Speakers
More speakers to be announced!
Co-chair: Martha Gulati, MD, MS, FACC, FAHA, FASPC
American Society for Preventive Cardiology
Co-chair: Jeff Healey, MD, MSc, FRCPC, FHRS
Yusuf Chair in Cardiology
Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist
Hamilton Health Sciences
Senior Scientist
Stuart Connolly Chair in Cardiology Research
Population Health Research Institute
Professor of Medicine
McMaster University
Planning Committee: Alexandra Bastiany MD, FRCPC, DRCPSC
Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre
Planning Committee: Christine Pacheco MD, MSc, FRCPC
Women’s Heart Health Specialist
Hôpital Pierre-Boucher
Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM) Clinical Faculty
Faculty of Medicine
Université de Montréal
Jason Andrade, MD, FRCPC, FHRS
Clinical Faculty - University of British Columbia
Javed Butler, MBBS, MPH, MBA
Baylor Scott and White Research Institute
Senior Vice President,
Baylor Scott and White Health, Dallas TX
Distinguished Professor of Medicine,
University of Mississippi, Jackson MS
David Conen, MD, MPH
McMaster University
Associate Professor, Medicine,
Faculty of Health Sciences
Associate Member, Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, Faculty of Health Sciences
Thais Coutinho, MD
Chair, Canadian Women's Heart Health Centre
University of Ottawa Heart Institute
Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Ottawa
Anique Ducharme, MD, MSc, FRCP, FHFSA (h)
Professor of Medicine,
Université de Montréal
Director, Heart Failure Clinic
Montreal Heart Institute,
Research Center
James L. Januzzi Jr, MD, FACC, FESC
Massachusetts General Hospital
Hutter Family Professor of Medicine,
Harvard Medical School
Cardiometabolic Trials,
Baim Institute for Clinical Research
Sanjit S Jolly, MD, FRCPC
Hamilton Health Sciences
Associate Professor
(Full Professor as of July 1),
Department of Medicine,
McMaster University Principal Investigator, PHRI
Jacqueline Joza, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Investigator, RI-MUHC
Department of Medicine,
Division of Cardiology, MUHC
Judy Luu, MD/PhD, FRCPC
Women's Heart Health Hardiologist
McGill University Health Centre,
McMaster University
Samer Mansour MD, CSPQ, FRCP
Head, Clinical Research Unit
Associate Clinical Professor
University of Montreal Hospital Center
Shamir R. Mehta, MD, MSc, FRCPS, FACC
and Professor of Medicine
McMaster University
Director of Interventional Cardiology
Hamilton Health Sciences
Senior Scientist
Population Health Research Institute
Lisa Mielniczuk, MD, FRCPC
Tier 1 University of Ottawa Heart Function Research Chair
Vice-Chair Quality and Clinical Services, Department of Medicine
Director, Advanced Heart Failure Program
Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Clinic & Telehome Monitoring Program
University of Ottawa Heart Institute
Hassan Mir, MD, FRCPC (Internal Medicine), FRCPC (Cardiology)
Division of Cardiology and Division
of Cardiac Prevention & Rehabilitation
Assistant Professor,
Department of Medicine
University of Ottawa Heart Institute,
University of Ottawa
Blandine Mondesert, MD
Montreal Heart Institute
Associate Professor,
Université de Montréal
CHRS
Lena Rivard, MD, MSc
Department of Medicine
Université de Montréal
Jason Roberts, MD, MAS
Hamilton Health Sciences
Faculty of Health Sciences,
McMaster University
Associate Professor, Medicine,
Faculty of Health Sciences
Population Health Research Institute
Roopinder Sandhu, MD, MPH
Director of the Device Clinic, Smidt Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles
Associate Professor-in-Residence, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles
Associate Adjunct Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of Alberta
Visiting Scientist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston
Co-Director, Edmonton Cardiac Arrhythmia Trials (ECAT) group
Rafik Tadros, MD, PhD
Cardiovascular Genetics Centre,
Montreal Heart Institute
Assistant Professor,
Faculty of Medicine,
Université de Montréal
Sean Wharton, MD, FRCPC, PharmD
at Toronto East General Hospital
Medical Director,
Wharton Medical Clinic
Richard Whitlock, MD, PhD, FRCSC
McMaster University
Associate Member, Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact,
Faculty of Health Sciences
Professor, Surgery, Faculty of Health Sciences
Shelley Zieroth, MD, FCCS, FHFSA (hon), FESC, FACC, FHFA, FRCPC
Professor, University of Manitoba
CCS Scientific Program Committee Chair
(2021-2022)