Dennis Ko
Senior Scientist
Health Services Research • Respiratory and Cardiovascular
Cardiac disease is the leading cause of death in North America. Although lifestyle modification and control of risk factors are important, diagnostic and therapeutic interventions, such as those created and tested at Sunnybrook Research Institute (SRI), play a major role in the treatment of cardiac disease.
Innovations at SRI’s Schulich heart research program have already led to significant new advances that are improving cardiac care, including the following:
- improvements to bypass surgery;
- the invention of real-time ultrasound perfusion methods (the measurement of blood flow through the heart); and
- new imaging techniques to assist with cardiac interventions, including oxygen-sensitive magnetic resonance.
Our scientists have studied the use and effectiveness of angioplasty and the socioeconomic factors related to heart disease. We are also leaders in the use of intravascular ultrasound.
We are developing and evaluating new treatments for ischemic heart disease, valvular diseases, high blood pressure, congestive heart failure and electrophysiological disorders such as arrhythmia. Because of our strong partnerships with industry, new discoveries made at SRI are transferred quickly into improvements in health care technology and practice to benefit our patients. Our cardiac scientists work closely with the Schulich Heart Centre clinical team.
The Schulich heart research program is fully affiliated with the University of Toronto and many of their graduate students and fellows, particularly from the cardiovascular sciences collaborative program and the medical biophysics program, conduct research under the supervision of our scientists on site.
Areas of focus
Sunnybrook Research Institute’s Schulich heart research program is a leader in cardiovascular research in four major research areas:
- Interventions: including emerging approaches in cardiac surgery, endovascular treatment and medical management
- Imaging strategies: for disease assessment, treatment planning, therapy guidance and follow-up
- Outcomes and population health studies: health care outcomes research
- Cell biology: for regenerative therapies
Science drives tools development which is tested on patients leading to further basic science research.
- Ongoing development and evaluation of cardiac surgery methods including:
- alternative conduits in coronary artery bypass grafts and alternative heart valve implants
- reducing the trauma associated with intervention, growing from early work on myocardial protection and continuing with evolving minimally invasive approaches to bypass and valve replacement procedures (Fremes)
- Development and testing of imaging methods for assessment during interventions including optical fluorescence imaging of grafts, intravascular ultrasound of the arterial wall during angioplasty, and ultrasound studies of valve repair (Burns, Fremes, Wright)
- Emerging focus on stem cell therapies for myocardial injury, including:
- basic studies of chemoattractants for stem cells to damaged regions
- MR-guided delivery of stem cells to infarct borders imaging assessment of therapy outcome
- Evaluation of defibrillators and pacemakers for treatment of electrophysiological pathologies; emerging work in less invasive electrophysiological mapping and ablative approaches to better understand and manage complex arrhythmias and conduction problems (Crystal, Lau)
- Studies in pharmacological management for hypertension and improved methods for blood pressure monitoring of hypertension patients (Myers)
- Ultrasound methods development to exploit microbubble contrast for characterization of hemodynamics and myocardial perfusion (Burns)
- Cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) research characterizing cardiac pathophysiology through oxygen-sensitive imaging in the deep veins and myocardium and through real-time acquisition methods to capture cardiac dynamics; improving noninvasive MRI strategies for mapping peripheral, neural and coronary vasculature and cardiac morphology (Wright)
- Development of integrated information systems and visualization tools covering multiple imaging modalities for cardiac disease assessment and therapy guidance (in association with the Ontario Consortium for Cardiac Imaging, a multi-institutional effort led by Sunnybrook) (Burns, Wright)
Microbubbles for ultrasound
Application of microbubble technology for ultrasound imaging of the heart
Combined MRI and X-ray system
Development of a coronary artery imaging system using both MRI and X-ray
- Development of registries for tracking outcomes post-infarct in hospitals (in cooperation with the Cardiac Care Network)
- Prospective studies of the relationship between socioeconomic status and cardiovascular diseases; design of new approaches to assessing the utility of diagnostic tests (in cooperation with the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences)
- Studies examining how to improve the transition of care and outcomes of patients with cardiovascular disease, toward closing the gap in the quality of care received by these patients during transitions; and how to improve the quality of care and outcomes of people with atrial fibrillation (Ko)
- Identifying and characterizing stem cells and genes involved in myocardial and vascular development
- The focus of this effort is ultimately tissue regeneration for treatment of cardiovascular diseases
Vascular formation in vitro from embryonic stem cells
Facilities
The Sunnybrook Research Institute (SRI) has state-of-the-art infrastructure for conducting cardiac research, including:
- 1.5T MRI
- 3T MRI
- 3-D real-time echo
- NOGA and CARTO systems
- Microbubble contrast optimized ultrasound system
- Myocardial perfusion imaging with ultrasound
- Imaging Research Centre for Cardiac Intervention (IRCCI)
Why give to the most critically-ill patients
The Schulich Heart Program has earned an international reputation for pioneering some of the world’s most innovative ways to treat the heart and damaged blood vessels. We give the most vulnerable cardiac patients a new chance at life.
Critically ill patients are being treated with advanced technology to decrease complications, improve long-term outcomes and reduce treatment times. Patients too frail to undergo open heart surgery now receive novel minimally invasive procedures introduced through the generosity of donors or made accessible thanks to donors.
Your support helps us to bring these innovative treatments to more patients.
Schulich Heart Program Grand Rounds
Hosted by Drs. Christopher Cheung, Dennis Ko and Maneesh Sud, the Schulich Heart Program Cardiology Virtual Grand Rounds occurs Tuesday mornings at 7:30 to 8:30 EST where speakers from around the world explore the latest research, innovations and clinical advances in cardiology.
The Schulich Heart Program welcomes all medical and allied health professionals as well as trainees at any stage of their career to attend.
To join an upcoming talk live, follow the Zoom details below. This page will be updated with recordings of archived past Grand Rounds as they are made available.
Cardiology Research Rounds is a self-approved group learning activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
Please contact Tasneem Dalal via tasneem.dalal@sunnybrook.ca if you have any comments or questions about our rounds.
Zoom Meeting
Launch zoom meeting
Meeting ID: 934 4947 6247
Passcode: 911932
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| December 10, 2024 | Dr. John Sapp, MD, FRCPC, FHRS Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Dalhousie University Assistant Dean Clinical Research, Dalhousie University QEII Health Sciences Centre | Ventricular Tachycardia: Turning Sudden Death into Overtime |
| December 3, 2024 | Dr. Mikhail Kosiborod, MD, FACC Vice-president of research, Saint Luke’s Health System Professor of medicine, University of Missouri-Kansas City | TBD |
| November 26, 2024 | Dr. Guillaume Marguis-Gravel, MD, MSc Interventional Cardiologist, Montreal Heart Institute Assistant Professor, Université de Montréal Junior 1 clinical research scholar of the Fonds de la Recherche du Québec – Santé (FRQS) | Novel approaches to prevent AKI in the cath lab |
| November 19, 2024 | Dr. Ayodele Odutayo, MD, PhD Assistant professor, University of Toronto Clinician-scientist, Adult nephrology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre | Medical Therapy for Preventing Cardiorenal Disease |
| November 12, 2024 | Dr. Douglas Manuel, MD, MSc, FRCPC Senior Scientist, Methodological & Implementation Research, Ottawa Health Research Institute Distinguished Professor, Tier 1 Clinical Research Chair in Precision Medicine for Disease Prevention, Department of Family Medicine and Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa Senior Core Scientist, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences Senior Investigator, Bruyère Health Research Institut | Assessing cardiovascular risk in the primary care setting (Youtube) |
| November 5, 2024 | Dr. Stephanie Poon, MD, MSc, FRCPCMedical Director, Heart Function ClinicCardiologist, Sunnybrook Health Sciences CentreAssociate professor, University of TorontoDr. Poon will be joined by the University of Toronto Cardiology Fellow Dr. Basra Mohammed | Quality improvement – Case discussions |
| October 29, 2024 | Dr. Rafik Tadros, MD, PhD Associate professor of medicine, Université de Montréal Cardiologist-Electrophysiologist and Director, Cardiovascular Genetics Centre, Montreal Heart Institute Canada Research Chair in Translational Cardiovascular Genetics | Canadian Cardiovascular Society Clinical Practice Update on Contemporary Management of the Patient with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (Youtube) |
| October 22, 2024 | Dr. Maneesh Sud, MD, PhD Scientist, Evaluative Clinical Sciences, Schulich Heart Research Program, Sunnybrook Research Institute Assistant professor, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto Staff cardiologist, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre | A Review of Clinical Trials Presented at ESC 2024 (Youtube) |
| October 8, 2024 | Dr. Dennis Ko, MD, MSc Director, Schulich Heart Research Program, Sunnybrook Research Institute Senior Scientist, ICES and Sunnybrook Research Institute Professor, University of Toronto Jack Tu Chair in Cardiovascular Outcomes Research | Cardiovascular outcomes research: Focusing on real-world impact, not just impact factor |
| October 1, 2024 | Dr. Sean van Diepen, MD, FRCPC Academic cardiologist-intensivist, University of Alberta Hospital Co-director, Coronary Intensive Care Unit, University of Alberta Hospital Associate professor, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta | Adopting evidence based post-cardiac arrest care: From hospital arrival to neuroprognostication (Youtube) |
| September 24, 2024 | Dr. Stephanie Poon, MD, MSc, FRCPC Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine/Cardiology, University of Toronto Cardiologist, Division of Cardiology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Dr. Poon will be joined by: Dr. Reha Kumar, chief cardiology resident and Dr. Tina Zhou, cardiology resident, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre/University of Toronto | Quality improvement: Case discussions |
| September 17, 2024 | Dr. Adrian Baranchuk, MD, FACC, FRCPC, FSIAC Clinician-scientist, Kingston General Hospital Research Institute Head, Heart Rhythm Service, Kingston General Hospital Professor, Queen’s University AND Dr. Reha Kumar Chief cardiology resident Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre/University of Toronto | Lyme carditis: All you need to know (Youtube) AND A curious case of the ticking heart |
| May 14, 2024 | Dr. Yin Ge, MD, FRCPC Cardiologist, Cardiac Care North York and St. Michael’s Hospital Assistant Professor, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto | Identifying the substrate for ventricular arrhythmia using CMR (Youtube) |
| May 7, 2024 | Dr. Stephanie Poon, MD, MSc, FRCPC Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine/Cardiology, University of Toronto Cardiologist, Division of Cardiology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Dr. Poon will be joined by University of Toronto Cardiology Fellows | Quality improvement: Case discussion |
| April 30, 2024 | Dr. Maros Ferencik, MD, PhD, MCR Professor of Medicine and Radiology, Oregon Health and Science University Director, Cardio-Oncology program, Cardiovascular CT Research Knight Cardiovascular Institute Oregon Health and Science University | Coronary CTA assessment of stenosis, hemodynamics and plaque (Youtube) |
| April 23, 2024 | Dr. Damian Redfearn, MD, MB, ChB, MRCPI, FRCPC Clinican Scientist, Kingston General Hospital Research Institute Clinican Lead, Arrhythmia, Kingston Health Sciences Centre Director, Cardiac Arrhythmia Signal Analysis (CASA) Laboratory, Queen’s University Professor, Department of Medicine and School of Computing, Queen’s University | Atrial fibrillation: Through the looking glass (Youtube) |
| April 16, 2024 | Dr. Bruce Landon, MD, MBA, MSc Professor of healthcare policy, Harvard Medical School Professor of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center | Medicare advantage: Getting beyond the headlines (Youtube) |
| April 9, 2024 | Dr. Andrew Ha, MD, FRCP(C) Clinican investigator, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute | Post-operative atrial fibrillation after cardiothoracic surgery (Youtube) |
| April 2, 2024 | Dr. Carolina Alba, PhD Scientist, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto | Clinical use of predictive models in outpatients with heart failure (Youtube) |
| March 26, 2024 | Dr. Angela Jerath, MD, MSc, FRCPC, FANZCA, BSc Staff cardiac anesthesiologist, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Scientist, Evaluative Clinical Sciences, Sunnybrook Research Institute Adjunct scientist, Institute of Clinical Evaluative Sciences | Impact of physician and patient sex on outcomes (Youtube) |
| March 5, 2024 | Dr. Derek Exner, MD, MPH Cardiologist, Alberta Health Services Professor, Cumming School of Medicine, Department of Cardiac Sciences and Department of Community Sciences Associate Dean of Innovation and Commercialization, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary | Advancing clinical care through innovation (Youtube) |
| February 27, 2024 | Dr. Jeff Healey, MD, MSc, FRCPC, FHRS Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist, Hamilton Health Sciences Senior Scientist, Population Health Research Institute Professor of Medicine, McMaster University | The Artesia Trial: Apixaban for stroke prevention in subclinical Atrial Fibrillation (Youtube) |
| February 13, 2024 | Dr. Edwin Ho, MD Director, Structual Heart Imaging/Interventional Echo Director, Echocardiography Lab Co-director, Structual Heart/Heart Valve Center | Interventional echocardiography: past, present, and future (Youtube) |
| February 6, 2024 | Spencer LaLonde, MD, FRCPC Clinical Fellow, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre | Tales from the Echo Lab: Review of Mechanical Complications of MI (Youtube) |
| January 30, 2024 | Dr. Bradley Strauss, MD, PhD, FRCP(C), FACC Staff Cardiologist, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Senior Scientist, Biological Sciences, Sunnybrook Research Institute Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto And Dr. Ahmed Nasef, MD, MBA Manager, Medventions, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre | Innovation And Clinical Needs: Navigating Tortuous Arteries And Protecting Your Back And Medventions- Nurturing The Next Generation Of Healthcare Innovators |
| January 23, 2024 | Dr. Dennis Ko, MD Director, Schulich Heart Research Program, Sunnybrook Research Institute Senior Scientist, ICES and Sunnybrook Research Institute Professor, University of Toronto Jack Tu Chair in Cardiovascular Outcomes Research | Cardiovascular Trials and Research Themes in the Future (Youtube) |
| January 16, 2024 | Dr. John Eikelboom, MBBS, MSc, FRCPC Professor, Department of Medicine, McMaster University Jack Hirsh/Population Health Research Chair in Thrombosis and Atherosclerosis | Anticoagulation in 2024: Lessons from the randomized trials (Youtube) |
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| December 12, 2023 | Dr. Robert A. Harrington, MD Provost for Medical Affairs, Cornell University Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean, Weill Cornell Medicine | The Future of Clinical Trials: What I have learned over 30+ years as a trialist (Youtube) |
| December 05, 2023 | Jagdish Butany, MBBS, MS, FRCPC Professor Emeritus, Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology, University of Toronto | Why Bioprostheses Fail & Will TAVI Fail? |
| November 28, 2023 | Dr. Lucas Colombo Godoy, MD Cardiology Clinical Fellow, Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, University Health Network, Toronto Western Hospital | Coronary revascularization in patients with diabetes |
| November 21, 2023 | Dr. Stephanie Poon, MD, MSc, FRCPC Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine/Cardiology, University of Toronto Cardiologist, Division of Cardiology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences CentreDr. Poon will be joined by University of Toronto Cardiology Fellows | Quality improvement: Case Discussions |
| November 14, 2023 | Dr. Amer Johri, MD MSc FRCPC FASE Professor, Department of Medicine, Queen’s University | Shallow Vessel Diving Deep: Use of Carotid Ultrasound for CV Risk Stratification (Youtube) |
| November 07, 2023 | Dr. Atul Verma, MD Director, Division of Cardiology, McGill University Health Centre Isadore Rosenfeld Chair in Cardiology | New Technologies in AF Ablation – Focus on Pulsed Field Ablation (Youtube) |
| October 31, 2023 | Dr. Diego Delgado, MD, FCRSCS Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto Medical director, Inpatient cardiology service | Cardiac Amyloidosis: Strategic Therapies in 2023 (Youtube) |
| October 24, 2023 | Dr. Robert Avram, MD MSc FRCPC DRCPSC Interventional Cardiologist, Montreal Heart Institute Assistant Professor, University of Montreal | The Promise of AI for Clinical Decision Support in the Cathlab (Youtube) |
| October 17, 2023 | NO ROUNDS | N/A |
| October 10, 2023 | Dr. Sam Radhakrishnan, MD, FRCPC Interventional Cardiologist, Schulich Heart Program, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Associate professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto Dr. Harindra Wijeysundera, MD, PhD Chief, Schulich Heart Program, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Senior scientist, Evaluative Clinical Sciences, Sunnybrook Research Institute Dr. Nicolas Bowers, MD, FRCPC Interventional cardigologist, Schulich Heart Program, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre | Live Transmission of Transcatheter Aortic Implantation (TAVI) |
| October 03, 2023 | Dr. Gregory Marcus, MD, MAS Professor of Medicine in Residence Endowed Professor in Atrial Fibrillation Research University of California, San Francisco Associate Chief of Cardiology for Research, UCSF Health | Lifestyle and Atrial Fibrillation: Adventures in Clincal Research Study Designs (Youtube) |
| September 26, 2023 | Dr. John Ryan, MD, MB, BCh, BAO Professor, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Utah Director, Cardiovascular Medicine Fellowship, University of Utah Pulmonary | Pulmonary Hypertension (Youtube) |
| September 19, 2023 | Dr. Stephanie Poon, MD, MSc, FRCPC Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine/Cardiology, University of Toronto Cardiologist, Division of Cardiology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Dr. Poon was joined by University of Toronto Cardiology Fellow Dr. Carol Graham | Quality Improvement – Case Discussions |
| September 12, 2023 | Dr. Stephen Fremes, MD, M.Sc., FRCSC, FACP, FACC Professor, Department of surgery (cardiac), University of Toronto Scientist, Evaluative Clinical Sciences, Schulich Heart Research Program, Sunnybrook Research Institute | PCI vs CABG in Patients with Ischemic Cardiomyopathy: STICH3C (Youtube) |
| May 30, 2023 | Dr. Stephen Fremes, MD M.Sc. FRCSC FACP FACC Scientist, Evaluative Clinical Sciences, Schulich Heart Research Program, Sunnybrook Research Institute Staff, cardiac surgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Adjunct scientist, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Studies Professor, department of surgery (cardiac), University of Toronto Member, School of Graduate Studies, Institute of Medical Science and Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, U of T | TBD |
| May 23, 2023 | No Rounds | N/A |
| May 16, 2023 | Dr. Martha Gulati, MD MS FACC FAHA FASPC Cardiologist at Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute Director of Prevention & Associate Director of the Barbra Streisand Women’s Heart Center President-Elect of the American Society for Preventive Cardiology | Guideline for the evaluation and diagnosis of chest pain (Youtube) |
| May 9, 2023 | Dr. David Naylor, OC FRCPC FRSC Physician, Medical Researcher & Former President of the University of Toronto | Paradise Lost? How Canada’s health-care systems fell behind and might catch up |
| May 2, 2023 | Dr. Stephanie Poon, MD MSc FRCPC Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine/Cardiology, University of Toronto Cardiologist, Division of Cardiology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Dr. Poon will be joined by University of Toronto Cardiology Fellows | Quality Improvement – Case Discussions |
| April 25, 2023 | Dr. Calvin Ke, MD PHD FRCPC Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto Clinician Scientist, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute Staff Endocrinologist, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network Adjunct Scientist, ICES | Heterogeneity in the association between Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease (Youtube) |
| April 18, 2023 | Dr. Amy Yu, MDCM MSc FRCPC Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto Stroke Neurologist, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center | Stroke systems of care: Service provision and outcomes evaluation (Youtube) |
| April 11, 2023 | Dr. Kaveh Shojania, MD Staff physician, general internal medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Scientist, Evaluative Clinical Sciences, Veterans Research Program, Sunnybrook Research Institute Vice-chair, quality and innovation, department of medicine, U of T Senior scholar, U of T Centre for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Full professor, department of medicine, U of T Adjunct faculty, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, U of T | Can we continue with ‘business as usual’ academics in the face of the massive crises we face – to the health system and the planet? (Youtube) |
| April 04, 2023 | Dr. Andrew Czarnecki, MD M.Sc FRCPC Associate scientist, Evaluative Clinical Sciences, Schulich Heart Research Program, Sunnybrook Research Institute Interventional cardiologist, Schulich Heart Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Assistant professor, division of cardiology, department of medicine, faculty of medicine, U of T Adjunct scientist, Cardiovascular Research Program, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, U of T | The Revolutionary Evolution of Mitral and Tricuspid Valve Therapies (Youtube) |
| March 28, 2023 | Dr. Jonathan Howlett, MD FRCPC FCCS FACC FHFSA (hon) Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of Calgary Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta, South Health Campus Past & Founding President, Canadian Heart Failure Society, Calgary, AB | Personalizing Heart Failure Therapy in an Impersonal World? (Youtube) |
| March 14 & 21, 2023 | No Rounds (March break) | N/A |
| March 7, 2023 | Ian R. Drennan ACP PhD Assistant Professor, University of Toronto | Resuscitation 2023: Updates in Resuscitation Science (Youtube) |
