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Dr. Upadhye completed his Royal College Emergency Medicine certification in 2001, and is an Associate Professor in Emergency Medicine (EM) at McMaster University. He also completed his Masters in Health Research Methodology, Evidence & Impact (HEI) at McMaster with a focus in critical appraisal methdology (2005), and has been an active researcher/educator in knowledge translation, evidence-based medicine and clinical practice guidelines methodology (Level II INGUIDE Guidelines International Network Methodologist) since then. He is a founding member of the Best Evidence in Emergency Medicine (BEEM) program, a global knowledge translation project with multiple international presentations and publications since 2005. He is an award-winning educator and researcher, a former Royal College Examiner, and has most recently been involved with the new McMaster Quality Improvement & Patient Safety teaching courses. He is also the inaugural Research Lead for the EM Researchers of Niagara (EMRoN), a novel community EM research initiative in Niagara Health.
He has been practicing in adult non-cancer chronic pain since 2010, and is a Diplomate of CAPM since 2015. He is also a Diplomate of the American Board of Independent Medical Examiners (2016). As the Director of the Minerva Pain Management Group in Hamilton (Ontario), he has supervised McMaster resident learners in community pain care, and conducted numerous research projects that have led to peer-reviewed publications in leading pain journals. Current research interests include the use of cannabinoids in chronic non-cancer pain, and patient engagement/values/preferences in chronic pain care.
