William Silverstein, MD

Program Editor, Internal Medicine

Fellow, General Internal Medicine at University of Toronto. 

William Silverstein, MD

William Silverstein, MD completed his medical school and Internal Medicine training at the University of Toronto, where he also served as Chief Medical Resident. He has completed a Masters of Science with a concentration in Quality Improvement and Patient Safety at the University of Toronto, and an Editorial Fellowship at JAMA Internal Medicine for their Teachable Moments Series. He is completing a Fellowship in General Internal Medicine at University of Toronto.  His academic interests lie at the intersection of quality improvement, patient safety, resource stewardship, and health services research.

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Ketamine for the treatment of acute pain
CMAJ. 2021 Nov 1;193(43):E1663. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.210878.
2021-11-02
Closing the Osteoporosis Care Gap: A Teachable Moment
JAMA Intern Med. 2021 Dec 1;181(12):1635-1636. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.5972.
2021-10-18
Overuse of Levothyroxine in Patients With Subclinical Hypothyroidism: Time to "Leve"-Out-Thyroxine
JAMA Intern Med. 2021 Oct 1;181(10):1286-1287. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.2690.
2021-06-21
Alcohol Sales and Alcohol-Related Emergencies During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Ann Intern Med. 2021 Jul;174(7):1029-1032. doi: 10.7326/M20-7466. Epub 2021 Mar 2.
2021-03-01
Physician Factors Associated with Inappropriate Vitamin B12 Prescribing in Ontario, Canada
J Gen Intern Med. 2021 Sep;36(9):2888-2890. doi: 10.1007/s11606-020-06185-3. Epub 2020 Sep 9.
2020-09-10
Bendamustine-induced immune hemolytic anemia: a case report and systematic review of the literature
Blood Adv. 2020 Apr 28;4(8):1756-1759. doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2020001726.
2020-04-29
First imported case of 2019 novel coronavirus in Canada, presenting as mild pneumonia
Lancet. 2020 Feb 29;395(10225):734. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30370-6. Epub 2020 Feb 13.
2020-02-17
Don't Interrupt! A Case Report of Continuing Peritoneal Dialysis After Endoscopic Gastric Tumor Resection
Can J Kidney Health Dis. 2019 Nov 5;6:2054358119887147. doi: 10.1177/2054358119887147. eCollection 2019.
2019-11-15
Vitamin B12 Therapy in Older Adults and Misconception of Its Inappropriateness-Reply
JAMA Intern Med. 2019 Nov 1;179(11):1606-1607. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.4902.
2019-11-05
Prevalence of Inappropriateness of Parenteral Vitamin B12 Administration in Ontario, Canada
JAMA Intern Med. 2019 Oct 1;179(10):1434-1436. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.1859.
2019-07-16
Choosing Wisely for Medical Education: Six Things Medical Students and Trainees Should Question
Acad Med. 2016 Oct;91(10):1374-1378. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000001325.
2016-08-05
Authors' reply to Smith, Johnson, and Gray and Jani
BMJ. 2023 Jan 3;380:o3042. doi: 10.1136/bmj.o3042.
2023-01-03
Reducing routine inpatient blood testing
BMJ. 2022 Oct 26;379:e070698. doi: 10.1136/bmj-2022-070698.
2022-10-26
Vitamin B12 deficiency
CMAJ. 2022 Jun 20;194(24):E843. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.220306.
2022-06-20
Postmenopausal Osteoporosis
N Engl J Med. 2024 Feb 15;390(7):673-674. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc2314624.
2024-02-14
"4 E's" Ways That Clinicians Can Reduce Low-Value Care on Medical Wards
JAMA Intern Med. 2024 Mar 1;184(3):322-323. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2023.7632.
2024-01-29
Hépatite alcoolique
CMAJ. 2023 Aug 21;195(32):E1091-E1092. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.221357-f.
2023-08-21
High-value care education can learn from the evidence-based medicine movement: moving beyond competencies and curricula to culture
BMJ Evid Based Med. 2024 May 22;29(3):147-150. doi: 10.1136/bmjebm-2023-112270.
2023-07-21
Chief Residency-More Than Just Teaching and Scheduling
JAMA Intern Med. 2023 Sep 1;183(9):1031. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2023.2679.
2023-07-03
Alcohol-associated hepatitis
CMAJ. 2023 Apr 24;195(16):E588. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.221357.
2023-04-24
Heightened Vigilance Needed When Patients Are Prescribed GLP-1 and GIP Agonists
JAMA Intern Med. 2024 Aug 5. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.3732. Online ahead of print.
2024-08-05
Decreasing unnecessary use of continuous cardiac monitoring (telemetry) in hospitalised patients
BMJ. 2024 Jul 29;386:e077499. doi: 10.1136/bmj-2023-077499.
2024-07-29
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