2022 Videos

Date Speaker Topic
December 12, 2022 Heather Tulloch, PhD
Psychologist
Division of Prevention and Rehabilitation
University of Ottawa Heart Institute
Weekly Research Conference
UOHI Investigator of the Year Lecture
December 7, 2022 Jeff Healey, MD
Director, Arrhythmia Services, Hamilton Health Sciences;
Associate Professor, Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
Grand Rounds
Hot Topics of AF Screening and Subclinical AF
December 5, 2022 Award announcements include:
  • UOHI Investigator of the Year
  • Global Achievement Award
  • Dr. Robert Roberts Award for Research Excellence
Weekly Research Conference
UOHI Research Celebration
November 30, 2022 Simon Parlow, MD
Adult Cardiology, PGY6 Chief Cardiology Resident
University of Ottawa Heart Institute
Cardiology Rounds
Utility of a Smartphone Application in Assessing Palmar Circulation Prior to Radial Artery Harvesting for Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: The CAPITAL iRADIAL CABG Trial
November 28, 2022  Ian Kronish, MD, MPH
General Internist, Associate Professor of Medicine,
Columbia University Irving Medical Centre
Weekly Research Conference
When the Fear Comes from Within: Fear and Avoidance after Acute Cardiovascular Events
November 23, 2022 Dr. John Larkin MD FRCPC
Cardiac Anesthesia Fellow

Dr. Pietro Di Santo MD FRCPC
Critical Care Medicine Fellow
Cardiology Rounds
The BOX Trial
November 21, 2022  Eugenio Cingolani, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director Preclinical Research
Director, Cardiogenetics-Familial Arrhythmia Program
Department of Cardiology, Electrophysiology Section
Cedars Sinai Smidt Heart Institute
Weekly Research Conference
Targeting Arrhythmias with Extracellular Vesicles
November 16, 2022 René Boudreau
Cardiology Resident, PGY6

