Speakers

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Sonia Anand, MD, PhD, FRCPC
Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, McMaster University
Director, Population Genomics Program
Senior Scientist at Population Health Research Institute
Hamilton Health Sciences and McMaster University
Hamilton, ON

 

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: C. Noel Bairey Merz, MD, FACC, FAHA
Director, Barbra Streisand Women's Heart Center
Director, Linda Joy Pollin Women's Heart Health Program
Director, Erika J. Glazer Women's Heart Research Initiative
Director, Preventive Cardiac Center
Professor of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA

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Marcia Anderson, MD, MPH, FRCPC
Executive Director, Indigenous Academic Affairs
Ongomiizwin Indigenous Institute of Health and Healing
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MN

 

Todd J. Anderson, MD, FRCPC
Director, Libin Cardiovascular Institute
Department Head, Cardiac Sciences
University of Calgary and Alberta Health Services
Calgary, AB

 

Amel Arnaout, MD, FRCPC
Program Director, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism
The Ottawa Hospital
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine
University of Ottawa
Ottawa, ON
 

John F. Beltrame, PhD, FRACP, FESC, FACC, FCSANZ, FAHA
Michell Professor, The University of Adelaide
Senior Cardiologist, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Director of Research, Central Adelaide Local Health Network (CALHN)
Cardiology Academic Lead, CALHN
Adelaide, AU
 

Jennifer Blake, MD, FRCSC
Chief Executive Officer
The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada
Ottawa, ON

 

Peter Collins, MA, MD, FRCP, FACC, FESC
Professor, Clinical Cardiology
National Heart and Lung Institute
Imperial College London and Royal Brompton Hospital
London, England, UK

 

Thais Coutinho, MD
Chief, Division of Cardiac Prevention and Rehabilitation
Chair, Canadian Women's Heart Health Centre
University of Ottawa Heart Institute
Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of Ottawa
Ottawa, ON

Stella S. Daskalopoulou MD, MSc, DIC, PhD
Associate Professor (tenured) in Medicine
FRQ-S Chercheur-Boursier Clinicien - Senior
Director, Vascular Health Unit
Department of Medicine, Division of Internal Medicine
McGill University, McGill University Health Centre
Montreal, QC
 

Paul Dorian, MD, CM
Staff Cardiac Electrophysiologist
St. Michael's Hospital
Toronto, ON

 

Louise Durocher
Lived Experience with Heart Disease
Pontiac, QC

 

Jasmine Grewal, MD, FRCPC
Clinical Associate Professor and Cardiologist
University of British Columbia
Director, Cardiac Obstetrics Clinic and
Associate Director Echocardiography Lab
St. Paul's Hospital
Vancouver, BC

Paula Harvey, BMBS, PhD, FRACP
Physician in Chief, Women's College Hospital
Scientist, Women's College Research Institute
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto
F.M. Hill Chair in Women’s Academic Medicine
Women's College Hospital
Toronto, ON

Karin H. Humphries, MBA, DSc
Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia (UBC)
UBC-Heart and Stroke Foundation Professor in Women's Cardiovascular Health
Scientific Director, BC Centre for Improved Cardiovascular Health
Vancouver, BC

 

Scott Lear, PhD
Pfizer/Heart & Stroke Chair in Cardiovascular Prevention Research
St. Paul's Hospital
Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences
Simon Fraser University
Member, Division of Cardiology
Providence Health Care
Vancouver, BC

Marion Martell
Women@Heart Ambassador
Canadian Women's Heart Health Centre
Division of Cardiac Prevention and Wellness
University of Ottawa Heart Institute
Ottawa, ON
 

Lisa McDonnell, BSc, MSc, EMBA
Manager, Prevention and Wellness Centre and Canadian Women’s Heart Health Centre
Division of Cardiac Prevention and Rehabilitation
University of Ottawa Heart Institute
Ottawa, ON

 

Ruth McPherson, PhD, MD, FRCPC, FACP, FRCS
Professor, Departments of Medicine and Biochemistry
Merck Frosst Canada Chair in Atherosclerosis Research
Director, Ruddy Canadian Cardiovascular Genetics Centre,
Atherogenomics Laboratory and Lipid Clinic
University of Ottawa Heart Institute
Ottawa, ON
 

Kerri-Anne Mullen, PhD, MSc
Program Manager, Ottawa Model for Smoking Cessation Network
Division of Cardiac Prevention and Rehabilitation
University of Ottawa Heart Institute
Ottawa, ON

