Awards & Recognition

At the Heart Institute, we do extraordinary things extraordinarily well. Our pursuit of excellence and commitment to quality is widely recognized and routinely honoured through important awards, accolades, and other forms of acknowledgement at local, national, and international levels.

Here is a brief selection of ways in which our people are recognized for their care, compassion, and dedication for what they do.

2010

• Drew Kuraitis won the Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarships - Doctoral Research Award from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.

2009

• Mr. Mark Cleland, Senior Technologist, Medical Devices, Biomedical Engineering, won the Mary Clinckett Alumni Award.
• Dr. Ross Davies was chosen as a Laureate at the IDG’s Computerworld Honors Program in the category of health care for his development of a novel Patient Database Management System in use at the Heart Institute.
• Dr. Michael Froeschl won a Capital Educator Award for 2009 from the Ottawa Centre for Research and Innovation.
• Dr. Terry Ruddy was elected as a new member of the Cardiovascular Council (CVC) of the Board of Directors for the Society of Nuclear Medicine.

• Ann-Yeong Chong won the Doris and Howard Polk Award for the Best Clinical Science Presentation for his work on STEMI.
• Olga Jarinova won the Merck Frosst Award for the Best Basic Science Presentation for her genetic research on the 9p21 chromosome.

2008

• Dr. Vincent Chan won the Paul Cartier Prize for Resident Research at the Canadian Cardiovascular Society annual meeting. This was the third year in a row that a Heart Institute cardiac surgery resident won this award.
• Dr. Ross Davies won a Health Innovation Award from the Ottawa Centre for Research and Innovation. His work on building a novel Patient Database Management System was featured at a recent Life Sciences Awards gala.
• Dr. Alex Kulik won the Canadian Cardiovascular Society Young Investigator Award for his presentation and manuscript on the impact of statin use.
• Dr. Robert Roberts received the McLaughlin Medal from the Royal Society of Canada. This national award celebrates important research of sustained excellence in a branch of medical science, and is one of the highest honours in medicine.

• Dr. Robert Roberts was recognized by the International Academy of Cardiology for his achievements in science. Dr. Roberts received the Albrecht Fleckenstein Memorial Award for his “distinguished work in the field of basic research.” This award is presented periodically to recognize outstanding career achievements in basic cardiovascular research. A committee of 130 of the world’s top cardiologists and scientists selects awardees from an international pool of nominees.
• Emelie Braschi and Joshua Raizman won the Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarships—Doctoral Awards from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Raizman was ranked in the top 2 per cent in the Doctoral Award competition.
• Dr. Vincent Chan won the Terrence Donnelly Prize at a national research competition for cardiac surgery residents.
• Sophia Papadakis won a Doctoral Award from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Strategic Training Program in Tobacco Research.
• Kevin Sun, PhD, of the Vascular Biology Lab at the Heart Institute, was named the highest-rated fellow in 2007 by the Ontario Heart and Stroke Foundation.
• George Wells, PhD, received the Distinguished Scientist Award, which is the top honour of the Canadian Society for Clinical Investigation.

• Dr. Michel Le May and his team were published in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine for his great success with the STEMI program.

 

• Dr. Munir Boodwani received the Paul Cartier Award for his presentation of the Cardiotomy Trial (Dr. Fraser Rubens was the principal investigator) at the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress, which draws together most of the country’s heart researchers, doctors, and educators. This was the second consecutive year that a Heart Institute resident received this most prestigious research award for young surgeon-scientists.
• Dr. George Fodor was awarded the country of Slovakia’s top honour—the Golden Medal for Merits in Medicine. The Slovak Medical Society paid special tribute to Dr. Fodor for his continuing contributions in shaping a national cardiovascular strategy and program for this country’s citizens.

 

2007

• Dr. Arun Abraham (Supervisor, Dr. Rob Beanlands) was selected to receive the Whit and Heather Tucker Endowed Research Fellowship in Cardiology.
• Dr. Kevin Sun (Supervisor, Dr. Ed O’Brien) was selected to receive the Ernest and Margaret Ford Endowed Research Fellowship in Cardiology.