University of Ottawa Heart Institute

Cardiology Rounds
Antiplatelet Therapy in 2022: A Practical Review
November 14, 2022 Sharon Chih, MD
Transplantation Cardiologist; Medical Director, Mechanical Circulatory Support Program, University of Ottawa Heart Institute
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa 
Weekly Research Conference
Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy Surveillance
November 9, 2022
  • Michael Thibert, MD, FRCPC
    PGY-8 Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellow
    University of Ottawa Heart Institute
  • Alex Nantsios
    Cardiac Surgery, PGY-4
    University of Ottawa Heart Institute
  • Mehrdad Golian MD, MScHQ, FRCPC, ABIM (Cardiovascular), CCDS, CEPS
    Arrhythmia Service, Division of Cardiology
    Program Director, Adult Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship Program
Cardiology Rounds
M & M Rounds: Management of Cardiac Lead Perforation, Review of Local Data and Team Approach
November 7, 2022 Benjamin Chow, MD
Saul and Edna Goldfarb Chair in Cardiac Imaging;
Director, Cardiac Imaging;
Co-Director, Cardiac Radiology;
Director of Post-graduate Cardiac Imaging Training Program;
University of Ottawa Heart Institute;
Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa
Weekly Research Conference
Diagnostic Testing – Improving Accuracy
November 2, 2022 Christopher Granger, MD
Professor of Medicine, Department of Cardiology, 
Professor of Nursing, 
Duke University
Grand Rounds
Preventing Stroke in Atrial Fibrillation: Unrealized Opportunities
October 31, 2022 Emilio Alarcon, PhD
Scientist, University of Ottawa Heart Institute
Associate Professor, Department of BMI, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa
Weekly Research Conference
INTBIOTECH-CREATE: Inclusion must be more than words
October 31, 2022 Luke J. Laffin MD
Co-Director, Center for Blood Pressure Disorders
Medical Director of Cardiac Rehabilitation
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
Cardiology Rounds
Hypertension: Beyond 2022 Paradigms
October 26, 2022 Dr. Robert Miller MD, FRCPC, FACC
Clinical Associate Professor,
Director Nuclear Cardiology and Cardiac CT,
Department of Cardiac Sciences, University of Calgary
Cardiology Rounds
Artificial Intelligence Applications in Cardiac Imaging
October 24, 2022 Mario Gaudino, MD, PhD
Cardiac Surgeon, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, New York Presbyterian | Weill Cornell Medicine
Weekly Research Conference - Foustanellas Endowed Lecture 
The Challenges of Clinical Trials in Surgery
October 19, 2022 Dr. Simon Hansom
Assistant Professor and Staff Cardiologist
Arrhythmia Service, Division of Cardiology
Cardiology Rounds
Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy - Bench to Bedside and Beyond
October 17, 2022 Ruth McPherson, MD, PhD
Director, Ruddy Canadian Cardiovascular Genetics Centre, Atherogenomics Laboratory and the Lipid Clinic, University of Ottawa Heart Institute
Professor, Department of Medicine and Biochemistry, University of Ottawa
Weekly Research Conference
Coronary Artery Disease: From genetics to drug development
October 12, 2022 Dr. Geiger
Chief Medical Information Officer
General Medicine
Cardiology Rounds
EPIC Updates
October 5, 2022 Dr. Juan Russo: REVIVED-BCIS2 Trial
Dr. Andrew Mulloy: INVICTUS Trial
Cardiology Rounds
Trial Updates from ESC 2022
October 3, 2022 David Birnie, MD
Vered Chair and Head, Division of Cardiology;
Faculty of Medicine Tier 1 Clinical Research Chair in Cardiac Electrophysiology, University of Ottawa Heart Institute
Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa
Weekly Research Conference
Fake It Until You Make It. From one patient to international research program: Recent and ongoing research from Cardiac Sarcoidosis team
September 28, 2022 Dr. Alex. Nantsios
Cardiac Surgery Resident
University of Ottawa Heart Institute
Cardiology Rounds
Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation: A Dynamic Entity with Evolving Therapy
September 26, 2022 Peter Liu, MD
Chief Scientific Officer & Vice President, Research;
Director, Cardiac Function Laboratory
University of Ottawa Heart Institute
Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa
Weekly Research Conference
Brain-Heart InterConnectome - Who? When? How? Our Big Science Project
September 21, 2022 Dr. Amel Arnaout
UOHI Diabetes Clinic
Cardiology Rounds
‘Tin’-year Anniversary for the 'Sweet'-Heart' Program: A review of 10 years of diabetes management at the UOHI
September 12, 2022 Paul Dorian, MD, MSc, FRCP(C)
Department Director, Division of Cardiology
Staff Cardiac Electrophysiologist, St. Michael’s Hospital
Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology and Division of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Toronto

Weekly Research Conference - Marr Lectureship

Where We Have Been Wrong: The virtues of Skepticism in Medicine

September 7, 2022 Sean Wharton, MD
Adjunct Professor, McMaster University, York University and University of Toronto

Grand Rounds
Advances in Obesity Medicine, Emphasis on Cardiovascular Health

August 31, 2022 Dr. Hanh Nguyen Cardiology Rounds
Echocardiographic Assessment of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
June 29, 2022 Dr. Peter Thin Xuan Vo Cardiology Rounds
The Incomplete Puzzle of Incomplete Revascularization in CABG
June 27, 2022 David Messika-Zeitoun, MD
Cardiologist, Division of Cardiology;
Director, Centre of Valvular Heart Disease, UOHI
Professor, Faculty of Medicine, uOttawa
Weekly Research Conference
PPP – Prevention, Progression, Prediction: The CVHD research program
June 20, 2022 Chris Sun, PhD Weekly Research Conference
Actionable Analytics in Healthcare: From cardiac arrest response strategies to intra-hospital patient transport systems
June 13, 2022 George Wells
Director, Cardiovascular Research Methods Centre, UOHI
Professor, School of Epidedimiology, Public Health and Preventative Medicine, uOttawa
Weekly Research Conference
A Multicentre Randomized Trial of Ablation-Based Rhythm Control versus Rate Control in Patients with Heart Failure and High Burden Atrial Fibrillation (RAFT-AF): Design, Results and Lessons Learned
June 6, 2022 Darryl Davis, MD
Clinician-Scientist & Cardiac Electophysiologist, Division of Cardiology
Director, Cardiac Translational Research Laboratory, UOHI
Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine
Adjunct Professor, Department of Cellular and Moleculard Medicine, uOttawa
Weekly Research Conference
Prevention of Atrial Fibrillation After Open Chest Surgery with Extracellular Vesicle Therapy
June 1, 2022 Luciano Sposato, MD
Professor of Neurology
Head, Stroke Program
Department of Clinical Neurological Science
London Health Sciences Centre, Western University
Grand Rounds
Atrial Fibrillation Detected After Stroke: Finding the sweet spot for cardiac monitoring and anticoagulation
May 18, 2022 Dr. Amelie Paquin Cardiology Rounds
Why and how do sex differences matter in valvular heart disease
May 16, 2022 Thais Coutinho, MD
Chief,  Division of Prevention and Rehabilitation; Chair, Canadian Women's Hearth Health Centre, UOHI;
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, uOttawa
Weekly Research Conference
The Aorta is Not Just a Pipe: Addressing Aortic Function to Improve Risk Assessment in Patients with Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms
May 11, 2022 Dr. Ghalib Al Hinai Cardiology Rounds
Updates from HRS 2022: What's new in arrhythmia management?
May 9, 2022

