Ottawa Heart Institute: What We Do

At the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, we spend every second of our life savings yours. Since 1976, patients, doctors, nurses and staff believed the Ottawa Heart Institute could impact heart disease on a global scale. Having saved thousands of lives, been recognized internationally, collaborated with over 40 countries, performed over 500 heart transplants and discovered the worlds first genetic risk factor for heart disease. Care, research and education in one world class facility leading the way for innovation in heart disease throughout Canada and the world.