On July 1, all hospitals in the Champlain region, will return to paid parking for all staff and patients. The decision to resume parking fees is part of the region’s overall plan to increase clinical services in our community. Over the coming weeks, hospitals will begin to see more patients parking...
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The University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine is recognizing University of Ottawa Heart Institute cardiologist and scientist Rob Beanlands, MD, with a national award for outstanding career achievement in the field of cardiovascular health. Dr. Rob Beanlands is deputy director general at the...
Special air quality statements and smog warnings have been issued by Environment and Climate Change Canada for many regions in Ontario and Québec, among other provinces and territories.
The Heart Institute will hold its second annual Sharing is Caring cardiac rehabilitation research event on Thursday, February 27. Patients, families, caregivers, and community members are invited to take part.
The University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine has announced $40 million investment awarded to top clinician-scientists as part of their Faculty of Medicine Clinical Research Chairs Program. Six University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI) clinicians have been selected to receive funding. The winning...
A secure, privacy-compliant point-of-care smartphone application is helping to reduce diagnostic time for patients in Ontario who may be experiencing a heart attack due to a blocked artery.
Drs. Marc Ruel and David Glineur are among the conference directors. The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) will host a two-day interactive conference dedicated to advanced coronary artery bypass surgery at the Fairmont Château Laurier in Ottawa the weekend of June 4-5. Marc Ruel, MD and David...
A University of Ottawa Heart Institute preprint citing incorrect data vastly inflating the incidence of post-vaccine myocarditis has been withdrawn at the authors’ request. We are sorry this error led to misinformation about the incidence of post-vaccine myocarditis. COVID-19 vaccines are safe and...
The University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI) on behalf of the Ottawa Heart Institute Research Corporation is issuing this statement in relation to a grant awarded to one of its researchers from the FTX Philanthropy Inc. After FTX Trading Ltd. and its affiliates (together, the FTX Debtors) filed...
Researchers want to understand your experiences in this challenging time Researchers at the Heart Institute and partnering hospitals want to examine the psychological, social, and financial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and determine what helps people cope. If you wish to, please fill out the...
In the July issue of the Canadian Journal of Cardiology, Dr. Marc Ruel, president of the Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS) and division head of cardiac surgery at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, contemplates the recent rise in cardiovascular disease and the “worthy and worldly”...
The University of Ottawa Heart Institute is pleased to announce Erik Suuronen, PhD, Michel Le May, MD, and Benjamin Hibbert, MD, PhD, have been selected as recipients of the 2021 Dr. Robert Roberts Award for Research Excellence. The Dr. Robert Roberts Award recognizes UOHI investigators who have...
The University of Ottawa Heart Institute is pleased to announce Katey Rayner, PhD, was selected as the recipient of the 2021 Global Achievement Award. The Global Achievement Award recognizes a UOHI investigator who has made, or is demonstrating the potential to make, a global impact in their sphere...
The University of Ottawa Heart Institute is pleased to announce that Mireille Ouimet, PhD, Emilio Alarcón, PhD, Erik Suuronen, PhD and Benjamin Chow, MD, have been selected as recipients of the 2022 Dr. Robert Roberts Award for Research Excellence. The Dr. Robert Roberts Award recognizes UOHI...
The University of Ottawa Heart Institute is pleased to announce that David Messika-Zeitoun, MD, PhD, FESC, was selected as the recipient of the 2022 Global Achievement Award. The Global Achievement Award recognizes a UOHI investigator who has made, or is demonstrating the potential to make, a global...
The University of Ottawa Heart Institute is pleased to announce that George Wells PhD, David Messika-Zeitoun MD, PhD and Marc Ruel MD/Erik Suuronen PhD/ Emilio Alarcon PhD have been selected as recipients of the 2024 Dr. Robert Roberts Award for Research Excellence.
The Ottawa Hospital / University of Ottawa Heart Institute ranked as the top research hospital in Ottawa and among the top 10 in Canada for combined research activity in 2023-24.
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The Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada (Heart & Stroke) named four researchers from the University of Ottawa Heart Institute recipients of project funding through its Grant-in-Aid Program. The Grant-in-Aid Program provides operating funds to support important, pertinent, novel research in the areas...
A new place to connect and support Heart Institute patients, their families, friends and caregivers The University of Ottawa Heart Institute's Patient Alumni Association is proud to launch a new website, making it even easier for current and former patients to stay connected to the institute and...