Morgan Fullerton, PhD

Associate Professor, Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology

Director, Flow Cytometry and Virometry Core Facility, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa

Weekly Research Conference
Choline as a Driver of Macrophage Immunometabolism
May 4, 2022 Wilson Szeto, MD

Professor of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Chief, Cardiovascular Surgery at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center

Vice Chief of Clinical Operations and Quality, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery

Grand Rounds
Management of the Aortic Arch - The Current Landscape and Future Innovations
May 2, 2022

Erin Mulvihill, PhD
Scientist & Director, Energy Substrate Metabolism Research Laboratory, UOHI

Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, uOttawa

Weekly Research Conference
Intersection of Metabolic and Cardiovascular disease: Overlapping risk factors and Treatment
April 27, 2022 Dr. Caroline McGuinty

Cardiologist, University of Ottawa Heart Institute

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
University of Ottawa

Cardiology Rounds
Palliative Care in Heart Disease: Mind the Gap
April 25, 2022

Babak Razani, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine and Pathology & Immunology
Center for Cardiovascular Research
Washington University School of Medicine

Staff Physician
John Cochran VA Medical Center

Weekly Research Conference
Dietary Protein and Cardiovascular Risk: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
April 20, 2020 Dr. Markus Schwerzmann Cardiology Rounds
Adult Congenital Heart Disease – Born to be Alive
April 13, 2022 Dr Judy Luu, MD/PhD, FRCPC
Women’s Heart Health Cardiologist, Clinical Scholar, McMaster University
CMR Fellow, McGill University Health Centre
Cardiology Rounds
Ischemia with No Obstructive Coronary Arteries - The Role of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging 
April 11, 2022 Sarah Dick, PhD

Toronto General Hospital Research Institute

University Health Network (UHN), Toronto

Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research, Toronto

Weekly Research Conference
Harnessing Tissue Resident Macrophages to Improve Cardiac Function Following Ischemic Injury
April 6, 2022 Vincent Dumez, MSc
Co-director, Centre of Excellence on Partnership with Patients and the Public (CEPPP),
Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal
Research Centre, University of Montreal Hospital Centre
Grand Rounds
Patient Partnership: Towards a Real Revolution in Care?
April 4, 2022 Alexandre Stewart, PhD
Director, Laboratory of Translational Cardiovascular Genomics;
Ruddy Canadian Cardiovascular Genetics Centre, UOHI;
Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, uOttawa
Weekly Research Conference
Genetic mechanisms contributing to coronary artery calcification
March 30, 2022 Dr. Ian Paterson Cardiology Rounds
Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Venturing Outside the Box
March 28, 2022 Girish Nair, MD
Director Cardiac Electrophysiology and Arrhythmia Service, Division of Cardiology, UOHI;
Professor, Faculty of Medicine, uOttawa
Weekly Research Conference
Evaluating Interventions in Cardiac Arrhythmias: Quantitative Research Strategy to Determine the Efficacy of Arrhythmia Interventions
March 21, 2022 Michelle Laurence
Teaching and Learning Support Services
University of Ottawa

