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John Carter Callaghan, OC AOE (October 1, 1923 – April 6, 2004) was a Canadian cardiac surgeon who "pioneered open-heart surgery in Alberta" [1]. Born in Hamilton, Ontario on October 1, 1923, [2] he received his medical degree from the University of Toronto in 1946.
Richard Whitlock FRCSC is a Canadian cardiovascular surgeon and intensivist, the Canada Research Chair in Cardiovascular Surgery and a professor of surgery at McMaster University Medical School. He is most well known for being the principal investigator of the SIRS (Steroids in Cardiac Surgery) trial and the LAAOS III (Left Atrial Appendage ...
Peter Allen (December 13, 1921 – November 17, 2014) was a Canadian surgeon who played a leading role in improving cardiac surgery techniques. Along with Dr. Philip Ashmore, Dr. W.G. (Bill) Trapp and Dr. Ross Robertson, he performed the first Open Heart Surgery in British Columbia on 29 October 1957 at Vancouver General Hospital, by closing an Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) in 9 year old John ...
Dr. Jeremy London sees first-hand what heart disease, the world’s biggest killer, can do to a person’s health. As a board-certified cardiovascular surgeon who operates on diseased hearts, he ...
UOHI was founded in 1976 by Dr. Wilbert Keon, with financial support from the Ontario Ministry of Education.Keon worked with numerous partners, including all of the hospitals in the region, the University of Ottawa, and the Ottawa Hospital Regional District Planning council, to ensure the vision of a world-renowned institute would unfold as planned.
If your biggest concern about your heart is the burn you feel at 3 a.m., flip over to the left side and drift back to sleep. "Sleeping on the left side often helps with acid reflux," Dr. Vuppuluri ...
The MHI is founded in 1954 by Paul David, and along with the Ottawa Heart Institute is considered one of the largest cardiology institutes in the world, which is the first educational hospital on cardiovascular diseases in Canada, and is ranked as one of the largest preventive medicine centres in Quebec. [2]
Among the sleep-deprived participants, the highest amounts of compensatory sleep meant a 20% lower risk of heart disease. The data did not reveal differences between men and women.