Shannon MacDonald

Dr. MacDonald is a Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation specialist with an inpatient and outpatient stroke rehabilitation medicine practice. In addition to her clinical work, she is a Stroke Distinction Surveyor with Accreditation Canada and co-chairs committees for the Toronto Stroke Networks. Although health services research is her primary interest, she also participates as a Qualified Investigator for select multi-site randomized controlled trials run through the CanStroke Recovery Platform. She is an adjunct scientist at ICES.

Recent Publications

1. MacDonald SL, Hall RE, Bell CM, Cronin S, Jaglal SB. Association of material deprivation with discharge location and length of stay after inpatient stroke rehabilitation: a retrospective, population-based cohort study. CMAJ Open. 2022 Jan 25.
2. Weidman M, MacDonald SL. The impact of body mass index classification on outcomes following stroke rehabilitation: A retrospective study. American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. 2022 Jan 5. In Press.
3. MacDonald SL, Hall RE, Bell CM, Cronin S, Jaglal SB. Sex differences in the outcomes of adults admitted to inpatient rehabilitation after stroke. PM&R: The journal of injury, function and rehabilitation. 2021 Jun 9. In Press.
4. Journeay WS, Robinson LR, Titman R, MacDonald SL. Characteristics and outcomes of COVID-19-Positive Individuals Admitted for Inpatient Rehabilitation in Toronto, Canada. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine - Clinical Communications. 2021 Mar 29;4:1000053.
5. Daly N, Fortin C, Jaglal S, MacDonald SL. Predictors of exceeding target inpatient rehabilitation length of stay after hip fracture. American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. 2020;99(7):630-635.
    

Honours & Awards

• 2020 | Research / Quality-Improvement Award, Division of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, University of Toronto
• 2018 - 2019 | Dr. Eliot A. Phillipson Department of Medicine Fellowship. University of Toronto