Weekly Research Conference
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March 7, 2022 Jodi Edwards, PhD
Director, Brain and Heart Nexus Research Program, UOHI; Co-Director, UOHI Population Outcomes Research Unit; 
Assistant Professor, School of Epidemiology and Public Health, uOttawa; Adjunct Scientist, ICES
Weekly Research Conference
The CanStim Platform, Adaptive Clinical Trials and the Future of Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation for Stroke Recovery
March 2, 2022

James Januzzi, MD

Hutter Family Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Cardiology Division, Massachusetts General Hospital

Grand Rounds
Evolving Standards in the Medical Care of Heart Failure
February 28, 2022 Neil Vasdev, PhD 
Canada Research Chair in Radiochemistry and Nuclear Medicine
Azrieli Endowed Chair in Brain and Behaviour
Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto
& Associate Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School
Director, Azrieli Centre for Neuro-Radiochemistry
Director & Chief Radiochemist, CAMH Brain Health Imaging Centre
Weekly Research Conference
New PET Radiotracers and Targets for Imaging Neuroinflammation
February 23, 2022

Dr. Niv Ad

Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery
Adventist Medical Group - Cardiovascular Surgery
Silver Spring, MD

Cardiology Rounds - Wilbert J. Keon Endowed Lectureship
Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery: A gimmick or necessity?
February 16, 2022 Dr. Nicolas Berbenetz
AFC Adult Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellow
University of Ottawa Heart Institute
Cardiology Rounds
How about AF and Heart Failure – Slow it down or burn it?
February 14, 2022 Katey Rayner, PhD
Scientist and Director, Cardiometabolic microRNA Laboratory
University of Ottawa Heart Institute
Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology
Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa
Weekly Research Conference
Cholesterol, Inflammation and Atherosclerosis: Expecting the unexpected
February 7, 2022

Juan Russo, MD
Interventional Cardiologist and Clinician Investigator
University of Ottawa Heart Institute

Weekly Research Conference
Post-Cardiac Arrest Care in 2022: Where do we go from here?
Hassan Mir, MD
Cardiologist, Division of Cardiology and Division of Cardiac Prevention and Rehabilitation, University of Ottawa Heart Institute
Weekly Research Conference
Virtual Care and Digital Health to Improve Patient Care
February 2, 2022 Sharonne Hayes, MD
Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine
Women's Heart Clinic
Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN
Grand Rounds
Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection: New Insights About this Not-So-Rare Condition
January 31, 2022 Arvind Mer, PhD

Assistant Professor
Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology & Immunology

Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, Faculty of Medicine

University of Ottawa

Weekly Research Conference
Machine Learning for Precision Medicine
January 26, 2022 Dr. Zeeshan Ahmed
AFC Adult Interventional Cardiology Fellow
University of Ottawa Heart Institute
Cardiology Rounds
An Approach to Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction in Patients Without Obstructive CAD
January 24, 2022 Emilio Alarcón, PhD
Director, Bio-nanomaterials Chemistry and Engineering Laboratory (BnCE), University of Ottawa Heart Institute 
Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Ottawa
Weekly Research Conference
Nanopainting an Infarcted Heart
January 17, 2022 Wenbin Liang, PhD
Director, Cardiovascular Electrophysiology Laboratory
University of Ottawa Heart Institute
Weekly Research Conference
Regulation of Cardiac Electrophysiology by Canonical and Noncanonical Wnt Signaling
January 12, 2022 Dr. Kevin Boczar
Cardiology Resident
University of Ottawa Heart Institute
Cardiology Rounds
Guidelines for CAD: “NICE, ACCeptable or ESCentric?”
January 10, 2022 Adam Shuhendler, PhD
Scientist, University of Ottawa Heart Institute
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biomedical Sciences & Department of Biology, uOttawa Brain and Mind Research Institute
Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in chemical biology
Weekly Research Conference
Chasing Down the Bad Drivers of Pathogenesis with Molecular Imaging
January 5, 2022 Sanjit Jolly, MD
Population Health Research Institute,
Interventional Cardiologist, Hamilton Health Sciences
Professor of Medicine, McMaster University
Grand Rounds
Recent Trials in Interventional Cardiology and the CLEAR OASIS 9 Trial