Full Vascular 2023 Program

Co-Chair: Rafik Tadros, MD, PhD, FRCPC – CHRS

Co-Chair: Adrian Petzl

Presenter: Brianna Davies, MSc CGC (she/her/hers) – University of British Columbia

Presenter: Colette Seifer, MD, FRCP(UK) – St Boniface Hospital

Presenter: Christian Steinberg, MD, FRCPC – Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec

Planning Committee Member: Seffany Grondin

Chair: David Bewick – Horizon Health

Co-Chair: Grace L. Chua – Mackenzie Health

Presenter: Abigail White, MD – University Of Alberta

Chair: Sam Radhakrishnan – Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Co-Chair: Don Palisaitis – University of Montréal

Co-Chair: Mouhieddin (Dean) Traboulsi (he/him/his) – Foothills Hospital

Presenter: Ali O. Abualsaud – Jewish General Hospital & McGill University Health Centre

Presenter: Debraj Das (he/him/his) – Royal Alexandra Hospital & CK Hui Heart Centre

Presenter: Mina Madan, MD MHS FRCPC – Schulich Heart Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Panelist: Janine Eckstein – University of Saskatchewan

Panelist: Allison B. Hall – Eastern Health/Memorial University of Newfoundland

Planning Committee Member: Kevin R. Bainey, MD – University of Alberta

Planning Committee Member: Alexandra Bastiany, MD, FRCPC – Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre

Planning Committee Member: Shuangbo Liu, MD, FRCPC – St. Boniface Hospital/University of Manitoba

Co-Chair: Sabe De – CSE, CHFS, CCTN

Co-Chair: Robin A. Ducas, MD – CSE, CACHNet

Presenter: Doug Hayami, MCDM FRCPC – Nova Scotia Health

Presenter: Christine Henri, MD, FRCPC, FACC – Montreal Heart Institute, Université de Montréal

Presenter: Gillian Nesbitt – Sinai Health l/University Health Network, University of Toronto

Presenter: Steven Promislow, MD, FRCPC – CSE, CNCT

Presenter: Gnalini Sathananthan, MBBS BSc (Med) FRCPC MPhil – St Paul's Hospital/ University of British Columbia

Planning Committee Member: David Bewick – Horizon Health

Planning Committee Member: Andrew Frost

Planning Committee Member: Usha D. Manian, MBBS, MRes, MRCP(UK), FRCPC – St. Mary's General Hospital/McMaster University

Chair: Alexandra Taylor – IWK

Presenter: Deborah Fruitman (she/her/hers) – CPCA

Presenter: David Horne, MD DCH FRCSC (he/him/his) – IWK Health Centre

Co-Chair: Michelle M. Graham, MD, FRCPC, FCCS – University of Alberta

Co-Chair: Ryan Perry – CIHR-Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health

Planning Committee Chair: Brian H. Rowe, MD, MSc, CCFP(EM), FCCP, FCAHS – Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health, CIHR

Keynote Speaker: Philippe Pibarot – Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie de Québec

Keynote Speaker: Harriette Van Spall, MD, MPH, FRCPC (Cardiology) – McMaster University

Presenter: Sonia S. Anand, MD PhD FRCPc – McMaster University

Presenter: Vaibhav B. Patel, PhD (he/him/his) – University Of Calgary

Chair: Jonathan D. Windram, MBChB – CACH

Co-Chair: Robin A. Ducas, MD – CSE, CACHNet

Presenter: Marie-A. Chaix – Montreal Heart Institute

Presenter: Nita Guron, FRCPC – University of Calgary

Presenter: Gnalini Sathananthan, MBBS BSc (Med) FRCPC MPhil – St Paul's Hospital/ University of British Columbia

Planning Committee Member: Hatem Linjawi

Planning Committee Member: Ermin Nath, BSc, MD, FRCPC

Chair: David Bewick – Horizon Health

Co-Chair: Sharon L. Mulvagh, MD, FRCPC, FACC, FASE, FAHA – CSE

Co-Chair: Najah Adreak – The university of British Columbia/ BC Chidren Hospital

Co-Chair: Mimi Deng, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Toronto - Faculty of Medicine

Presenter: Vivek Rao – Toronto General Hospital

Faculty: Andrew Caddell, MD, MSc, FRCPC – CANCARE, CCTN

Faculty: Philippe Tremblay – Spectrum Health

Faculty: Jonathan Hong – Texas Heart Institute, Baylor College of Medicine

Faculty: David Drullinsky, MD, FRCSC (he/him/his) – Western University

Faculty: Varinder K. Randhawa, MD PhD – CCTN, CHFS, CANCARE

Planning Committee Member: Najah Adreak – The university of British Columbia/ BC Chidren Hospital

Planning Committee Member: Andrew Caddell, MD, MSc, FRCPC – CANCARE, CCTN

Planning Committee Member: David Drullinsky, MD, FRCSC (he/him/his) – Western University

Planning Committee Member: Sanaz Hatami, MD, PhD – Department of Medicine, University of Alberta

Planning Committee Member: Jonathan Hong – Texas Heart Institute, Baylor College of Medicine

Planning Committee Member: Quynh Nguyen – University of Alberta

Planning Committee Member: Varinder K. Randhawa, MD PhD – CCTN, CHFS, CANCARE

Planning Committee Member: Philippe Tremblay – Spectrum Health

Chair: Anique Ducharme, MD, MSc (she/her/hers) – CHFS, CCTN, CanCare

Co-Chair: Sanaz Hatami, MD, PhD – Department of Medicine, University of Alberta

Co-Chair: Kalai Mangai Muthukumarasamy, PhD – Montreal Heart Institute

Presenter: Seema Mital, MD FACC FAHA FRCP(C) – Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto

Presenter: Eileen O'Meara – Montreal Heart Institute

Presenter: Gavin Oudit – Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute

Planning Committee Member: Nicholas Grubic, BScH MSc – Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Planning Committee Member: Khalil Khalil, MD (he/him/his) – Université de Montréal

Planning Committee Member: Marcelo Munoz, PhD Chemistry (he/him/his) – University Of Ottawa

Planning Committee Member: Nariman Sepehrvand, MD, PhD – University of Alberta

Planning Committee Member: Ramana Vaka, PhD – University Of Ottawa Heart Institute

Planning Committee Member: Dominique Vervoort, MD (he/him/his) – Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto

Chair: Laurent Macle, MD, FRCPC – Montreal Heart Institute, Université de Montréal

Presenter: Jason G. Andrade, MD – CHRS

Presenter: Blandine Mondésert, MD – Montreal Heart Institute

Presenter: John L. Sapp, MD – CHRS

Chair: Kevin Haddad – Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM)

Presenter: Alexandra Bastiany, MD, FRCPC – Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre

Presenter: Laurie-Anne Boivin-Proulx – University Of Montreal

Presenter: Andrea J. Lavoie, MD FRCPC FACC – Regina General Hospital

Chair: David Bewick – Horizon Health

Co-Chair: Vineeta Ahooja, MD FACC FASE – The Heart Health Institute, ON

Chair: Marc Deyell, MD, MSc – University of British Columbia

Presenter: Jonathan Afilalo, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Jewish General Hospital

Presenter: Jorge A. Wong – McMaster University

Panelist: William F. McIntyre (he/him/his) – McMaster Unviersity

Co-Chair: Lina Elfaki, MSc HBSc – University Of Toronto

Co-Chair: Takhliq Amir, BHSc – McMaster University

Presenter: Robert J. Cusimano, M.D. – University of Toronto

Presenter: Malak Elbatarny, n/a – University Of Toronto

Presenter: Jessica Forcillo, MD-MSc MPH FRCSC – CSCS

Presenter: David Horne, MD DCH FRCSC (he/him/his) – IWK Health Centre

Co-Chair: Mustapha Kazmi – University of Calgary

Co-Chair: Vikas Tandon – CNCT

Planning Committee Member: Daisy Dulay, MD FRCPC – Island Health

Planning Committee Member: Phil Joseph

Planning Committee Member: Ilias Mylonas

Planning Committee Member: Alexei Savtchenko

Chair: Santokh Dhillon, MBBS – Dalhousie University

Co-Chair: Andrew Warren – Department of Pediatrics, Dalhousie University

Presenter: Peggy DeJong – Kingston Health Sciences Centre

Presenter: Nabila Mahdi – University of Calgary

Chair: Christopher C. Cheung, MD MPH FRCPC (he/him/his) – Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre University of Toronto

Co-Chair: Shelley Zieroth, MD – St. Boniface Hospital

Co-Chair: Stephanie Poon, MD, MSc, FRCPC – Heart Function Clinic; Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Chair: Lisa Mielniczuk, MD – CHFS

Co-Chair: Beth L. Abramson, MD MSc FRCPC FACC – St. Michael's Hospital

Co-Chair: Sonia S. Anand, MD PhD FRCPc – McMaster University

Presenter: Koen Nieman – Stanford University

Chair: Lior Bibas, MD FRCPC – CANCARE

Co-Chair: Andrew Fagan, MD FRCSC – CANCARE, CSCS

Presenter: Rakesh C. Arora, MD, PhD – CSCS

Presenter: Barry Burstein, MD – CANCARE

Presenter: Rachel Eikelboom – University of Manitoba

Presenter: Maude Peretz-Larochelle, MDCM, FRCPC – CANCARE

Presenter: Sean Van Diepen, MD, MSc – University of Alberta

Planning Committee Member: Erin Rayner-Hartley, MD FRCPC – CANCARE

Planning Committee Member: Gurmeet Singh, MD, MSc, FRCSC – CANCARE & CSCS

Co-Chair: Chi-Ming Chow, MD MSc FRCPC FCCS – Canadian Society of Echo

Co-Chair: Kai Yi Wu, MD (he/him/his) – Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute

Planning Committee Member: Rakesh C. Arora, MD, PhD – CSCS

Planning Committee Member: Jasmine Grewal, MD – University of British Columbia

Planning Committee Member: Dave Nagpal, MD – London Health Sciences Centre

Planning Committee Member: Colleen Norris, PhD FAHA

Planning Committee Member: Subodh Verma, MD PhD – St Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, ON

Co-Chair: Michael Khoury, MD FRCPC – Canadian Pediatric Cardiology Association

Co-Chair: Luc Mertens – The Hospital for Sick Children Toronto

Co-Chair: Carolina Escudero – Stollery Children's Hospital

Presenter: Jennifer Russell (she/her/hers) – The Hospital for Sick Children

Presenter: Carolina Escudero – Stollery Children's Hospital

Planning Committee Member: Alexandra Jevremovic

Co-Chair: Erick Schampaert – Hôpital Sacré-Coeur de Montreal, CIUSSS NIM / Université de Montréal

Co-Chair: Andrea J. Lavoie, MD FRCPC FACC – Regina General Hospital

Presenter: Kevin R. Bainey, MD – University of Alberta

Presenter: Andrew Czarnecki, MD, MSc, FRCPC – Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Planning Committee Member: Debraj Das (he/him/his) – Royal Alexandra Hospital & CK Hui Heart Centre

Planning Committee Member: Mina Madan, MD MHS FRCPC – Schulich Heart Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Planning Committee Member: Natalia Pinilla, MD, MSc – McMaster University

Planning Committee Member: Alexandra Bastiany, MD, FRCPC – Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre

Planning Committee Member: Allison B. Hall – Eastern Health/Memorial University of Newfoundland

Planning Committee Member: Bradley Brochu, MD, FRCPC

Chair: Paul Oh, n/a (he/him/his) – University Health Network

Presenter: Scott Adams, RKin, CSEP-CEP, PhD

Presenter: Karol G. Hernandez-Gutirrez, MD – UHN

Presenter: Michelle Nadler

Presenter: Fernando Rivera-Theurel, MD – University Health Network

Planning Committee Member: Husam M. Abdel-Qadir, MD, PhD – Women’s College Hospital, University Health Network

Planning Committee Member: Priya Brahmbhatt, RKin, MSc.

Planning Committee Member: Tracey J. Colella, RN, PhD – CACPR/CCCN

Planning Committee Member: Ann-Sophie Laberge, MD, FRCPC

Planning Committee Member: Paaladinesh Thavendiranathan, MD, FRCPC – Toronto General Hospital

Planning Committee Member: Paula Ribeiro, PhD

Co-Chair: Louise Y. Sun, MD SM FRCPC FAHA – Stanford University School of Medicine

Co-Chair: Sean Van Diepen, MD, MSc – University of Alberta

Presenter: Rakesh C. Arora, MD, PhD – CSCS

Presenter: Emilie P. Belley-Cote, MD, PhD, FRCPC – McMaster University

Presenter: Robert J. Chen, MD (he/him/his) – University of Ottawa Heart Insittute

Presenter: Kendra Derry – Kingston Health Sciences Centre

Presenter: C David Mazer, MD, FRCPC – St. Michael's Hospital

Presenter: Janek Senaratne – University of Alberta

Planning Committee Member: Andrew Caddell, MD, MSc, FRCPC – CANCARE, CCTN

Planning Committee Member: Mimi Deng, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Toronto - Faculty of Medicine

Chair: Jonathan D. Windram, MBChB – CACH

Co-Chair: Jasmine Grewal, MD – University of British Columbia

Presenter: Candice Silversides, MD – CACHNET

Presenter: Danna Spears

Planning Committee Member: Alexandra Saunders

Co-Chair: Marie-Claude Beaulieu – Université de Montréal

Co-Chair: Zachary Singer – Western University

Presenter: Ryan Davey, MD FRCPC FACC – London Health Sciences Centre

Presenter: Adriana Luk, MD, MSc, FRCPC – University Health Network

Chair: Stephanie Poon, MD, MSc, FRCPC – Heart Function Clinic; Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Moderator: Yuchen Dai, BMus – University of Ottawa Heart Institute

Moderator: Avinash Pandey, MD – Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa

Presenter: Grace L. Chua – Mackenzie Health

Presenter: Michael C. Hartleib, MD MSc FRCPC (Cardiology) – Peterborough Regional Health Centre, Kawartha Cardiology Clinic

Presenter: A. Shekhar Pandey (he/him/his) – CAMBRIDGE CARDIAC CARE CENTRE

Co-Chair: Michael Khoury, MD FRCPC – Canadian Pediatric Cardiology Association

Co-Chair: Luc Mertens – The Hospital for Sick Children Toronto

Co-Chair: Carolina Escudero – Stollery Children's Hospital

Presenter: Luc Mertens – The Hospital for Sick Children Toronto

Planning Committee Member: Alexandra Jevremovic

Co-Chair: Hellmuth R. Muller Moran, MD MSc – University Of Manitoba

Co-Chair: Abigail White, MD – University Of Alberta

Planning Committee Member: Kevin J. Lachapelle, MD – Hôpital Royal Victoria

Planning Committee Member: Wing Lam – Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute

Planning Committee Member: Krystal Mah

Planning Committee Member: Michael Moon – University of Alberta

Planning Committee Member: Surita Sidhu

Planning Committee Member: Aaron Spooner

Planning Committee Member: Bobby Yanagawa – CSCS

Co-Chair: Chris Overgaard, MD (he/him/his) – Southlake Regional Healthcare Centre

Co-Chair: Sean Van Diepen, MD, MSc – University of Alberta

Planning Committee Member: Craig Ainsworth, n/a – CANCARE

Planning Committee Member: Maude Peretz-Larochelle, MDCM, FRCPC – CANCARE

Planning Committee Member: Janek Senaratne – University of Alberta

Planning Committee Member: Jeff Shaw, FRCPC, MSc – CANCARE

Co-Chair: Laurie-Anne Boivin-Proulx – University Of Montreal

Co-Chair: Kevin Haddad – Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM)

Presenter: Ali Hillani (he/him/his) – Ottawa heart institute

Presenter: Samer Mansour, n/a – University of Montreal Medical Center (CHUM)

