Members come from both clinical and basic science areas and can be either hospital or university based. The excellence of the faculty is confirmed by their presence on many key editorial boards, grant selection panels and as participants in international symposia. Faculty hold research grants and publish in highly respected clinical and research journals and books.
There are 2 levels of membership: Full and Associate with SGS appointment.
K. Adeli, Professor (Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology/LMP/Medicine)
Molecular biology of human lipoproteins and their role in the
development of CHD; mechanisms underlying hyperlipidemia in insulin
resistance (416-813-8682)
M. Al-Omran, Professor (IMS)
Atherosclerosis bench to bedside with special interest in peripheral arterial disease (416-864-6047)
M. Bendeck, Professor (Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology/Medicine)
Cell matrix interactions in atherosclerosis (416-946-7133)
R. Bentley,* Assistant Professor (Exercise Sciences)
Cardiac function and mechanisms(s) of stroke volume heterogeneity and vascular function and mechanism(s) of compensatory vasodilation during exercise (416-946-5613)
F. Billia, Associate Professor (IMS)
Pathogenesis of heart failure; cell cycle regulation in cardiomyocytes; cardiac regeneration (416-340-4800x6805)
S. Black, Professor (Institute of Medical Science/Medicine/Rehabilitation Sciences)
Stroke and cognition; stroke recovery; stroke and dementia (416-480-4551)
S-S. Bolz, Associate Professor* (Physiology)
Artery tone, pressure-induced vasoconstriction (416-978-7529)
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V.S. Chauhan*, Associate Professor (Institute of Medical Science/Medicine/Physiology)
Cardiac arrhythmias (416-340-3172)
A. Cheema*, Associate Professor (Institute of Medical Science)
Interventional Cardiology (416-864-5739)
H-L. Cheng, Assistant Professor (IBBME/ Medical Biophysics/Medical Imaging/Pharmaceutical Sciences)
Neovascularization, microvascular function (416-813-5415)
D. Cherney, Associate Professor (Institute of Medical Science/Medicine)
Diabetes-related cardiovascular disease (416-340-4151)
T. Colella*, Associate Professor (Rehabilitation Sciences)
Cardiovascular prevention and rehabilitation; sex and gender differences in care transitions and access to Cardiac Rehabilitation. (416-578-9693)
J. Coles, Associate Professor (Institute of Medical Science/Surgery)
Cardiomyocyte signaling in CHD (416-813-6204)
K. Connelly*, Assistant Professor (Institute of Medical Science/LMP/Medicine)
Cardiology and diabetic complications (416-864-5201)
C. Cummins, Assistant Professor (Pharmaceutical Sciences)
Atherosclerosis (416-946-3466)
C. Cunningham, Associate Professor (Medical Biophysics)
Measurement of metabolic changes associated with heart failure, new cardiovascular imaging methods. (416-480-5021)
P. Dorian, Professor (Institute of Medical Science/Medicine/Pharmacology)
Cardiac electrophysiology/arrhythmias/antiarrhythmic drugs (416-864-5104)
D. Drucker, Professor (Institute of Medical Science/Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology/LMP/Medicine)
Action of gut hormones on cardiovascular function in normal states and in experimental and clinical diabetes (416-361-2661)
L. Eder*, Assistant Professor (Institute of Medical Science)
Cardio-Rheumatology, Psoriatic arthritis (416-323-6400 x5108)
S. Epelman*, Associate Professor (LMP)
Cardiac regeneration; ischemia; viral myocarditis; macrophages (416-634-8748)
M. Friedberg*, Associate Professor (Institute of Medical Science/Physiology)
Cardiac physiology and function and the right ventricular response to adverse loading (416-813-7239)
J. Fish, Associate Professor (Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology/Surgery)
Angiogenesis, regenerative medicine, cardiovascular development (416-581-7496)
J.S. Floras,
Professor (Institute of Medical Science/Medicine)
Integrative cardiovascular physiology: application to hypertension and heart failure (416-586-8704)
S. Fremes, Professor (Institute of Medical Science/HPME/Surgery)
Myocardial protection, radial arteries for coronary surgery, coronary graft imaging (416-480-6073)
