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

Confirmed Faculty 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

Dr. John Cairns, MD, FRCPC

Professor of Cardiology, University of British Columbia

Jonathan Choy, MD FRCPC FACC

Medical Director, Adult Echocardiography Laboratory
Division of Cardiology, University of Alberta Hospital
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Richard Coulden, MBBS, FRCR, FRCP

Director of Elko Cardiac MR Unit, Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute, University of Alberta Hospitals,
Alberta Health Services, Professor of Cardiac Imaging Dept of Radiology & Diagnostic Imaging
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta

Simon de Denus, B. Pharm, MSc(Pharm), PhD

Université de Montréal Beaulieu-Saucier Chair in Pharmacogenomics
Assistant professor, Faculty of Pharmacy, Université de Montréal
Co-director of the Heart Failure Research group, Researcher, Clinical Pharmacist,
Montreal Heart Institute

Anique Ducharme, MD MSc

Director, Heart Failure Clinic, Montreal Heart Institute
Clinical Professor, Faculty of Medicine,
University of Montreal
Montréal, Québec, Canada

Derek Exner, MD MPH FRCPC

Associate Professor, Libin Cardiovascular Institute, University of Calgary
Clinician Scientist, Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Scholar of Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research
Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Dr. Justin Ezekowitz, MB, BCH, MSc, FRCPC

Assistant Professor of Medicine
AHFMR Population Health Investigator, CIHR New Investigator
Director, Heart Function Clinic, Division of Cardiology, University of Alberta

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

Robert Herman, MD FRCPC

Professor and Head, Division of General Internal Medicine
Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary
Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Stefan James MD PhD

Dept. of Cardiology and Uppsala Clinical Research Center
Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden

David Lau, MD PhD FRCPC

Professor of Medicine, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Chair of the Diabetes and Endocrine Research Group
University of Calgary
Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Peter Liu, MD FRCPC FACC

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

Brent Mitchell, MD FRCPC FACC

Divisional Director, Division of Cardiology, Professor of Medicine
Departments of Cardiac Sciences
Alberta Health Services and University of Calgary
Libin Cardiovascular Institute
Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Paolo Raggi, MD FACP FACC

Academic Director, Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute
University of Alberta Edmonton, AB

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

Duncan Stewart, MD FRCPC

CEO & Scientific Director and Senior Scientist in the Regenerative Medicine Program
and Evelyne and Rowell Laishley Chair, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Vice President, Research, The Ottawa Hospital
Professor, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa

Anthony SL Tang MD FRCPC

CIHR Research Chair
Professor of Medicine, Island Medical Program, U of British Columbia
Adjunct Professor of Medicine, U of Ottawa

Marcello Tonelli MD, SM, FRCPC

Canada Research Chair in Optimal Care of Chronic Kidney Disease Alberta Kidney Disease Network
Divisions of Nephrology and Critical Care, Departments of Medicine and Public Health Sciences, Institute of Health Economics
University of Alberta

Rodney Zimmermann, MD FRCPC FACC

Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory,
Regina General Hospital
Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada