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Micheline Pion is an Elected Director of the Ottawa Heart Institute Research Corporation (OHIRC) Board of Directors.
Andrew Pipe, MD, was formerly Chief of the Division of Prevention and Rehabilitation at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute and is a Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Ottawa. Dr. Pipe continues his clinical and research activities within the Division. He received his MD from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, in 1974.
It takes time and nurturing to grow a top-flight hospital. The University of Ottawa Heart Institute, which began largely as an extension of the Ottawa Civic Hospital when its doors first opened in 1976, has matured to become Canada’s foremost cardiovascular centre. Superior expertise in surgical...
Hospitalization for pneumonia is a significant risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD) in middle-aged and older adults with no history of heart disease, according to a study recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Presenting his findings at the University of...
Where is the Heart Institute going? What are we doing next? This section is all about our future trends and directions. In it, you’ll find various plans that we have laid out so that we can continue to deliver outstanding care, do landmark research, and cultivate new generations of physicians...
List of poster presentations for the 2025 Canadian Women's Heart Health Summit.
Pregnancy is often described as a “stress test” that helps identify women who are at risk of developing chronic diseases later in life. To address this important clinical problem, we adapted our CardioPrevent® program to support high-risk women postpartum.
This session is intended for postpartum individuals looking to reduce their risk factors to prevent heart and vessel disease.
The Pre-Admission Unit (PAU) is an outpatient clinic designed to prepare patients for their upcoming cardiac surgery or procedure at the Ottawa Heart Institute.
The Pre-Clinical Imaging (PCI) Core provides access to state-of-the-art molecular, functional and anatomic imaging modalities such as micro PET, SPECT-CT, ECHO, and autoradiography for small-animal imaging. Large-animal imaging is also available. In addition, the PCI core provides standard and image...
Clinical trials, medical studies performed on people, are held to high standards. The researchers running them endeavour to include a diverse group of participants, both men and women. Trial participants are randomly assigned to the treatments being compared, and trial staff measuring the outcomes...
As many as one in eight people don’t know they have prediabetes and are on the path to developing diabetes. Of Canadian adults, that is nearly 3.5 million people. Both prediabetes and diabetes are important contributors to heart disease. The findings, published recently in the American Journal of...
Predictive Analytics for CVD: What a National Analytics Program Looks Like
Pregnancy, a full body workout! Understanding the physiologic adaptations to pregnancy and how they impact the cardiovascular system.
The health benefits of regular physical activity are well documented and hard to overstate, but too often they are left out of the doctor–patient conversation. In December 2015, JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, published the Viewpoint “ Making Physical Activity Counseling a...
The University of Ottawa Heart Institute is dedicated to enhancing collaboration and knowledge translation for staff and colleagues at other institutions through our ongoing seminar and presentation series.
Prevention and rehabilitation programs available at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute.
Heart disease is a leading cause of illness and death, but for most people, it can be preventable. Our Prevention and Wellness Centre offers a variety of information and programs to help you get and stay healthy.
Despite major advances in technology and treatment over the past several decades, cardiovascular disease is still the leading cause of death in the world. In fact, cardiovascular illness has continued to increase at an epidemic rate globally despite a general reduction in age-related mortality over...