Dr. Adam Kovacs-Litman

Dr. Kovacs-Litman completed his Rheumatology and Internal Medicine training at the University of Toronto, where he also served as Chief Rheumatology Resident. He graduated from medical school at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry at Western University. He holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours) from Queen’s University, where he studied Life Sciences and Economics, and a Master of Science in Community Health in Health Practitioner Teacher Education from the Dalla Lana School of Public Health.

Dr. Kovacs-Litman is passionate about providing Rheumatology and Internal Medicine care on both an outpatient and inpatient basis to better address the spectrum of rheumatic diseases. He is affiliated with Mackenzie Health and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. He also works in the multidisciplinary Early Arthritis Program at Mackenzie Health.

Dr. Kovacs-Litman is committed to medical education and sharing medical knowledge. At Sunnybrook, he works with medical students and residents in clinic and on the inpatient consultation service. He also teaches medical students and residents at the University of Toronto.

Dr. Kovacs-Litman is a specialist in autoimmune and musculoskeletal diseases. This includes inflammatory arthritis (rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, and ankylosing spondylitis), crystal arthritis (gout and calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease), connective tissue disease (lupus, Sjogren’s syndrome, vasculitis, myositis, systemic sclerosis, and connective tissue disease associated interstitial lung disease), osteoporosis, and osteoarthritis or regional musculoskeletal disorders that may be amenable to corticosteroid injections (e.g. rotator cuff tendinopathy, adhesive capsulitis, greater trochanteric bursitis, flexor tenosynovitis, de Quervain’s tenosynovitis, epicondylitis, olecranon bursitis, prepatellar bursitis, or other bursitis and tendonitis).