As of September 27, 2021, the University of Ottawa Heart Institute requires visitors to be fully vaccinated. This effort is essential to ensure the health and safety of our patients, visitors, staff, and our community at large. COVID-19 vaccination reduces risk of serious illness, hospitalization...
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Hot, humid weather poses significant risks for heat-related injuries, including heat stroke, exhaustion, dizziness or fainting, and cramps, and individuals with cardiovascular disease are at elevated risk. The University of Ottawa Heart Institute encourages everyone to follow these important tips...
Team of specialists to study brain-heart connections with goal of transforming patient care OTTAWA, March 3, 2021 – Today, the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) awarded the Hub of Excellence for Cardio-Neuro-Mind Research Project (HCNMR)–spearheaded by Dr. Peter Liu at the University of Ottawa...
Ottawa - Canadians from coast to coast to coast will wear red today in observation of Wear Red Canada, a national awareness campaign initiated by the Canadian Women’s Heart Health Alliance (the “Alliance”) to bring attention to women’s cardiovascular health issues. The Alliance is a network of...
The Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS) is awarding Rob Beanlands, MD, of the University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI) with its top honour for outstanding career achievement, and the Canadian Women’s Heart Health Alliance (CWHHA) for significant contributions to prevention of cardiovascular...
Heart Institute’s chief scientific officer among authors of cardiovascular health recommendations for Canadian health providers Canadian clinicians can now find 83 recommendations for managing heart disease in one resource targeting primary care and other health care providers. Peter Liu, MD, chief...
January 20, 2021, OTTAWA – National and international smoking cessation authorities will assemble online this week to participate in the 13 th Annual Ottawa Conference: State-of-the-Art Clinical Approaches to Smoking Cessation, Canada’s premier event promoting the latest ideas and evidence in...
The Canadian Heart Rhythm Society (CHRS) bestowed Cardiologist Martin Green, MD and Genetic Counsellor and Research Coordinator Julie Rutberg, BSc, MSc of the University of Ottawa Heart Institute with 2022 Achievement Awards. Achievement awards celebrate Canadian CHRS members who have made...
Together, research activity at The Ottawa Hospital and the University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI) totalled $145 million in 2019-20, as reported today by Research Infosource. With their results being combined, this places The Ottawa Hospital and UOHI in fifth spot among comparable hospitals in...
Together, research activity at The Ottawa Hospital and the University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI) totalled $150 million in 2020-21, up from $145M the previous year. With their results being combined, this places The Ottawa Hospital and UOHI in fourth spot among comparable hospitals in Canada...
Pan-Canadian network of cardiovascular health experts and advocates among ten virtual hubs receiving significant investment from Government of Canada The Canadian Women’s Heart Health Alliance (CWHHA), which is powered by the Canadian Women’s Heart Health Centre (CWHHC) at the University of Ottawa...
Largest conference in the world dedicated to women’s heart, brain and vascular health kicks off in Vancouver. VANCOUVER, April 27, 2023 - National and international experts, health professionals, and women living with heart disease and the effects of stroke will gather in Vancouver this week to...
OTTAWA , August 16 , 2021 — This September, for the first time, the University of Ottawa Heart Institute Foundation, in partnership with the University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI), and with support from the Canadian Women’s Heart Health Centre (CWHHC), invites all Canadians to JUMP IN ™ for...
OTTAWA , September 1 , 2021 — Canadians are taking to social media to JUMP IN™ for Women’s Heart Health, a September-long fundraising and health promotion campaign organized by the University of Ottawa Heart Institute Foundation, in partnership with the University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI)...
The University of Ottawa Heart Institute’s Cardiac Imaging Department successfully completed an accreditation audit from the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC). The IAC programs for accreditation are dedicated to ensuring quality patient care and promoting healthcare, and they support one...
Two cardiovascular specialists review the latest scientific studies on the cardiovascular effects of cigarette smoking versus electronic cigarettes in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology, and published by Elsevier. The authors, Arash Nayeri, MD, and Holly Middlekauff, MD, of the David Geffen School...
February 22 is Heart Valve Disease Awareness Day, an international campaign dedicated to raising awareness about heart valve disease—its risk factors, symptoms, detection, and treatment
Cessation experts gather in Ottawa this week for fifteenth anniversary of premier quit-smoking event
National and international smoking cessation experts will converge in the capital this week to participate in the 15 th 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...
OTTAWA, March 18, 2021 – The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) announced the recipients of its Fall 2020 Project Grant competition. Thais Coutinho, MD, and Mireille Ouimet, PhD, along with co-principal investigator Katey Rayner, PhD, from the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, will...
Named uOttawa Faculty of Medicine’s Clinical Researcher of the Year The University of Ottawa Heart Institute’s Division Head of Cardiac Surgery has been awarded top honours from the University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine. Dr. Marc Ruel will receive the 2019 Clinical "Researcher of the Year" Award...