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Dr Bhushan Kapur's Curriculum Vitae

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TEACHING ACTIVITIES
EXTENSION TEACHING AS ON-GOING ANNUAL EVENT
PATENTS
BOOKS
COMPUTER SOFTWARE
NEWSLETTER
PUBLIC AFFAIRS BULLETINS/INFORMATION

TEACHING ACTIVITIES:

1995 - present Responsible for training Fellows (postgraduate MD) in interpretative laboratory toxicology
1995 Course PL ... Pharmacology of the Drugs of abuse - Undergraduate program
1980-present Course CBL1509 (Dept. of Clinical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto): Graduate Course - Chromatographic semeration methods, Annual 6 hours of lectures and 12 hours project supervision.
1988-present Elective and Selective program for Faculty of Medicine Students interested in Alcohol and Drug Abuse.
1990-1992 Drugs in the Emergency Room: 20 hours with laboratory exercises. (The Michener Institute)
1981-1983 Postdoctoral Fellow Supervision.

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EXTENSION TEACHING AS ON-GOING ANNUAL EVENT

On-going active participation in a teaching programme organized by the Addiction Research Foundation for improving the skills of physicians in private practice in recognizing alcoholics and drug users. This is done through seminars and consultations.
As a consultant to private laboratories by organizing on-going teaching seminars for physicians in various fields of biochemistry.
On-going active participation in hospital teaching rounds at Addiction Research Foundation and at various other hospitals in Toronto (e.g. Toronto General, Toronto Western, Toronto East General, St. Joseph's, Hospital for Sick Children .
Seminar to medical students who choose alcohol and drugs as a selective (elective) either through Department of Medicine or Department of Clinical Biochemistry.
Seminars to physicians preparing for their specialty in clinical toxicology.

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PATENTS:

B.M. Kapur and Y. Israel: Rapid Analysis of Ethanol in Body Fluids (The Alcohol Dipstick).

1. Canada Ser. No. 1221008, April 28, 1987.
2. Spain No. 528.832/0, January 31, 1986.
3. European Comm. Market 0117032, April 19, 1989.
4. U.S.A. Patent No. 5,290,683, March 1, 1994
5. Japan, filed January 12, 1984.
6. South Africa, filed January 12, 1984.

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BOOKS:

1989: Manual on AIDS and HIV Infection, Editors: B.M.Kapur, C.X.Poulos and C.Buchyns, Published by Addiction Research Foundation of Ontario, 1989.

1991: G.W.Giles and B.M.Kapur: Alcohol and the Identification of Alcoholics: A Handbook for Professionals, Published by Lexington Press, 1991.

1994 (Book Chapter) B.M.Kapur:" Drug testing methods and interpretations of results", in "Research Advances in Alcohol and Drug Problems",11: 103-120, (1994). Editors: S. Macdonald and P.Roman, Published by Plenum Press.

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COMPUTER SOFTWARE:

1992 B.M.Kapur: CBAC: Computerized Blood Alcohol Calculator, Software program for MS DOS systems, Published by Addiction Research Foundation, Toronto, Ontario.

NEWSLETTER:

1995 - Editor OnTox newsletter. OnTox deals with practical issues in clinical and analytical toxicology. Distribution: Directors of Emergency departments and Laboratory medicine.

PUBLIC AFFAIRS BULLETINS/INFORMATION ALERT:

1992

Cooking Wine and Other Non-Beverage Alcohol Products. Information Alert. (B.M.Kapur: responsible scientist)

Drink Responsibly - BAC Chart prepared for and distributed by SEAGRAM CANADA. (Author: B.M.Kapur)

Do You Know... "Alcohol, Other Drugs and Driving". An educational bulletin by ARF. (Authors: Bhushan M. Kapur, Evelyn Vingilis and Bob Mann)

Facts About... "Alcohol, Other Drugs and Driving". An educational bulletin by ARF. (Authors: Bhushan M. Kapur, Evelyn Vingilis and Bob Mann)