Our Second Year Cardiology Fellow Dr. Miles Marchand has been awarded the 2022 CCSA Charles Kerr Award.
Please join us in congratulating our second year Cardiology fellow Dr. Miles Marchand as the well-deserved recipient of the 2022 CCSA Charles Kerr Award.
Dr. Graham Wong Authors New Scientific Statement.
Dr. Graham Wong, director of the Vancouver General Hospital Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, is an author for the most recent American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Statement on Mechanical Circulatory Support.
New clinic improves access to specialized heart surgery
A first in the province, the Surgical Mitral and Tricuspid Valve (MTV) clinic will offer patients an expedited pathway to receive specialized valve surgeries. A damaged valve can interfere with
Dr. Darwin Yeung will be presenting at the UBC Medicine Experimental
The UBC Department of Medicine and Experimental Medicine Program 2022 Research Expo is coming up on May 2, 2022! Dr. Darwin Yeung from the Division of Cardiology will be giving
Dr. Marc Deyell leads a new procedure for Atrial Fibrillation at St. Paul’s Hospital.
Dr. Marc Deyell performed the first-in-BC atrial fibrillation ablation at St. Paul’s Hospital, using the breakthrough Globe System technology to navigate into the patient’s heart, quickly map the rhythm disturbances,
Dr. Graham Wong Wins Another Teaching Award.
Dr. Graham Wong has been awarded the Class of 2022 Teaching Excellence Award for the 2021/2022 academic year by the Medical Undergraduate Society at the UBC Faculty of Medicine. He
Dr. Jacqueline Saw has been nominated for the Admirable YWCA Women of Distinction Awards – please help vote for her cause!
The YWCA Women of Distinction Awards is presented by Scotiabank, nationally recognizing and honouring extraordinary women leaders and businesses. Our Faculty member Dr. Jacqueline Saw has been nominated for her
St. Paul’s Hospital Cardiologist Dr. Mustafa Toma made a guest appearance on The Kelly Clarkson Show.
In celebration of Heart Month, Dr. Mustafa Toma, the Medical Director of the Heart Transplant Program at St. Paul’s Hospital, was a guest on The Kelly Clarkson Show on February
Updates on Surrey Memorial Hospital
We are delighted to present the updates and changes at Surrey Memorial Hospital. Dr. Calvin Tong, Co-Director of the Heart Function Clinic, has initiated a Cardiac Amyloid Clinic, which is
Successful “Hot Topics in Cardiology” Event!
In partnership with UBC CPD, the UBC Division of Cardiology successfully held the 18th Annual Hot Topics in Cardiology Virtual Conference. Under the leadership of Dr. Krishnan Ramanathan and Dr.
Dr. Darwin Yeung was Rewarded the Mentored Clinician Scientist Investigator Award for $75,000.
Please join us in congratulating our faculty Dr. Darwin Yeung for receiving the Mentored Clinician Scientist Investigator Award for his project Artificial intelligence derived diastolic function score for prediction of
Dr. John Cairns is the Recipient of the UBC Alumni Builder Award.
The VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation has awarded the UBC Alumni Builder Award to the division’s Professor (Tenure) Dr. John Carins. UBC describes award recipients as ‘individuals who have significantly
The Chest Pain Clinic at St. Paul’s Hospital now Open to Community Physicians
We would like to introduce you to the St. Paul’s Heart Centre Chest Pain Clinic. This inaugural state of the art Chest Pain Clinic is the first in Canada, and
Leili Rohani, postdoctoral scholar, Invited to Speak About Engineering Heart Tissues for Cell Therapy.
Leili Rohani, our Postdoctoral Scholar in the School of Biomedical Engineering was invited to the Stem Cell Podcast last week to talk about her research focuses on engineering heart tissues
Our Recent Cardiology Graduate Dr. Amit Sodhi Wins the 2021 CHRS Highest Rated Electrophysiology Abstract
Dr. Amit Sodhi recently graduated from the UBC Adult Cardiology Training Program and has made us proud by winning the prestigious 2021 CHRS Highest Rated Electrophysiology Abstract by a Trainee