Co-Chair: Marcelo Munoz, PhD Chemistry (he/him/his) – University Of Ottawa

Co-Chair: Ramana Vaka, PhD – University Of Ottawa Heart Institute

Presenter: Peter Liu, MD – Ottawa Heart Institute

Presenter: Dan Madularu

Presenter: Cate Murray (she/her/hers) – Stem Cell Network

Presenter: Michael J. Strong – Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Planning Committee Member: Nicholas Grubic, BScH MSc – Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Planning Committee Chair: Sanaz Hatami, MD, PhD – Department of Medicine, University of Alberta

Planning Committee Member: Khalil Khalil, MD (he/him/his) – Université de Montréal

Planning Committee Member: Kalai Mangai Muthukumarasamy, PhD – Montreal Heart Institute

Planning Committee Member: Nariman Sepehrvand, MD, PhD – University of Alberta

Planning Committee Member: Dominique Vervoort, MD (he/him/his) – Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto

Co-Chair: Sharon Chih

Co-Chair: Filio Billia, MD PhD FRCPC FACC – CCS, CHFS, CCTN, CANCARE

Judge: Nathaniel M. Hawkins, MBChB, MD, MPH, MRCP, FRCPC (he/him/his) – Centre for Cardiovascular Innovation, University of British Columbia

Judge: Michael A. McDonald, MD, FRCPC – CHFS

Judge: Lisa Mielniczuk, MD – CHFS

Judge: Robert J. Miller, MD, FRCPC, FACC – Libin Cardiovascular Institute

Chair: Sonia S. Anand, MD PhD FRCPc – McMaster University

Co-Chair: Annabel Chen-Tournoux – Jewish General Hospital

Co-Chair: Varinder K. Randhawa, MD PhD – CCTN, CHFS, CANCARE

Co-Chair: Gurmeet Singh, MD, MSc, FRCSC – CANCARE & CSCS

Presenter: Sonia S. Anand, MD PhD FRCPc – McMaster University

Presenter: Alexandra Bastiany, MD, FRCPC – Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre

Presenter: Donna May Kimmaliardjuk, n/a – Eastern Health

Presenter: Sharon L. Mulvagh, MD, FRCPC, FACC, FASE, FAHA – CSE

Presenter: Marc Ruel, MD, MPH – University of Ottawa

Planning Committee Member: Alexandra Bastiany, MD, FRCPC – Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre

Planning Committee Member: Donna May Kimmaliardjuk, n/a – Eastern Health

Planning Committee Member: Andrew D. Krahn, MD, FRCPC – UBC

Planning Committee Member: Varinder K. Randhawa, MD PhD – CCTN, CHFS, CANCARE

Planning Committee Member: Gurmeet Singh, MD, MSc, FRCSC – CANCARE & CSCS

Co-Chair: Jason G. Andrade, MD – CHRS

Co-Chair: Laurent Macle, MD, FRCPC – Montreal Heart Institute, Université de Montréal

Presenter: Jason Roberts, MD – McMaster University and Population Health Research Institute

Presenter: Roopinder K. Sandhu, MD MPH – Cedars-Sinai Medical Center/ University of Alberta

Presenter: Atul Verma – McGill University Health Centre

Presenter: Richard Whitlock, MD, PhD, FRCSC – Population Health Research Institute

Co-Chair: Michael Khoury, MD FRCPC – Canadian Pediatric Cardiology Association

Co-Chair: Luc Mertens – The Hospital for Sick Children Toronto

Co-Chair: Carolina Escudero – Stollery Children's Hospital

Presenter: Patricia Longmuir (she/her/hers) – Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute

Presenter: Barbara Cifra, MD (she/her/hers) – The Hospital for Sick Children

Planning Committee Member: Alexandra Jevremovic

Planning Committee Chair: Jeffrey S. Healey – McMaster University

Planning Committee Member: Emilie P. Belley-Côté, MD, PhD, FRCPC – McMaster University

Planning Committee Member: Katia M. Dyrda, MD FRCPC MSc PEng – CHRS

Planning Committee Member: Jean-François Tanguay, MD, FRCPC, FCCS – University of Montreal

Planning Committee Chair: Robert C. Welsh, MD – Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute

Presenter: Ping Yu Xiong, MD, PhD, FRCPC – University of Western Ontario

Presenter: Kevin An, M.D. – University of Toronto

Presenter: Kevin J. Um – McMaster University