M. Friedberg*, Associate Professor (Institute of Medical Science/Physiology)
Cardiac physiology and function and the right ventricular response to adverse loading (416-813-7239)
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A. Giacca, Professor (Medicine/Physiology)
Diabetes, insulin resistance and atherosclerosis (416-978-0167)
R. Gilbert, Professor ((Institute of Medical Science/Medicine)
Use of endothelial progenitor cells to attenuate the structural and functional manifestations of cardio-renal disease (416-847-1733 x71733)
N. Goldenberg, Assistant Professor (Physiology)
Pulmonary hypertension and right ventricular failure (416-432-7292)
B. Goldstein, Associate Professor (Pharmacology/Toxicology)
Endothelial function and related biomarkers (416-480-5328)
A.I. Gotlieb, Professor (Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology)
Vascular cell and molecular biology, atherosclerosis (416-340-4723)
A. Gramolini, Assistant Professor* (Physiology)
Heart failure, proteomics in cardiac & skeletal muscle, protein interactions in cardiac cells, biomarker discovery in cardiac diseases (416-978-5609)
R. Hamilton, Professor (Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology and Institute of Medical Science)
Inherited, congenital and acquired rhythm disorders (416-813-6142)
G.M.T. Hare*, Associate Professor (Anesthesia/Physiology/Institute of Medical Science)
Mechanisms of anemia induced organ injury. Regulation of cerebral blood flow (416-864-5259)
J. Henderson, Associate Professor (Pharmaceutical Sciences)
Stroke (416-946-5571)
S. Heximer, Associate Professor (Physiology)
Regulation of G-protein signaling in the cardiovascular system (416-978-6048)
A. Hinek, Professor (Institute of Medical Science/Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology)
Role of elastin receptor in normal development and in cardiovascular
diseases (416-813-6725)
B. Hinz, Professor (IBBME)
Heart fibrosis; development of cardiovascular cell function testing devices (416-978-8728)
K. Howe, Assistant Professor (Institute of Medical Science)
Atherosclerosis and aortic aneurysm (416-340-5193)
M. Husain,
Professor (Institute of Medical Science/Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology/Medicine/Physiology)
Molecular physiology of vascular smooth muscle (416-340-3188)
W.D. Hutchison, Associate Professor* (Physiology)
Spontaneious and evoked cortical potentials recorded with multichannel electrode arrays rate focal stroke in vivo (416-603-5745)
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K.W. Johnston, Professor (Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering/Institute of Medical Science/Surgery)
Peripheral arterial hemodynamics (416-340-3552)
A. Kassner, Professor (Institute of Medical Science/Medical Imaging)
Stroke, cerebrovascular physiology, endothelial dysfunction, vascular remodeling (416-813-7654x2686)
A. Keating, Professor (Institute of Medical Science/Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering)
Cardiac regeneration (416-946-4595)
G. Keller, Professor (Medical Biophysics)
Cardiovascular development, directed differentiation of cardiovascular cells from pluripotent stem cells, cell based therapy for cardiovascular disease (416-581-7694)
A. Kirkham*, Associate Professor (Exercise Sciences)
Cardio-oncology-both mechanisms/characterization and lifestyle interventions (416-946-4069)
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M. Laflamme, Professor (Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology and Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering)
Cardiac regenerative medicine, diagnostic cardiovascular pathology (416-634-7270)
W. Lee**, Assistant Professor (IMS/LMP)
LDL transcytosis; insulin transcytosis, mechanisms of paracellular endothelial leak (416-864-6060 x77655)
H. Leong-Poi, Professor (Institute of Medical Science/Medicine)
Echocardiography, molecular imaging, gene and cell-based therapies for therapeutic angiogenesis (416-864-5642)
G.F. Lewis, Professor (Institute of Medical Science/Medicine/Physiology)
Diabetes, lipoprotein metabolism (416-340-4270)
R-K Li, Professor (Institute of Medical Science/Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology/Surgery Medicine)
