Faculty – Vancouver SCAD Conference 2026

2026 faculty

VanSCAD & NOCAD 2026 · September 18–20, 2026

Vancouver faculty

Taira Birnie — VGH
Dr. Jocelyn Chai — UBC fellow
Dr. Savvas Nicolaou — VGH
Dr. Krishnan Ramanathan — SPH
Dr. Jacqueline Saw — VGH
Dr. Peter Skarsgard — VGH
Dr. Tara Sedlak — VGH
Dr. Carolyn Taylor — SPH
Dr. Darryl Wan — SPH
Dr. Cathevine Yang — VGH

US & Canadian faculty

Dr. John Blair — Univ. of Washington, Seattle
Dr. Laurie-Anne Boivin-Proulx — Univ. of Calgary
Dr. Robert Avram — Montreal Heart Institute
Dr. Catherine Boutet — New Brunswick Heart Centre
Dr. Katherine Edwards — Stanford University
Dr. Santhi Ganesh — Univ. of Michigan
Dr. Ana Iribaran — Cedars Sinai, LA
Dr. Daniella Kadian-Dodov — Mount Sinai, NY
Dr. Agnes Koczo — Pittsburgh, PA
Dr. Andrea Lavoie — Regina, SK
Pam Mace — FMDSA
Julia Henry — Cincinnati, OH
Dr. Timothy Henry — Cincinnati, OH
Dr. Mina Madan — Sunnybrook, Toronto
Dr. Sharon Mulvagh — Dalhousie Univ., Halifax
Dr. Christine Pacheco — CHUM, Montreal
Dr. Amelie Paquin — Univ. Laval, Québec
Dr. Odayme Quesada — Cincinnati, OH
Dr. Erick Schampaert — Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur, Montreal
Dr. Nandita Scott — Mass General Hospital
Dr. Olga Toleva — Georgia Heart Institute
Dr. Heather Tulloch — Univ. of Ottawa
Dr. Marysia Tweet — Mayo Clinic

View past faculty (2018–2025)

2025 faculty

Vancouver faculty

Taira Birnie (VGH)
Dr. Jocelyn Chai (UBC fellow)
Dr. Jasmine Grewal (SPH)
Dr. Savvas Nicolaou (VGH)
Dr. Krishnan Ramanathan (SPH)
Dr. Jacqueline Saw (VGH)
Dr. Peter Skarsgard (VGH)
Dr. Tara Sedlak (VGH)
Dr. Carolyn Taylor (SPH)
Emilie Theberge (VGH research coordinator)
Dr. Desiree Wussler
Dr. Cathevine Yang (UBC/Stanford fellow)

US & Canadian faculty

Dr. John Blair (Univ. of Washington, Seattle)
Dr. Laurie-Anne Boivin-Proulx (Univ. of Calgary)
Dr. Helen Curran (Halifax)
Dr. Santhi Ganesh (Univ. of Michigan)
Dr. Allison Hall (Newfoundland)
Dr. Andrea Lavoie (Regina, SK)
Pam Mace (FMDSA)
Dr. Timothy Henry (Cincinnati, OH)
Dr. Ana Iribaran (Cedars Sinai, LA)
Dr. Steven Miner (Southlake Regional, Toronto)
Dr. Christin Pacheco (CHUM, Montreal)
Dr. Amelie Paquin (Univ. Laval, Québec)
Dr. Erick Schampaert (Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur, Montreal)
Dr. Nandita Scott (Mass General Hospital)
Dr. Olga Toleva (Georgia Heart Institute)
Dr. Jennifer Tremmel (Stanford University)
Dr. Heather Tulloch (Univ. of Ottawa)
Dr. Marysia Tweet (Mayo Clinic)

International faculty

Dr. Sarah Zaman (Sydney, Australia)

2024 faculty (VanSCAD & NOCAD)