 

Sharon L. Mulvagh, MD, FRCP(C), FACC, FAHA, FASE
Emeritus Professor, Mayo Clinic
Professor, Department of Medicine
Co-Director, Maritime Heart Center Women’s Heart Health Clinic
QEII Health Sciences Center
Division of Cardiology, Nova Scotia Health Authority
Dalhousie University
Halifax, NS

 

Kara Nerenberg, MSc, MD
Assistant Professor, University of Calgary
Departments of Medicine, Obstetrics & Gynecology, and Community Health Sciences
Division of General Internal Medicine (Obstetric Medicine)
Calgary, AB

 

Paul Oh, MSc, MD, FRCPC
Medical Director and GoodLife Fitness Chair
Cardiac Disease Prevention and Rehabilitation Program
University Health Network
Peter Munk Cardiac Centre and Toronto Rehabilitation Institute
Toronto, ON

Louise Pilote, MD, MPH, PhD, FRCPC
Professor, Department of Medicine
Division of General Internal Medicine
Faculty of Medicine
McGill University
Montreal, QC

 

Stephanie Prince Ware, MSc, PhD
CIHR Health Systems Impact Fellow
Division of Cardiac Prevention and Rehabilitation, 
University of Ottawa Heart Institute, and 
Centre for Surveillance and Applied Research
Public Health Agency of Canada 
Ottawa, ON
 

Robert Reid, PhD, MBA 
Deputy Chief, Division of Cardiac Prevention and Rehabilitation
University of Ottawa Heart Institute
Professor, Faculty of Medicine
University of Ottawa
Ottawa, ON

 

Helen Robert
Entrepreneur and Consultant
Chair, Board of Directors
Dovercourt Recreation Association
Women@Heart Ambassador
Canadian Women's Heart Health Centre
University of Ottawa Heart Institute
Ottawa, ON

Marc Rodger, MD, FRCPC, MSc (Epidemiology)
Professor, University of Ottawa
Chief and Chair, Division of Hematology
Head, Thrombosis Program
The Ottawa Hospital
Ottawa, ON
 

Esther Sanderson
Lived Experience with Heart Disease
The Pas, MB

 

 

Nandita S. Scott, MD, FACC
Co-Director, MGH Corrigan Women's Heart Health Program
Massachusetts General Hospital 
Boston, MA 

 

Tara L. Sedlak, MD, FRCPC
Cardiologist, Vancouver General, and UBC Hospitals
Clinical Assistant Professor
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC

 

Graeme Smith, MD, PhD, FRCSC
Professor and Head, Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Kingston Health Sciences Centre
Kingston, ON

 

 

Viola Vaccarino, MD, PhD
Wilton Looney Chair of Cardiovascular Research
Professor and Chair, Dept. of Epidemiology
Rollins School of Public Health
Professor, Dept. of Medicine, School of Medicine
Emory University
Atlanta, GA

Wendy Wray, RN, BScN, MScN
Director, Women's Healthy Heart Initiative
McGill University Health Centre
Montreal, QC

 

 

 

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Moderators

Michèle de Margerie, MD, CCFP
Director, Francoforme Program
Division of Cardiac Prevention and Rehabilitation
University of Ottawa Heart Institute
Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine
University of Ottawa
Ottawa, ON

Martha Gulati, MD, MS, FACC, FAHA, FASPC
Chief of Cardiology, University of Arizona College of Medicine- Phoenix
CardioSmart Editor-in-Chief, American College of Cardiology
Physician Executive Director, Banner University Medicine Heart Institute
Phoenix, AZ 

 

Caroline Lavallée 
Communications and Public Relations Professional
Lived Experience with Heart Disease
Co-Chair, Advancing Women's Heart Health Research Steering Committee
Heart & Stroke
Montreal, QC

 

Jacqueline Saw, MD, FRCPC, FACC, FAHA, FSCA
Clinical Professor of Medicine
University of British Columbia
Program Director, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program
Interventional Cardiologist, Vancouver General Hospital
Vancouver, BC
 

Michele A. Turek, MDCM, FRCPC
Co-Chair, Canadian Women’s Heart Health Summit
Medical Advisor, Canadian Women’s Heart Health Centre
Associate Professor of Medicine and Staff Cardiologist
University of Ottawa Heart Institute and the Ottawa Hospital
Ottawa, ON