Faculty & Chairs

Director
Robert Welsh, MD FRCPC FACC
Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Alberta
Director of Cardiac Catheterization and Interventional Cardiology, University of Alberta Hospitals
Director of the Cardiology Residency Training Program and Co-Director of the Chest Pain Program
Chair of Capital Health’s Vital Heart Response Protocol
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Co-Director
Jacques Genest, Jr., MD FRCPC FACC
Professor and Novartis Chair in Medicine, McGill University
Director of the Division of Cardiology, McGill University Health Centre/Royal Victoria Hospital
Montréal, Québec, Canada

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2011 faculty and agenda are being developed. Confirmed speakers include:

Todd Anderson, MD FRCPC
Professor of Medicine, University of Calgary
Calgary Division Chief of Cardiology, Alberta Health Services
Senior Scholar of the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research
Co-Director, Foothills Interventional Cardiology Service
Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Paul W. Armstrong, MD FRCPC
Professor of Medicine, University of Alberta
Director of the Canadian VIGOUR Centre
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Derek Exner, MD MPH FRCPC
Associate Professor, Libin Cardiovascular Institute, University of Calgary
Clinical Scientist, Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Scholar of Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research
Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Jacques Genest, Jr., MD FRCPC FACC
Professor and Novartis Chair in Medicine, McGill University
Director of the Division of Cardiology, McGill University Health Centre/Royal Victoria Hospital
Montréal, Québec, Canada

Bernard J. Gersh, MB ChB DPhil FRCP FACC
Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Consultant for Cardiovascular Disease and Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota, USA

Peter Liu, MD FRCPC FACC
Heart & Stroke / Polo Chair Professor of Medicine & Physiology at Toronto General Hospital, University of Toronto Health Network
Senior Scientist, Toronto General Research Institute, University Health Network
Scientific Director, CIHR Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Matthew T. Roe, MD MHS
Duke University Medical Center
Duke Clinical Research Institute
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Durham, North Carolina, USA

Jean Rouleau, MD FRCPC
Institut de Cardiologie de Montréal
Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal
Montréal, Québec, Canada

Erick Schampaert, MD FRCPC
Interventional Cardiology and Research Director,
Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Université de Montréal
Montréal, Québec, Canada

Robert Welsh, MD FRCPC FACC
Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Alberta
Director of Cardiac Catheterization and Interventional Cardiology, University of Alberta Hospitals
Director of the Cardiology Residency Training Program and Co-Director of the Chest Pain Program
Chair of Capital Health’s Vital Heart Response Protocol
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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