Surgery - Thoracic
Surgery - Cardio
Special Interests
Mitral Valve Repair
Tricuspid Valve Repair
Surgery for Atrial Fibrillation
Aortic Valve Surgery
Education
July 1999 to April 2000
Fellowship, Heart Valve Surgery
The International Heart Institute of Montana
Missoula, Montana, USA
Clinical Focus - valve conservation techniques and homograft/autograft replacement techniques.
Clinical Research - mitral valve repair and tricuspid valve repair.
Laboratory Research - novel valve preservation techniques and bioprosthetic vascular conduits.
1996-1999
Resident, Cardiovascular Surgery
McGill University
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1993-1996
Resident, General Surgery
McGill University
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Edward Charette Research Prize, June 1996 for "Delayed xenograft rejection: characterization of mechanism and effect of T and B cell immunosuppression in a discordant model"
1989-1993
MD, CM
McGill University
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Robert Forsyth Prize in Surgery
Vice-President Publications, Medical Students Society Executive
Editor-in-chief, The Tablet, medical school newspaper
Editor-in-chief, Discharge Summary, Yearbook, 1993
1985-1989
B.Sc., Life Sciences, Honours Degree
Queen's University
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Queen's First Class Honours Graduate.
Senator Frank Carrel Entrance Scholarship, 1985-1989.
Queen's Frank Carrel Upper Year Scholarship, 1986-1989.
NSERC summer research grant, 1988: Isolation of complement component C9 in the bovine species.
News Editor, Tricolour Yearbook, 1989.
Society Memberships
Canadian Medical Association (Quebec)
American College of Surgeons, Associate Fellow
Montana Medical Association (current medical license)
Medical Affiliations
The International Heart Institute of Montana
St. Patrick Hospital
Missoula, MT
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