The Division of Cardiac Surgery is dedicated to excellence in patient care, research and teaching. There is a strong academic commitment to clinical excellence and innovation, to research, and to teaching. The faculty members are all geographic full-time University appointees, and there is an exciting and growing research program in both basic science and clinical medicine.
Highlights
8 full time cardiac surgeons based at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute
2 full time cardiac surgeons at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario
2 PhD scientists working in the area of cardiovascular tissue engineering
1,700 open-heart procedures are performed annually at the Heart Institute
Complex adult cardiac surgery for Eastern Ontario and Western Québec performed exclusively at the Heart Institute
Many referrals from elsewhere in Ontario and across Canada
Largest heart transplant centre in Canada
Congenital heart surgery is performed at the CHEO for pediatric patients and at the Heart Institute for adults
The surgical procedures use state-of-the art techniques for the treatment of diseases of the heart and thoracic aorta
Specific clinical expertise includes:
mitral and aortic valve repair (referral and international postgraduate teaching centre)
transcatheter aortic valve implant (TAVI) and mitral repair (Mitraclip)
minimally invasive coronary surgery (MICS CABG) (referral and international postgraduate teaching centre)
minimally invasive valve repair (MICS MVr) and replacement (MICS AVR) (referral and international postgraduate teaching centre)
ventricular assist device (VAD) implantations
pulmonary thromboendarterectomy (PTE)
coronary artery bypass, multiarterial, both on-pump and off-pump, both conventional and minimally invasive
