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Vincent Lam

Dr. Vincent Lam is an author and a physician, who has worked in emergency medicine and addiction medicine. He is the founder and medical director of the Coderix Medical Clinic, and a faculty member at the University of Toronto Temerty School of Medicine. He served as executive editor and co-author of the textbook


Time for national registry tracking opioid deaths

Ottawa is not well-placed to act directly in health-care delivery, but could better support provinces. It could make funding conditional on them meeting minimum access standards for opioid agonist therapy (OAT), the most well-established treatment for people with opioid use disorder.

opinion | BY VINCENT LAM | July 6, 2026