As more Canadians begin to live longer lives than ever before, its important to appreciate the physiological changes that accompany ageing and the nutritional implications including but not limited to physical and sensory changes, metabolic changes, gastrointestinal changes and other factors that can also contribute to malnutrition and what some describe as the "anorexia of aging". This talk will help to highlight the pathophysiology that leads to often aging-associated conditions like sarcopenia, osteopenia and osteoporosis and frailty. Additionally, better appreciating the social determinants that can also contribute to these conditions will be highlighted.
Dr. Samir Sinha is a Geriatrician and Clinician Scientist at Sinai Health System and the University Health Network in Toronto, a Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto, the Director of Health Policy Research at Toronto Metropolitan University’s National Institute on Ageing, and a Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto, and a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. A Rhodes Scholar, Dr. Sinha's breadth of international training and expertise in health policy and the delivery of services related to the care of the elderly have made him a highly regarded expert in the care of older adults. In 2010 he was appointed the Director of Geriatrics for Sinai Health and the University Health Network in Toronto and proudly led this program’s growth from being the smallest in Toronto to the largest and most academically productive in Canada. In 2021, Dr. Sinha was appointed to serve as a member of the Government of Canada’s National Seniors Council, and also recently led the development of Canada’s new National Long-Term Care Services Standard. After recently completing a long and successful tenure as the Director of Geriatrics for Sinai Health and the University Health Network, Samir is currently serving as a 2024-2025 Visiting Fellow at the University of Oxford and AMS Fellow in Compassion and AI exploring the ethical and other implications of leveraging AI and other technologies to enable healthy ageing and and ageing-in-the-right-place.