Dr Nicholas Pimlott is clinical researcher and physician in the Family Practice Health Centre of Women's College Hospital. Dr. Pimlott is also an assistant professor in the department of family and community medicine at the University of Toronto. He has received several teaching awards for his work with medical students.

Research and Academic Interests:
Dr. Pimlott has been involved in a number of studies exploring and assessing the role of family physicians over his time at the Family Practice Health Centre. Currently, his primary research interest is in exploring and understanding the role of the family physician in providing care for patients and families with dementia. He is part of an ongoing qualitative study conducting focus groups with family physicians to explore their awareness and use of clinical guidelines for dementia care and, more broadly, the challenges they face in caring for persons with dementia. Another study, "Pathways to Diagnosis", will explore, using qualitative and quantitative methods, how patients from different cultural communities interact with the health care system (and family physicians in particular) when they develop dementia.

Dr. Pimlott is also conducting research to assess how family physicians assess and manage common sleep problems in the elderly in collaboration with his colleague, Dr. Brian Murray. This work is a continuation of his long-standing interest in benzodiazepine prescribing to the elderly and its relationship to the management of insomnia.

Publications:
Review a list of Nicholas Pimlott's peer-reviewed publications as indexed by the National Library of Medicine.