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Top Smoking Cessation Authorities Gather at Ottawa Conference - Day 2

OTTAWA - National and international smoking cessation authorities are gathering in Ottawa today to attend the second and final day of the 12th Annual Ottawa Conference: State-of-the-Art Clinical Approaches to Smoking Cessation, Canada’s premier event promoting the latest ideas and evidence in

Top Smoking Cessation Authorities Gather at Ottawa Conference - Day 1

OTTAWA - National and international smoking cessation authorities are gathering in Ottawa today to attend the 12th Annual Ottawa Conference: State-of-the-Art Clinical Approaches to Smoking Cessation, Canada’s premier event promoting the latest ideas and evidence in clinical tobacco treatment

Top Smoking Cessation Authorities Assemble in Ottawa

OTTAWA - National and international smoking cessation authorities will assemble in Ottawa this week to attend the 12th Annual Ottawa Conference: State-of-the-Art Clinical Approaches to Smoking Cessation, Canada’s premier event promoting the latest ideas and evidence in clinical tobacco treatment

Seven minutes to change the world for underserviced and remote populations

You have seven minutes, Dr. Chow. You may begin. Dr. Benjamin Chow was told he had seven minutes to pitch his idea. Seven minutes to describe and convey the importance of a groundbreaking medical technique. To explain how using it would improve access to healthcare for thousands of heart patients in

Information Sessions for Patients: Epic MyChart - Our Online Patient Portal

The University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI) will host Epic MyChart Information Sessions for patients. Details below: Thursday, January 16, 2020 2 to 3 p.m. UOHI, 40 Ruskin Street, East Foustanellas (second floor, room number H-2368). Wednesday, January 29, 2020 4 to 5 p.m. UOHI, 40 Ruskin Street

Heart Institute Scientist Receives Ontario Early Researcher Award

Dr. Emilio Alarcon has been awarded an Early Researcher Award by the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade. Dr. Alarcon will receive funding in the amount of $190,000 over 5 years for his project titled Bio-inspired functional nanomaterials for tissue engineering. The

Holiday round-up: Our top stories of 2019

In our final article of the year, we’re re-gifting our most loved stories of 2019. We’ve got online health calculators for Jimmy, a SAFARI surprise for Sarah, some ceiling tile “heart work” for Uncle Tom, and more. Our 2019 holiday round-up has something for everyone. 5 th position Doctors on SAFARI

Prevention of Arrhythmia Device Infection Trial Calculator

Predict risk of implantable electronic device infection using a novel infection risk score (PADIT). Science has led to the development of the PADIT risk infection calculator, the first-ever tool of its kind to help physicians and patients make better, more-informed decisions about cardiovascular

University of Ottawa Heart Institute receives $1 million grant from The TD Ready Challenge

Ottawa – The University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI) has been named one of the ten winners of the 2019 TD Ready Challenge presented by TD Bank Group. The Heart Institute will receive CDN $1 million from TD Bank Group to pursue innovative research designed to improve and expand the early

A Canadian first: Combining radiotherapy and cardiology to treat heart disease

Last month, a team of doctors at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI), in partnership with their colleagues at The Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre, successfully performed the country’s first completely non-invasive cardiac radio-ablation without incident. Using technology pioneered by