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Jim Orban, the new President and CEO of the University of Ottawa Heart Institute Foundation, is ready for his next significant milestone – a major construction project that will add a five-storey extension along with badly needed renovations to the existing 35-year-old facility. The Foundation, the...
Dr. Michael Froeschl is an Interventional Cardiologist at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute and a Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Ottawa.
Finding a gene associated with disease is one thing. Understanding how it increases the likelihood of contracting that disease can be quite another, especially a complex condition like heart disease. After five years, Heart Institute researchers now know how one genetic variant works and suspect...
Jacqueline Gauthier is Elected Director, Vice-Chair of the Board, Chair of the Governance Committee at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute.
March 8th is International Women’s Day, a day where women are globally recognized for their contributions and advancements in society. But could their next battle be against gender biases in the way society cares for them? Due to barriers in sport and physical activity over the last century, many...
In its simplest incarnation, CRISPR-Cas9 is a wildly popular and powerful gene-editing technology which can be thought of as a two-part machine – one that essentially works as a find-and-replace or find-and-remove for your DNA. The first part of the CRISPR-Cas9 machine is the guide RNA, a short...
Julie Rutberg, Genetic Counsellor at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute since 2005, has been elected incoming President of the Canadian Association of Genetic Counsellors (CAGC). In her new position, she and the CAGC’s Board of Directors plan to tackle several big-picture questions about the...
Dr. Frans Leenen is the Director of the Hypertension Clinic and Hypertension Research at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute. In 2008, he and fellow Heart Institute researcher Dr. George Fodor led the Ontario Survey on the Prevalence and Control of Hypertension, the most in-depth study of high...
The latest global ranking of research organizations from Scimago Institutions Rankings (SIR) recognizes the continued excellence and vitality of research at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, placing it 159th out of 4,851 institutions worldwide, across all fields of study. In Canada, the...
When you are admitted to the hospital, it is important for the hospital staff to know your wishes for your healthcare.
Lucas C. Godoy, MD, PhD, is a general cardiologist at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute and an assistant professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Ottawa.
Mehrdad Golian, MD, is a cardiologist and invasive electrophysiologist at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute.
Every research institute is driven by its army of graduate students and post-doctoral fellows. They bring their enthusiasm and curiosity to the lab each day and create new collaborative relationships between research groups, both down the hall and around the globe. The Beat spoke with four graduate...
Video recordings of Grand Nursing Rounds
EEG in the Perioperative Period: Known knowns, known unknowns
Image-guided therapy: An emerging paradigm
We will present PRESS (Platelet Reactivity ExpreSsion Score), an integrative platelet reactivity score to identify those with a hyperreactive platelet phenotype, stratify cardiovascular risk, and uncover novel targets for atherothrombotic therapy development.
PCI versus CABG: The Ongoing Feud
Optimizing the Approach to Cardiovascular Genetics: Clinical, Translational and Teams