Vancouver faculty

Dr. Jason Andrade (VGH)
Taira Birnie (VGH)
Dr. Jocelyn Chai (UBC fellow)
Dr. Jungin Choi (UBC fellow)
Dr. Anthony Fung (VGH)
Dr. Jasmine Grewal (SPH)
Dr. Savas Nicolaou (VGH)
Dr. Jacqueline Saw (VGH)
Dr. Peter Skarsgard (VGH)
Dr. Tara Sedlak (VGH)
Emilie Theberge (VGH research coordinator)
Dr. Cathevine Yang (UBC/Stanford fellow)

Other Canadian & US faculty

Dr. John Blair (Univ. of Washington, Seattle)
Dr. Janine Eckstein (Univ. of Saskatchewan)
Dr. Santhi Ganesh (Univ. of Michigan) — virtual
Dr. Heather Gornik (University Hospital, Cleveland) — virtual
Dr. Andrea Lavoie (Regina, SK)
Pam Mace (FMDSA)
Dr. Judy Luu (McGill Univ., Montreal)
Dr. Mina Madan (Sunnybrook, Toronto) — virtual
Dr. Steven Miner (Southlake Regional, Toronto)
Dr. Christin Pacheco (CHUM, Montreal)
Dr. Amelie Paquin (Univ. Laval, Québec)
Dr. Harmony Reynolds (NYU, New York)
Dr. Erick Schampaert (Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur, Montreal)
Dr. Nandita Scott (Mass General Hospital)
Dr. Olga Toleva (Georgia Heart Institute)
Dr. Jennifer Tremmel (Stanford University)
Dr. Heather Tulloch (Univ. of Ottawa)
Dr. Marysia Tweet (Mayo Clinic) — virtual

International faculty

Dr. Stefan Blankenberg (Hamburg, Germany) — virtual

2023 faculty

Vancouver faculty

Dr. Jason Andrade (VGH)
Dr. Eve Aymong (SPH)
Taira Birnie (VGH)
Dr. Jungin Choi (UBC fellow)
Dr. Annie Chou (SPH)
Dr. Anthony Fung (VGH)
Dr. Savas Nicolaou (VGH)
Dr. Sophie Offen (VGH fellow)
Dr. Krishnan Ramanathan (SPH)
Dr. Claudia Reddavid (VGH fellow)
Dr. Jacqueline Saw (VGH)
Dr. Peter Skarsgard (VGH)
Dr. Tara Sedlak (VGH)
Dr. Cathevine Yang (UBC fellow)

Other Canadian & US faculty

Dr. Anita Asgar (Montreal Heart Institute)
Dr. Santhi Ganesh (Univ. of Michigan)
Dr. Martha Gulati (Cedar Sinai)
Dr. Andrea Lavoie (Regina, SK)
Dr. Timothy Henry (Cincinnati, OH)
Dr. Esther Kim (Vanderbilt University)
Pam Mace (FMDSA)
Dr. Mina Madan (Sunnybrook, Toronto)
Dr. Sharon Mulvagh (Dalhousie Univ., Halifax)
Dr. Jeffrey Olin (Mount Sinai, New York)
Dr. Nandita Scott (Mass General Hospital)
Dr. Olga Toleva (Emory University, Atlanta)
Dr. Jennifer Tremmel (Stanford University)
Dr. Heather Tulloch (Univ. of Ottawa)
Dr. Renu Virmani (CVPath Institute)
Dr. Malissa Wood (Mass General Hospital)
Dr. Tina Pittman-Wagers (Univ. of Colorado)

2022 faculty (virtual)