Cell therapy, tissue engineering, myocardial infarction (416-581-7492)
C. Librach, Professor (IMS/PSL)
Mechanisms of cardiovascular regeneration in animal models of myocardial infarction treated with human umbilical cord-derived perivascular cells (416-323-7727 x2001)
T. Lindsay,
Professor (Institute of Medical Science/Surgery)
Organ dysfunction after ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (416-340-4620)
M. Liu, Professor (Institute of Medical Science, Physiology, Surgery)
Pulmonary ischemia-reperfusion induced lung injury (416-581-7501)
M. Locke, Associate Professor (Exercise Sciences)
Stress proteins and myocardial protection(416-978-7055)
C. Macgowan, Assistant Professor (Medical Biophysics/Medical Imaging)
Fetal cardiovascular function; congenital heart disease (416-813-1069)
S. Mak*, Associate Professor (Institute of Medical Science)
Pulmonary Hypertension, Heart Failure, Sex Differences, Physiology, Hemodynamics (416-586-4800 x5554)
P.A. Marsden, Professor (IMS/LMP/BME/Medicine)
Endothelial cell biology in health and disease (416-978-2441)
S. Marzolini*, Assistant Professor (Rehabilitation Sciences Institute/Kinesiology)
Does response relationship between exercise and health related outcomes in people following stroke, PAD, CAD and sex and gender differences. Access and outcomes to cardiovascular prevention and rehabilitation programming in underserved populations. (647-262-6157)
C.D. Mazer, Professor (Anesthesia/IMS/Physiology)
Transfusion, hemostasis and organ protection in cardiac surgery (416-864-5825)
B. McCrindle, Professor (Institute of Medical Science)
Pediatric cardiology (416-813-7610)
L. Mertens, Professor (Institute of Medical Science)
Echocardiographic - Ventricular and vascular function in children with heart disease. (416-813-7418)
S. Mital*, Professor (Institute of Medical Science)
Heart failure, transplant, cardiomyopathies, and congenital heart disease. (416-813-7418)
G. Moe, Professor (Institute of Medical Science)
Hemodynamics (416-864-5615)
Alan Moody, Professor (Institute of Medical Science/Medical Biophysics)
Vessel wall imaging. atherosclerosis, deep vein thrombosis, intraplaque hemorrhage (416-480-4341)
T. Moriarty, Assistant Professor (Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology)
Vascular adhesion mechanisms of blood borne microbes, bacterial dissemination (416-978-6685)
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A. Nagy, Professor (IMS)
Vessel development, VEGF (416-586-3246)
K. Nanthakumar*, Associate Professor (Institute of Medical Science/Medicine)
Arrhythmias (416-340-4442)
H. Ni, Associate Professor (Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology/Medicine)
Thrombosis and hemostasis, platelet and adhesion molecules (416-864-6060 x6758)
R. Parekh*, Associate Professor (Institute of Medical Science)
Hypertension (416-813-7654)
J.D. Parker, Professor (Institute of Medical Science/Medicine/Pharmacology)
Congestive heart failure, ventricular function, autonomic physiology (416-340-3141)
T.G. Parker, Professor (Institute of Medical Science/Medicine)
Molecular biology of cardiac hypertrophy (416-340-3648)
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M. Qadura*, Assistant Professor (Institute of Medical Science)
Vascular and cardiovascular disease, peripheral arterial disease, carotid artery stenosis, biomarker discover (416-864-6047)
M. Radisic, Associate Professor (IBBME/Chemical Engineering)
Cardiac tissue engineering (416-946-5295)
M. L. Rand, Associate Professor (Institute of Medical Science/Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology)
Platelet function and dysfunction (416-813-7764)
V. Rao, Professor (Institute of Medical Science/Surgery)
Myocardial protection, transplant vasculopathy, aortic valve disease (416-340-3562)
L. Robinson, Professor (Institute of Medical Science)
Vascular inflammation, atherosclerosis (416-813-7654 x204017)
H. Ross, Professor (Institute of Medical Science)
Heart failure (416-340-3482)
P. Santerre, Professor (Dentistry/Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering/Chemical Engineering)
Tissue engineering of vascular and cardiac tissues; targeted drug delivery; biomaterials and their tissue and blood compatibility (416-946-8158)
