OTTAWA, November 28, 2023 - Cardiac surgeon Dr. Hugo Monteiro Neder Issa and cardiologist Dr. Hanh Nguyen have joined their respective teams in the divisions of cardiac surgery and cardiology at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI).
Dr. Hugo Monteiro Neder Issa
Dr. Issa has been conducting research in the field of adult and congenital cardiac surgery but is also interested in surgical approaches and treatment for coronary artery disease, heart valve disease, and congenital heart diseases, and in less invasive operative techniques.
Dr. Issa is appointed as a cardiac surgeon at the UOHI with a cross-appointment at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario. He is an assistant professor in the Division of Cardiac Surgery in the Department of Surgery at the University of Ottawa.
Dr. Hanh Nguyen
Dr. Hanh Nguyen is appointed as a cardiologist in the Division of Cardiology at the UOHI and an assistant professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Ottawa.
She is tasked with developing and leading the clinical and academic Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Program and all aspects of the Nunavut Cardiology Program. Her clinical responsibilities will be in the echo lab and on general cardiology ward service and outpatient teams.
Additional information
The University of Ottawa Heart Institute has flourished into one of Canada’s most distinguished heart health centres for the unparalleled care it provides to its patients, a world-renowned research institute that brings science from bench to bedside, and the country’s main influencer when it comes to preventing heart disease. Its promise remains the very pillar on which it was built: Always putting patients first.
Interview opportunities
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Media contact
Leigh B. Morris
Communications Officer
University of Ottawa Heart Institute
613-316-6409 (cell)
lmorris@ottawaheart.ca