical Epidemiology Master of Science program at the University of Toronto. Dr. Fisher works as a clinical associate in UHN’s ILD Clinic.

Dr. Mittoo obtained her Doctor of Medicine in 2001 from McMaster University and then went on to do her internal medicine, rheumatology residency training and Master’s in Clinical Investigation/Epidemiology at Johns Hopkins Hospital where she did an additional year of training in fibrosing diseases (ILDs and scleroderma) and received the Daniel Baker Award for Outstanding Patient Care. She subsequently came on faculty at the University of Manitoba from 2007-2010 before joining the Faculty of Medicine at University of Toronto as Assistant Professor and Staff Rheumatologist at UHN and Mount Sinai Hospital. She had successful peer-reviewed funding in lupus lung disease, scleroderma ILD, and rheumatoid arthritis ILD and has authored several peer-reviewed articles and book chapters on connective tissue disease-related interstitial lung disease. She has served as the Co-Director of Research for the UHN ILD Program from 2011-2016 and has started a new model of care in the community for chronic complex rheumatic disease and ILD.

Dr. Micheal McInnis obtained his Doctor of Medicine from the University of Toronto in 2009 after which he completed a residency in Diagnostic Radiology at McGill University. He then went on to subspecialize in chest radiology completing a one year fellowship in Cardiothoracic Imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University in 2014. Dr. McInnis is a thoracic radiologist in the Joint Department of Medical Imaging servicing the University Health Network, Mt. Sinai Hospital, Women's College Hospital and a lecturer at the University of Toronto. He coordinates the combined radiology, pathology and respirology rounds with Dr. Shapera where many interstitial lung disease cases are discussed. Clinical interests also include lung nodule biopsy and management, lung cancer screening, and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension.

Dr. Chung obtained his Doctor of Medicine for the University of Western Ontario in 1995. He finished residency in radiology at the University of Manitoba in 2000. This was followed by subspecialty fellowship training in chest imaging at the University of Toronto and UHN, where he has continued as a staff radiologist. He is appointed at the University of Toronto as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medical Imaging. He has a strong interest in teaching and has received numerous teaching awards. He is Director of Education in Chest Imaging at UHN and is the supervisor for elective medical students and radiology residents in chest imaging. He is also the supervisor of the chest imaging fellowship at UHN.

Dr. Prodipto Pal obtained his M.B.B.S from India in 2001, and Ph.D in 2008 from University of Cincinnati. Following his time in clinical genetics research, he did his Anatomic and Clinical Pathology training from University of Miami (M.D) and successfully completed clinical fellowships in Hematopathology from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and Corson Thoracic Pathology fellowship from Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He joined Laboratory Medicine Program at University Health Network (UHN) and University of Toronto as Assistant Professor in November 2016. He has been actively involved in clinical research and education activities. He is currently working as staff pathologist in Thoracic Pathology service at Toronto General Hospital, UHN and Princess Margaret Cancer Center and involved in diagnostic work-up of lung/thoracic tumors and interstitial lung diseases.