M. Seed, Assistant Professor (Institute of Medical Science)
Fetal cardiovascular physiology, fetal cardiovascular MRI (647-203-7848)
M Sefton, Professor (Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering)
Biomaterials, tissue engineering, thrombosis(416-978-3088)
C.A. Simmons, Assistant Professor (Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering)
Heart valve mechanobiology and mechanics (416-946-0548)
A. Slutsky,
Professor (Institute of Medical Science/Medicine/Surgery)
Acute lung injury: mechanical ventilation (416-864-5637)
D. Steinman, Professor (Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering)
Role(s) of disturbed flow in development, diagnosis and treatment of cerebrovascular diseases (atherosclerosis, aneurysms) (416-978-7781)
Donna Stewart, Professor (Anesthesia/Institute of Medical Science/Medicine)
Gender & psychosocial research (416-340-3846)
B.H. Strauss, Associate Professor (Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology/Medicine)
Restenosis; Interventional cardiology (416-480-6066)
H-S. Sun, Assistant Professor (PSL/PCL)
Ion channels in cytoprotection in ischemia; identifying potential therapeutic targets for stroke (416-978-8848)
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H. Tenenbaum, Professor (Dentistry)
MMP regulation/prevention of cardiac failure; aryl hydrocarbon and resveratrol regulation of vascular mineralization (416-979-4900 x4408)
P. Thavendranathan,* Associate Professor (IMS)
Cardiology, Cardiac Imaging, Cardio-oncology (416-340-5326)
P. Triverio, Associate Professor (Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering)
Computational fluid dynamics, computational modeling of the cardiovascular system, coronary artery disease, graft failure, computational electromagnetism, model order reduction (416-978-0561)
M. Tymianski, Professor (IMS, PSL, Surgery)
Stroke research (416-603-5899)
S. Vasconcelos, Assistant Professor (Biomedical Engineering/Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology)
Neovascularization, diabetes, regenerative medicine, stem cells, organs-on-a-chip, tissue engineering, cardiovascular diseases (416-581-7527)
S. Verma, Associate Professor (Institute of Medical Science/Surgery)
Atherosclerosis, vascular biology, endothelial function (416-864-6060 x5997)
R. Wald, Associate Professor (Institute of Medical Science/Medicine)
Clinical electrophysiology (416-586-5285)
Rachel Wald*, Associate Professor (Institute of Medical Science)
Congenital heart disease and cardiac MRI (416-340-5502)
R. Weisel, Professor (Institute of Medical Science/Surgery)
Myocardial protection/cell transplantation (416-581-7662)
C. Wittnich, Professor (Institute of Medical Science/Physiology/Surgery)
Myocardial protection (pediatric/adult) in pathologic hearts in
pathologic hearts and gender differences due to sex hormones
(978-0746)
G. Wright, Professor (Medical Biophysics)
Magnetic resonance imaging of heart and circulation (416-480-6869)
S. Wu, Professor (Pharmaceutical Sciences)
Novel approaches to reducing cardiotoxicity of anticancer drugs; local delivery of anticoagulant agents; self-regulated delivery of anti-angina agents (416-978-5272)
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B. Yang, \Professor (Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology)
Extracellular matrix, proteoglycans, versican, angiogenesis (416-480-5874)
T. Yau,
Professor (IMS/Surgery)
Cell transplantation, gene therapy, transmyocardial revascularization, angiogenesis, myogeneis (416-340-4074)
E.L. Yeo, Assistant Professor (Institute of Medical Science/Medicine)
Thrombosis/platelets/coagulation (416-340-4069)
Y. Yucel, Professor (Institute of Medical Science/Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology)
Lymphoma, glaucoma, retina, stroke, small blood vessel diseases (416-864-6060 Ext. 6755)
H. Zhang, Professor (Anesthesia/Institute of Medical Science/Physiology)
Atherosclerosis and inflammation (416-864-6060 Ext.6551)
*Associate member: supervises MSc students and participates in examinations and program committees.
Above details based on information currently available. Please advise the Program Office of any changes.
