Welsh, Dr. Robert C.

Biography

Robert Welsh is an Associate Professor and academic Interventional Cardiologist at the University of Alberta Hospital in Edmonton. He is the Co-director of the University of Alberta Chest Pain Program, which he initiated and designed in collaboration with Dr. Brian Holroyd (Chief, Emergency Medicine). He is Director of the University of Alberta Cardiology Residency Training Program. He is chair of Vital Heart Response; a regional reperfusion program for early treatment of STEMI patients.

Dr. Welsh received his Medical Doctorate from the University of Saskatchewan in 1993 where he subsequently trained in Internal Medicine (1993-1996). He undertook Cardiology training and an Interventional Cardiology fellowship at the University of Alberta (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (1996-2000)).

Pre-hospital management of STEMI and the interaction of pharmacological (antithrombotic and fibrinolytic) and mechanical interventions (primary and rescue angioplasty) are the focus of his clinical research. Further research interests include:

1. Investigation, assessment and management of “chest pain” patients in the Emergency Department;
2. Cardiac risk stratification of diabetic patients prior to renal and islet transplantation;
3. The impact of prolonged strenuous exercise on myocardial function.

He has approximately 80 peer reviewed publications, journal reviews and abstracts.

Presentations:

Pre-Hospital Screening and Critical Care Pathways for STEMI (2.2 MB)