Our 40th Anniversary

Respected for Our Excellence, Recognized for Our Care

On May 11, 1976 the University of Ottawa Heart Institute opened for business. Over the following four decades, we have become a heart health leader, providing outstanding care to patients from across Canada and impacting the well-being of people around the world through groundbreaking research and training the next generation of cardiovascular professionals.

Congratulations

Statement by MPP John Fraser in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

Ministerial Statement from Dr. Jane Philpott, Minister of Health (pdf)

40th Anniversary Flashback Series in The Beat

A Year of Turning 40 (December)
A look back at a year of celebration
The RAFT Trial (November)
Landmark study changed the way doctors treat heart failure
The Tale of the Mummy (October)
A spooky story unearthed from the Heart Institute vaults just in time for Halloween
World's First Point-of-Care Genetic Test (September)
RAPID GENE introduced genetic screening to real-time clinical care
Discovery of the Most Significant Genetic Risk Factor for Heart Disease (August)
The 9p21 finding put genetic research at the Heart Institute on the map
First Neonatal Heart Transplant in Canada (July)
In 1989, the founder of the Heart Institute performed a groundbreaking procedure to save the life of an 11-day-old boy
Princess Diana’s Visit (June)
The royal visit by the Princess of Wales marked a special day in the history of the Heart Institute
The Opening and Progress of the Heart Institute (May)
May 2016 marks the 40th anniversary of the opening of the University of Ottawa Heart Institute
Launch of the STEMI Heart Attack Program (March)
The pioneering STEMI program has cut heart attack deaths in half and changed cardiac care internationally
The First Heart Transplant in Ottawa (February)
The Heart Institute has performed more than 600 transplants, in some years more than any other centre in Canada