| February 28, 2023 | Dr. Rohan Khera, MD MS Assistant Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine) and of Biostatistics (Health Informatics) Clinical Director, Center for Health Informatics and Analytics, YNHH/Yale Center for Outcomes Research & Evaluation (CORE) | Leveraging Data Science for Innovation in Cardiovascular Care (Youtube) |
| February 14, 2023 | Dr. Sheldon Cheskes, MD CCFP (EM) FCFP Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine, Family and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada Scientist, Keenan Research Institute, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital Medical Director, Regions of Halton and Peel, Sunnybrook Centre for Prehospital Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre | Double Sequential External Defibrillation for Refractory VF: The DOSE VF Cluster RCT (Youtube) |
| February 7, 2023 | No Rounds. | |
| January 31, 2023 | Dr. Paul Chan, MD MSc Professor of Medicine at Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute in Kansas City, MO | Racial Disparities in Cardiac Arrest in the U.S. – Current Landscape and Next Steps (Youtube) |
| January 24, 2023 | Dr. Candace McNaughton, MD PhD MPH Associate Professor, Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto Emergency Services, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Scientist, Integrated Community Program, Sunnybrook Research Institute | Assessment of cardiovascular medication adherence and effectiveness for hypertension and heart failure (Youtube) |
| January 17, 2023 | Dr. Christopher Cheung, MD MPH FRCPC Cardiologist & Cardiac Electrophysiologist, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Associate Scientist, Sunnybrook Research Institute Assistant Professor, University of Toronto Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of California San Francisco | What’s New in AF? New Evidence and Technologies in Detection and Monitoring (Youtube) |
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| January 11, 2022 | Dr. Javed Butler, MD, MPH, MBA Professor and Chair, Department of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson Mississippi. Patrick H. Lehan Chair of Cardiovascular Research | HFpEF Update 2022 (Youtube) |
| February 1, 2022 | Professor Jan Steffel, MD, FESC FEHRA FHRS Vice Chairman and Professor of Cardiology, Senior Consultant in Invasive Electrophysiology and Implantable Cardiac Devices, University Hospital Zurich | The 2021 EHRA Guide on the Use of NOACs – Focus on Frail and Elderly Patients (Youtube) |
| February 8, 2022 | Dr. Piroze M. Davierwala, MD, MS, MCh, FAHA Cardiovascular Surgeon and Director, Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery, Div. of Cardiovascular Surgery Peter Munk Cardiac Center, Toronto General Hospital and Associate Professor of Surgery, UHN Sprott Department of Surgery University of Toronto | Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery – An Overview (Youtube) |
| February 15, 2022 | Dr. Brian Bergmark, MD, FACC, FSCAI Investigator, TIMI Study Group, Interventional Cardiologist, Chronic Total Occlusion/Complex Coronary Intervention Program, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School | Revascularization for Left Main Coronary Artery Disease (Youtube) |
| February 22, 2022 | Dr. Maneesh Sud, MD, FRCPC PhD Candidate in Clinical Epidemiology, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Associate Cardiologist, Schulich Heart Program, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto | Using Outcomes Research to Improve the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease |
| March 1, 2022 | Dr. Mario F.L. Gaudino, MD, PhD, MSCE, FEBCTS, FACC, FAHA Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Professor in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, New York Presbyterian – Weill Cornell Medicine | Multiple arterial grafts for coronary bypass surgery (Youtube) |
| March 8, 2022 | Dr. Sean Cai and Dr. Taylor Petropolous Cardiology Residents, University of Toronto | Quality Improvement Rounds |
| March 29, 2022 | Dr. Martin Myers, MD, FRCPC | Automated Office Blood Pressure: Evolution from an idea to acceptance in national guidelines using the methodology used in new drug development (Youtube) |
| April 5, 2022 | Dr. Michael Hammer, MD Clinical Fellow, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre | Diagnostic Imaging in Infective Endocarditis (Youtube) |
| April 12, 2022 | Dr. Ephraim Yeheyis, MD Cardiac Surgery Fellow, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre | Post MI Ventricular Septal Rupture (VSD): Case presentation and literature review |
