OTTAWA , September 1 , 2021 — Canadians are taking to social media to JUMP IN™ for Women’s Heart Health, a September-long fundraising and health promotion campaign organized by the University of Ottawa Heart Institute Foundation, in partnership with the University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI)...
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The University of Ottawa Heart Institute’s Cardiac Imaging Department successfully completed an accreditation audit from the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC). The IAC programs for accreditation are dedicated to ensuring quality patient care and promoting healthcare, and they support one...
Two cardiovascular specialists review the latest scientific studies on the cardiovascular effects of cigarette smoking versus electronic cigarettes in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology, and published by Elsevier. The authors, Arash Nayeri, MD, and Holly Middlekauff, MD, of the David Geffen School...
February 22 is Heart Valve Disease Awareness Day, an international campaign dedicated to raising awareness about heart valve disease—its risk factors, symptoms, detection, and treatment
Cessation experts gather in Ottawa this week for fifteenth anniversary of premier quit-smoking event
National and international smoking cessation experts will converge in the capital this week to participate in the 15 th Annual Ottawa Conference: State-of-the-Art Clinical Approaches to Smoking Cessation, Canada’s premier event promoting the latest ideas and evidence in clinical tobacco treatment...
OTTAWA, March 18, 2021 – The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) announced the recipients of its Fall 2020 Project Grant competition. Thais Coutinho, MD, and Mireille Ouimet, PhD, along with co-principal investigator Katey Rayner, PhD, from the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, will...
Named uOttawa Faculty of Medicine’s Clinical Researcher of the Year The University of Ottawa Heart Institute’s Division Head of Cardiac Surgery has been awarded top honours from the University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine. Dr. Marc Ruel will receive the 2019 Clinical "Researcher of the Year" Award...
Dr. Marc Ruel, the University of Ottawa Heart Institute’s Division Head of Cardiac Surgery, has been bestowed the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society of Minimally Invasive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons of India. Dr. Ruel received this award in recognition of his “seminal advances in...
In light of COVID-19, and in keeping with our mission to always put patients first, the University of Ottawa Heart Institute is cancelling all outpatient classes, support groups and workshops, effective Monday, March 16, until further notice. The health and safety of our patients, hospital staff and...
Printable, on-the-spot heart repair. Tiny vehicles delivering stem cells to organs in need. Silver scaffolds implanted into an eyeball. Scenes from a sci-fi film, or plausible therapy? Learn about the extraordinary new developments out of Dr. Emilio Alarcon’s BioEngineering and Therapeutic Solutions...
Heart Institute announces grand opening of state-of-the-art digital innovation hub for enhanced collaboration and innovation across specialties
The University of Ottawa Heart Institute is proud to announce the appointment of Dr. David Birnie as the new head of its Division of Cardiology. Appointed for a five-year mandate, Dr. Birnie succeeds Dr. Rob Beanlands. Dr. Birnie was educated in Scotland and received his medical degree (MB ChB) from...
Today, the University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI) named Diana Burns its vice president of finance and administration and chief financial officer. The successor to Suzanne Dionne, Diana Burns will also oversee the Ottawa Heart Institute Research Corporation and the University of Ottawa Heart...
The University of Ottawa Alumni Association has bestowed Heart Institute Division Head of Cardiology, Dr. Rob Beanlands, with its Alumnus of the Year Award for 2020. The announcement came as part of the association’s virtual AGM held over the weekend. The Alumnus/Alumna of the Year Award recognizes...
In April, we put out a call on our website and on social media asking our surrounding community for donations of hand-sewn cloth masks. We sincerely thank everyone for their help. As mentioned in Sew Much Love for Ottawa Heart Patients: A Thank You to Our Community, we received thousands of donated...
We are moving towards universal masking when social distancing can’t be practiced. This includes our patients coming in for an appointment. During this pandemic, there is a shortage of surgical masks available to the public, which is why we are asking for your help. If you sew and have time, we ask...
The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) Executive Board has confirmed Dr. Andrew Pipe of the University of Ottawa Heart Institute for its Anti-Doping and Medical Commission along with six other members from across the Commonwealth. In a statement shared on the CGF website, Anti-Doping and Medical...
After a career spanning three decades, Dr. Frans Leenen is retiring from the University of Ottawa Heart Institute. Dr. Leenen was a clinician scientist and is internationally recognized for his important bench-to-bedside research in brain mechanisms contributing to cardiovascular pathophysiology. Dr...
Dr. Katey Rayner of the University of Ottawa Heart Institute will receive a joint award from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research’s Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health (CIHR-ICRH) and the Canadian Society of Atherosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology. The Mid-Career...
The Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS) has named Dr. Marc Ruel of the University of Ottawa Heart Institute its president for the next two years. Ruel succeeds Dr. Andrew D. Krahn. The transition of roles took place at the annual business meeting of the CCS, which was held as part of the annual...