Jay Biem M.D.

Jay Biem MD MSc FRCPC
Canadian Centre for Health and Safety in Agriculture - CCHSA
University of Saskatchewan
Room 3641
Royal University Hospital
103 Hospital Drive
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada S7N 0W8
Telephone: (306) 966-7951
Facsimile: (306) 966-8799
E-mail: biem@sask.usask.ca

Background Education, Training, Experience:

Dr. J. Biem is a General Internist and Clinical Epidemiologist. Originally from Rosetown and Swift Current. He did his Medical School at the University of Saskatchewan and General Internal Medicine training at the University of Toronto. He also holds a MSc in Epidemiolgy from the University of Ottawa.

He has been back at the University of Saskatchewan for almost 5 years and he is director of Day Medicine (a unit designed for urgent outpatient care) and co-chair of the SDH Medicine Services Quality of care committee. He is a CIHR/ regional partnership scholar and has recently joined the Institute of Agricultural, Rural and Environmental Health.

Areas of Research

His areas of research are in clinical health services delivery for chronic medical conditions such as:

• diabetes,
• stroke and cardiovascular disease.

Dr. Biem is principal investigator for:

1. A randomized controlled trial assessing glycemic control for hospitalized patients with diabetes (funded by CDA)
2. A diagnostic study assessing of bedside tests for aspiration in acute stroke (funded by CIHR)
3. A quality of care study assessing the effect of care pathways on continuity of care for patients with atrial fibrillation and congestive heart failure (funded by CHSRF and the Government of Saskatchewan)

Interests:

Dr. Biem is keenly interested in Health Care Delivery for patients from rural and remote areas.