| April 26, 2022 | Dr. Nicholas Bowers, MD Interventional Cardiology Fellow Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre | Future directions in structural heart intervention (Youtube) |
| May 3, 2022 | Dr. Tosin Osuntokun, MB, BCh, MRCPI Clinical Fellow, Women’s College Hospital | Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (Youtube) |
| May 10, 2022 | Dr. Umberin Najeeb, MD FCPS (Pak) FRCPC Staff Internist, Division of General Internal Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Associate Professor, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto Faculty Lead Equity & Co-Director Master Teacher Program, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto | Creating a Culture of Allyship, Advocacy and Inclusion (Youtube) |
| May 17, 2022 | Dr. Vuyisile T. Nkomo, MD MPH Professor of Medicine and Consultant in the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. Director, Valvular Heart Disease Clinic, Division of Structural Heart Disease, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine | Doppler mean gradient underestimates aortic stenosis severity during atrial fibrillation (Youtube) |
| May 24, 2022 | Dr. Ambika Tejpal and Sameer Kishwaha Cardiology Residents, University of Toronto | Quality Improvement Rounds |
| June 7, 2022 | Dr. Maria Terricabras Casas, MD Electrophysiology, Clinical Associate Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto | Pulse Electric Field Ablation: Time for a Paradigm Shift? (Youtube) |
| June 14, 2022 | Dr. Roxana Mehran, MD FACC FAHA MSCAI FESC Professor of Medicine and Director Interventional Cardiovascular Research and Clinical Trials Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute Mount Sinai School of Medicine | A Contemporary Simple Risk Score for Prediction of Contrast-Associated Acute Kidney Injury After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: The Mehran-2 CA-AKI Score (Youtube) |
| September 13, 2022 | Dr. Jean-Claude Tardif, MD, FRCPC, FCCS, FACC, FAHA, FESC, FCAHS Director, Research Centre, Montreal Heart Institute Professor of Medicine at the University of Montreal | Prevention of Atherothrombotic Events with Inflammation Reduction (Youtube) |
| September 20, 2022 | Dr. Stephanie Poon, MD, MSc, FRCPC Assistant Professor Department of Medicine/Cardiology Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto Dr. Poon will be joined by University of Toronto Cardiology Fellows Dr. Nicolas Santi & Dr. Daniel Woo | Quality Improvement Rounds |
| September 27, 2022 | NO ROUNDS | |
| October 4, 2022 | Jacobo Moreno Garijo, MD, MSc, EDA, FASE Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, University of Toronto Staff Anesthesiologist, Department of Anesthesia and Pain Management Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre | TEE in the perioperative setting (Youtube) |
| October 18, 2022 | Dr. Tom-Aizik Friedman, MD Cardiac Surgical Fellow Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre | Aortic Dissection (Youtube) |
| October 25, 2022 | Dr. Jacques Genest, MD FRCP(C) Senior Scientist, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Center Professor, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, MUHC | Lipoprotein Disorders 2022 (Youtube) |
| November 1, 2022 | Dr. Peter Kavask, PhD, FCACB, FAACC, FCCS Professor, Pathology and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University | High-sensitivity troponin testing 7 the juxtaposition between speed and quality (Youtube) |
| November 8, 2022 | Janarthanan Sathananthan, BHB, MBChB, MPH, FRACP Interventional Cardiologist, St. Paul’s and Vancouver General Hospital Scientist, VCH Research Institute | TAVI – Future Directions (Youtube) |
| November 15, 2022 | Brian Courtney, BHB, MBChB, MPH, FRACP Interventional Cardiologist, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Scientist, Sunnybrook Research Institute Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto Co-founder, Conavi Medical Inc | Image-guided PCI: Update on clinical data, guidelines and development of hybrid IVUS / OCT (Youtube) |
| November 22, 2022 | Vicki Wang, MD FRCPC Echocardiography Fellow, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre | Image-guided PCI: Update on clinical data, guidelines and development of hybrid IVUS / OCT |
| November 29, 2022 | Michael Bonares, MD, FRCPC, MSc (candidate) Palliative Medicine Consultant, Palliative Care Consult Team, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre | The heart of the matter: Palliative medicine among patients with heart failure |