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Dr. Uwe Ackermann, Dept. of Physiology
Dr. Phillip Connelly, Dept. of Medicine
Dr. Michelle Letarte, Department of Medical Biophysics
Dr. C.C. Liew, Dept. of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology
Dr. P. McLaughlin, Dept. of Medicine
Dr. Donald A.G. Mickle, Dept. of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology
Dr. Lynda Mickleborough, Dept. of Surgery
Dr. Richard I. Ogilvie, Dept. of Pharmacology
Dr. Daniel Osmond, Dept. of Physiology
Dr. Malcolm Silver, Dept. of Pathology
Dr. Lee Adamson, Dept. of Physiology
Dr. Allan Adelman, Dept. of Medicine
Dr. Paul Armstrong, Dept. of Medicine
Dr. Peter Backx, Dept. of Physiology, Institute of Medical Science
Dr. Colin Bayliss, Dept. of Physiology
Dr. J. Belik, Professor, Institute of Medical Science
Dr. Michael Borger, Department of Surgery
Dr. Douglas Bradley, Dept. of Medicine
Dr. Dina Brooks, Associate Professor (Rehabilitation Sciences)
Dr. Robert Burns, Dept. of Medicine
Professor J. Butany, Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology
Christopher Caldarone, Institute of Medical Science
Dr. Davy Cheng, Dept. of Anesthesia
Professor S. Clarke, Faculty of Nursing
Professor Richard Cobbold, Institute of Biomedical Engineering
Professor F. Coceani, Physiology
Dr. G. Cohen, Surgery
Dr. Edward Conway, Institute of Medical Science
Dr. David Courtman, Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering
Dr. Jeffrey Edelson, Dept. of Medicine
Professor Ross Ethier, Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering
C.M. Feindel, Department of Surgery
Dr. Joel Fisher, Dept. of Physiology
Dr. John Flanagan, Institute of Medical Science, Faculty of Dentistry
C. Forrest, Institute of Medical Science
Dr. Christine Forester, Dept. of Pharmacology
J. Goodman, Kinesiology & Physical Education
Professor Len Goodman, Dept. of Exercise Sciences
Dr. G. Gross, Institute of Medical Science
Professor D. Hampson, Pharmaceutical Sciences
Dr. Patrick Hanly, Dept. of Medicine
Dr. Robert Hegele, Dept. of Medicine
Professor M. Hough, Institute of Medical Science
Eric Horlick, Institute of Medical Science
Dr. C. Hudson, Professor, Institute of Medical Science
Professor J. Irvine, Public Health Sciences
Robert Jankov, Department of Physiology
Dr. P.G. Kalman, Institute of Medical Science
Dr. Fred Keeley, Dept. of Laboratory Medicine
L. Langille, Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology
Dr. Helen Lenskyj, Dept. of Community Health
Professor V. Leytin, Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology
Dr. Samuel Lichtenstein, Institute of Medical Science
Dr. Peter Liu, Dept. of Physiology
Dr. Richard McLean, Dept. of Anesthesia
Dr. Patricia Murphy, Dept. of Anesthesia
D. Naylor, Institute of Medical Science/Medicine/Surgery
P. O'Brien, Dept. of Pharmaceutical Sciences
M. Ojha,Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering
Narinder Paul, Institute of Medical Science
Dr. Michael Plyley, Dept. of Exercise Sciences
Dr. Marlene Rabinovitch, Dept. of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology
Dr. Ivan Rebeyka, Institute of Medical Science
Dr. Richard Reeves, Dept. of Pharmacology
Dr. Jean Rouleau, Institute of Medical Science
Dr. Tomas Salerno, Institute of Medical Science
Dr. N.A. Shaikh, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology
Dr. Roy Shephard, Dept. of Exercise Science
Dr. Igor Sherman, Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering
Professor Frances Silverman, Dept. of Public Health, Inst. of Medical Science
Dr. Karl Skorecki, Institute of Medical Science
Dr. Michael Sole, Dept. of Physiology
Dr. Harald Sonnenberg, Dept. of Physiology
Dr. Len Schwartz, Department of Medicine
Dr. Duncan Stewart, Institute of Medical Science
S. Thomas, Kinesiology & Physical Education
Dr. Esme Fuller-Thomson, Social Work
Dr. George Tomlinson, Dept. of Public Health Sciences
Dr. Robert G. Tsushima, Institute of Medical Science
Dr. Jack Tu, Institute of Medical Science
Dr. Paul Walker, Institute of Medical Science
J. Watt-Watson, Nursing Science
Greg Wells, Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education
Dr. Peter Wells, Pharmaceutical Sciences
X-Y Wen, Institute of Medical Science
Dr. Lori West, Institute of Medical Science
Gregory Wilson, Dept of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology
Dr. Bernd Wintersperger, IMS/Medical Imaging
Dr. Tai-Wing Wu, Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology
Dr. Peter Zandstra, Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering
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