On January 1, 2013, Dr. Marc Ruel took over as Chief of Cardiac Surgery at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute. He succeeded Dr. Thierry Mesana, who had led the division since 2001. Since joining the Heart Institute in 2002, Dr. Ruel has been a pioneer and advocate of minimally invasive cardiac...
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He reflects on the evolution of cardiac EP, the Heart Institute’s arrhythmia service, and the future of a specialty he helped build from the ground up
Dr. Peter Liu is chiefly responsible for uniting the Heart Institute’s research division on the hallmarks of teamwork and team spirit
The Division of Prevention and Rehabilitation at the Ottawa Heart Institute is home to a variety of evidence-based wellness programs, inpatient and outpatient cardiac rehabilitation, the widely adopted Ottawa Model for Smoking Cessation and an active research program. On May 1, 2017, Thais Coutinho...
Experts at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI) are using the motto “Less is best” in discussions with patients about alcohol and heart health.
Adam Dryden, MD, is a staff cardiac anesthesiologist and the perioperative echocardiography lead at the Ottawa Heart Institute.
Eighteen – it’s a tough age. Leaving the safe confines of high school for the wider world, starting post-secondary education or work, maybe moving away from your family to do so. Continuing with the adolescent task of figuring out who you are in the world, what you believe, what you want to do, how...
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The purpose of this guide is to help you and your family prepare for an electrophysiology study and ablation procedure and for your recovery at home.
Exciting medical discoveries are being fed through our social media feeds and television screens with a seemingly limitless speed and diversity. From breakthroughs like genetic engineering and regenerative medicine to emerging technologies like artificial intelligence and robotic surgery, we live in...
Working and studying at the Heart Institute can be immensely rewarding. This section provides information on employment and training opportunities relating to care, education and research at the Heart Institute.
Nanotechnology is a rapidly growing science of producing and utilizing nano-sized particles invisible to the naked eye. In biomedicine, nanosilver is one of the most studied nanomaterials because of its natural antibacterial, antifungal, and even anti-inflammatory properties. Also, due to its unique...
Data scientists at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI) have developed and tested a clinical model to accurately predict the risk of death and unplanned cardiac hospitalization for patients awaiting heart surgery. Unplanned cardiac hospitalization refers to nonelective (urgent) admission...
According to Statistics Canada, 23% of Canadians aged 15 and older (an estimated 6.7 million people) reported most days were either ‘quite a bit’ or ‘extremely stressful’. Stress is the mind and body’s response to a perceived threat or stressor, triggering the instinct known as the fight-or-flight...
Scientists at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI) have developed a promising new therapy that successfully targets methylglyoxal (MG), a molecule that “toxifies” the heart following a heart attack, according to a study published in Advanced Functional Materials. Under normal conditions...
The 17th Annual Ottawa Conference: State-of-the-Art Clinical Approaches to Smoking Cessation runs from January 24-25, closing out National Non-Smoking Week in Canada
The 18th Annual Ottawa Conference: State-of-the-Art Clinical Approaches to Smoking Cessation runs from January 23-24, closing out National Non-Smoking Week in Canada
The Canadian Women’s Heart Health Summit tackles key health challenges affecting women
Obesity rates have grown to such an extent over the past several years that normal-weight individuals are now a minority in Canada. The problem gets worse with age: 16 per cent of adults ages 20 to 39 are obese, while fully one-third, or 33 per cent, of their counter-parts ages 60 to 79 fit that...
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