| December 06, 2022 | Prof. Rolf Wachter, MD Professor, Clinical and Interventional Cardiology, Leipzig University Deputy Director, Clinic and Policlinic for Cardiology, Leipzig University Hospital | Screening for atrial fibrillation – a useful (secondary) stroke prevention strategy (Youtube) |
| December 13, 2022 | Dr. Stephanie Poon, MD Assistant Professor Department of Medicine/Cardiology Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto Dr. Poon will be joined by a University of Toronto Cardiology Fellow Dr. David Dorian | Quality Improvement – Case Discussions |
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| September 14, 2021 | Dr. Dennis T. Ko, MD Research Director, Schulich Heart Program, Sunnybrook Research Institute (SRI) Interventional Cardiologist, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Senior Scientist, ICES and SRI Professor, Dept. of Medicine and the IHPME, University of Toronto Jack Tu Chair in Cardiovascular Outcomes Research | Outcomes Research in Interventional Cardiology: Identifying Current Gaps in Knowledge to Improve Future Care (Youtube) |
| September 21, 2021 | Dr. Harlan Krumholz, MD, SM Harold H. Hines, Jr. Professor of Medicine (Cardiology), Professor in the Institute for Social and Policy Studies of Investigative Medicine and of Public Health (Health Policy) Director, Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (CORE) Yale School of Medicine | medRxiv: Changing norms of communicating medical science (Youtube) |
| September 28, 2021 | Dr. Samuel Siu, MD Professor of Medicine, Cardiologist Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry Western University | Cardio-Obstetrics: A ‘New’ Discipline in Cardiology (Youtube) |
| October 5, 2021 | Dr. Stephanie Poon MD Cardiologist, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Assistant Professor, Dept. of Medicine, University of TorontoDr. Poon will be joined by a University of Toronto Cardiology Fellow | Quality Improvement Rounds |
| October 19, 2021 | Dr. Jagmeet Singh, MD, PhD Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Founding Director, Resynchronization and Advanced Cardiac Therapeutics Program | Advances in Electrical Therapies for Heart Failure (Youtube) |
| October 26, 2021 | Dr. Mena Gewarges, MD Chief cardiology fellow, Sunnybrook Hospital University of Toronto | Contemporary cardiogenic shock care in Canada: The emergence of novel care pathways to improve patient survival (Youtube) |
| November 2, 2021 | Dr. Fahad Razak, MD, MSc Internist and Clinician Scientist, St Michael’s Hospital Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto Research Scientist, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute Visiting Scientist, Harvard Centre for Population and Development Studies | Using Big Data to Improve the Quality of Hospital Care (Youtube) |
| November 9, 2021 | Dr. Ady Orbach, MD Division of Cardiology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre | Cardiac Involvement in Recovered COVID-19 Patients (Youtube) |
| November 16, 2021 | Dr. Chris Tarola, MD, MPH Cardiac and Aortic Surgeon, Schulich Heart Center, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto | Current Trends in Aortic Surgery – Bridging Gaps in Patient Surveillance |
| November 23, 2021 | Dr. Khurram Nasir, MD, MPH Professor of Cardiology, Academic Institute Jerold B. Katz Investigator, Academic Institute Full Clinical Member, Research Institute Chief, Division of Cardiovascular Prevention and Wellness, Department of Cardiology Co-director, Center for Outcomes Research Houston Methodist Weill Cornell Medical College | Cancelled. |
| November 30, 2021 | Dr. David Cohen, MD, MSc Director of Clinical and Outcomes Research, CRF Clinical Trials Center Director of Academic Affairs, St. Francis Hospital | Technology in the Cath Lab: Expensive Toys or Cost-Effective Therapies? (Youtube) |
| December 7, 2021 | Dr. Ritu Thamman Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Fellow of the American College of Cardiology (FACC) and of the American Society of Echocardiography (FASE) Board of Directors, American Society of Echocardiography | Life 360 Cardiology 280: Social Media for Cardiologists (Youtube) |
| December 14, 2021 | Dr. Stephanie Poon Cardiologist, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Assistant Professor, Dept. of Medicine, University of Toronto Dr. Poon will be joined by University of Toronto Cardiology Fellows: Dr. Michael Ruiz & Dr. Hirmand Nouraei. | Quality Improvement Rounds |
