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Wilderman Medical Clinic

Dr. Igor Wilderman

Director & Pain Physician, Family Medicine

Dr. Igor Shamis Wilderman, MD, CCFP, FCFP, DCAPM.

As Founder of the Wilderman Medical and Cosmetic Clinics, as well as the Canadian Centre for Clinical Trials, Dr. Wilderman has been operating clinics since 2004, offering a wide range of services to patients with a variety of chronic and acute ailments. Dr. Wilderman strongly believes in the benefits of multidisciplinary medicine and the use of non-pharmaceutical methods for pain management.

Recognized as a Chronic Pain Consultant by the Ministry of Health and OMA, his interest and expertise in pain management and clinical research place him at the forefront of medical research, the newest medical information technologies for patient care, and practice management.

In addition to his medical practice, Dr. Wilderman also lends his experience to clinical trials and medical research. His web-based Medical News Bulletin is a patient-focused online medical news collective that highlights the most up-to-date clinical trials research and as the name implies, medical news.

The Canadian Centre for Clinical Trials was the first patient recruitment center for clinical trials in Canada. He is the author of approximately 40 publications and 10 inventions, has trained over a dozen physicians in chronic pain management, and is one of the founding members of the Canadian Academy of Pain Management.

Areas of particular interest: Pain Management (including consultation, ultrasound-guided nerve block injections, joint injections, lidocaine infusion, Botox, Regenerative Medicine including PRP), Cosmetics (Botox, Fillers), Physiotherapy, Cardiology, Diabetes, Skin Disorders, Clinical Trials, Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Clinical Trials, Medical Informatics and Electronics.

Dr. Wilderman is professional, friendly, and helpful. He has a genuine concern for people and takes great pleasure in going above and beyond to meet the needs of his patients. He spends his leisure time reading history and traveling to historic and cultural sites. A great deal of his time is also spent taking on new challenges, whether it be familiarizing himself with the latest technologies and medical developments, conducting clinical trials, or managing and expanding our multidisciplinary clinic.

These are some of the publications in which Dr. Wilderman has collaborated

Title Cited by Year
A qualitative study to explore patient perspectives of prophylactic treatment with OnabotulinumtoxinA for chronic migraine  I Wilderman, D Tallarigo, O Pugacheva-Zingerman
Pain and Therapy 10, 1523-1536
3 2021
Effect of e-cigarettes plus counseling vs counseling alone on smoking cessation: a randomized clinical trial  MJ Eisenberg, A Hébert-Losier, SB Windle, T Greenspoon, T Brandys, …
Jama 324 (18), 1844-1854
87 2020
Repeated intravenous lidocaine infusions for patients with fibromyalgia: higher doses of lidocaine have a stronger and longer-lasting effect on pain reduction I Wilderman, O Pugacheva, V Perelman, MCT Wansbrough, Y Voznyak, …
Pain Medicine 21 (6), 1230-1239
22 2020
Meniscus‐targeted injections for chronic knee pain due to meniscal tears or degenerative fraying: a retrospective study I Wilderman, R Berkovich, C Meaney, O Kleiner, V Perelman
Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine 38 (11), 2853-2859
12 2019
Integral of Pain Relief as an Innovative Method of Pain Measurement I Wilderman, R Berkovich
Journal of Pain & Relief 6 (1), 277
4 2016
FDA extends authority to e-cigarettes: implications for smoking cessation? J Abbasi
Jama 316 (6), 572-574
16 2016
Seasonality of month of birth of children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus in homogenous and heterogeneous populations Z Laron, H Lewy, I Wilderman, A Casu, J Willis, MJ Redondo, I Libman, …
Isr Med Assoc J 7 (6), 381-384
66 2005
Which hand-held computer is better for doctors? Part 2: Comparing models with Microsoft operating systems. A Dobrousin, I Wilderman
Canadian family physician 50, 595
2 2004
Which hand-held computer is better for doctors? Part 1: Comparing models with Palm operating systems. I Wilderman, A Dobrousin, S Cameron
Canadian family physician 49, 1507
6 2003
Another drug database for hand-held computers. A Dobrousin, I Shamis
Canadian Family Physician 49 (2), 142-143
1 2003
Another infectious disease guide for Palms. I Shamis, A Dobrousin
Canadian Family Physician 49 (1), 24-25
2003
Relationship of Etiology to Treatment in Congenital Hypothyroidism A Hanukoglu, K Perelman, I Wilderman, L Brnjac, …
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 86 (1), 186-91
133 2001
Mortality of patients with childhood onset (0–17 years) Type I diabetes in Israel: a population-based study T Laron-Kenet, I Wilderman, S Weitzman, Z Laron
Diabetologia 44 (Suppl 3), B81-B86
46 2001
Mortality in a whole-country cohort of childhood onset (0–18 years) diabetic patients in Israel Z Laron, T Laron-Kenet, I Wilderman, S Weitzman
Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice 50 (Supplement 1), 226
2 2000
Mortality incidence in a 32-year follow-up cohort of juvenile type 1 diabetes (0-18 years) patients in Israel ZVI LARON, T LARON, I SHAMIS, S ROSEN, S WEITZMAN, P TIKVA
Diabetes 48 (5), SA391-SA391
1999
Month of Birth and Subsequent Development of Type I Diabetes (IDDM) Z Laron, I Wilderman, D Nitzan-Kaluski, I Ashkenazi
Journal of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism 12 (3), 397-402
44 1999
Inverse relationship between month of birth and month of onset of IDDM in Jewish children in Israel Z Laron, I Shamis, I Ashkenazi
Diabetes 47, A149-A149
2 1998
Ethnic Differences in the Incidence of Childhood IDDM in Israel (1965–1993): Marked increase since 1985, especially in Yemenite Jews I Wilderman, O Gordon, Y Albag, Z Laron
Diabetes Care 20 (4), 504-508
55 1997
Seasonal variation of IDDM in Israel: The role of vitamin D? N Shehadeh, I Wilderman, Z Laron
Diabetes Nutrition and Metabolism 10 (1), 39-40
6 1997
Ethnicity and familial factors in the etiology of acute appendicitis I Shamis, G Livshits, U Feldman
American journal of human biology 6 (3), 351-358
5 1994