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Ottawa’s medical Chiefs of Staff: Stay home. Stay safe. Save lives.

This is a joint message from Ottawa’s medical Chiefs of Staff OTTAWA – January 22, 2021 – As medical Chiefs of Staff for Ottawa’s hospitals, we are asking everyone to adhere to provincial public health restrictions and stay home, except for essential reasons — reasons that include seeking medical

Canada’s premier smoking cessation event to conclude National Non-Smoking Week

January 20, 2021, OTTAWA – National and international smoking cessation authorities will assemble online this week to participate in the 13 th Annual Ottawa Conference: State-of-the-Art Clinical Approaches to Smoking Cessation, Canada’s premier event promoting the latest ideas and evidence in

Repetitive brain stimulation in clinical trials may boost stroke recovery

Ottawa’s Dr. Jodi Edwards and a team of Canadian experts have produced the first set of recommendations on repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) as an adjunct treatment to standard rehabilitation in clinical trials to help restore hand and arm use after stroke. The recommendations are

PACE is the new MACE, heart researchers say

Earlier this week, JAMA Network Open made public the findings of a research study which answers an important question: Which adverse cardiovascular and non-cardiovascular events are most relevant to patients? “Cardiovascular research has traditionally been focused on ‘tombstone’ outcomes such as

Dr. Peter Liu receives Ontario’s highest honour

Lieutenant Governor of Ontario and Chancellor of the Order of Ontario, the Honourable Elizabeth Dowdeswell has appointed Heart Institute cardiologist and Chief Scientific Officer Dr. Peter Liu to the 2020 Order of Ontario, the province's highest honour. In a statement on the Government of Ontario

Holiday gift giving: How to give a gift to a patient receiving care at the Heart Institute

This holiday season will be unlike any other. Hospitals in Ottawa are ensuring families and loved ones can share messages of love and support with patients receiving care, while still respecting visitor restrictions in place to keep everyone safe. Gifts are welcome at the University of Ottawa Heart

Heartwarming holiday gift: Heart Institute thanks Dymon for massive PPE donation

The Heart Institute accepted a donation of 40,000 KN95 face masks from Dymon Self Storage on December 9, part of Dymon’s philanthropic pledge to donate more than one million masks to local charitable groups and community organizations across Ottawa and the GTA. In a news release posted to its

Heart Institute scientists pick up two uOttawa Faculty of Medicine Awards of Excellence

The University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine (FoM) has bestowed Drs. Katey Rayner and Jodi Edwards of the Heart Institute with Awards of Excellence in recognition of the importance and exceptional characteristics of their work. Dr. Rayner received the FoM Award of Excellence for Researcher of the

2020 Canadian research hospital rankings from Research Infosource

Together, research activity at The Ottawa Hospital and the University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI) totalled $146 million in 2018-19, up from $140 million the previous year. With their results being combined, this places them in fifth spot among comparable hospitals in Canada for research

2020 UOHI Investigator of the Year

The University of Ottawa Heart Institute is pleased to announce Jodi Edwards, PhD, has been named the 2020 UOHI Investigator of the Year. Dr. Edwards will be presented with the award at the UOHI (virtual) Research Rounds on Monday, December 14, at which time she will deliver the Investigator of the