International faculty

Dr. David Adlam (UK)
Dr. Fernando Alfonso (Madrid, Spain)
Dr. Santhi Ganesh (Univ. of Michigan)
Dr. Brian Gohshhajra (Mass General Hospital)
Dr. Martha Gulati (Arizona)
Dr. Sharonne Hayes (Mayo Clinic)
Dr. Timothy Henry (Cincinnati, OH)
Dr. Esther Kim (Vanderbilt University)
Dr. Mark Lindsay (Mass General Hospital)
Dr. Cameron McAlister (New Zealand)
Dr. Roxana Mehran (Mount Sinai, New York)
Dr. Thomas Nestelberger (Switzerland)
Dr. Jeffrey Olin (Mount Sinai, New York)
Dr. Rohit Samuel (Adelaide, Australia)
Dr. Scott Sharkey (Minneapolis Heart Institute)
Dr. Nate Smilowitz (NYU, New York)
Dr. Jennifer Tremmel (Stanford University)
Dr. Marysia Tweet (Mayo Clinic)
Dr. Renu Virmani (CVPath Institute)
Dr. Malissa Wood (Mass General Hospital)
Dr. Tina Pittman-Wagers (Univ. of Colorado)
Dr. Janet Wei (Cedars Sinai, LA)
Dr. Sarah Zaman (Sydney, Australia)

Canadian faculty

Dr. Jason Andrade (VGH)
Taira Birnie (VGH)
Dr. Mina Madan (Sunnybrook, Toronto)
Dr. Sharon Mulvagh (Dalhousie University)
Dr. Jacqueline Saw (VGH)
Dr. Peter Skarsgard (VGH)
Dr. Tara Sedlak (VGH)

2021 faculty (virtual)

International faculty

Dr. David Adlam (UK)
Dr. Mesfer Alfadhel (New Zealand)
Dr. Fernando Alfonso (Madrid, Spain)
Dr. Nicolas Combaret (Paris, France)
Dr. Santhi Ganesh (Univ. of Michigan)
Dr. Brian Gohshhajra (Mass General Hospital)
Dr. Martha Gulati (Arizona)
Dr. Sharonne Hayes (Mayo Clinic)
Dr. Timothy Henry (Cincinnati, OH)
Dr. Taku Inohara (Tokyo, Japan)
Dr. Mark Lindsay (Mass General Hospital)
Dr. Angela Mass (Netherlands)
Dr. Cameron McAlister (New Zealand)
Dr. Jeffrey Olin (Mount Sinai, New York)
Dr. Aniket Puri (New Zealand)
Dr. Harmony Reynolds (NYU, New York)
Dr. Rohit Samuel (Adelaide, Australia)
Dr. Scott Sharkey (Minneapolis Heart Institute)
Dr. Jennifer Tremmel (Stanford University)
Dr. Marysia Tweet (Mayo Clinic)
Dr. Renu Virmani (CVPath Institute)
Dr. Malissa Wood (Mass General Hospital)
Dr. Tina Pittman-Wagers (Univ. of Colorado)
Dr. Sarah Zaman (Sydney, Australia)

Canadian faculty

Dr. Jason Andrade (VGH)
Taira Birnie (VGH)
Dr. Sharon Mulvagh (Dalhousie University)
Dr. Joel Price (VGH)
Dr. Jacqueline Saw (VGH) — course director
Dr. Tara Sedlak (VGH)

2019 faculty

Vancouver faculty

Dr. Jacqueline Saw (VGH) — course director
Dr. Sina Alipour (RCH)
Dr. Eve Aymong (SPH)
Dr. Matthew Bennett (VGH)
Taira Birnie (VGH)
Dr. Liam Brunham (SPH)
Dr. Annie Chou (SPH)
Dr. Anthony Fung (VGH)
Dr. Taku Inohara (VGH interventional fellow)
Dr. Ashkan Parsa (VGH interventional fellow)
Dr. Joel Price (VGH)
Dr. Tara Sedlak (VGH)
Dr. Andrew Starovoytov (VGH)
Dr. Graham Wong (VGH)

North American faculty

Dr. Santhi Ganesh (Univ. of Michigan)
Dr. Brian Gohshhajra (Mass General Hospital)
Dr. Sharonne Hayes (Mayo Clinic)
Dr. Daniel Kim (Univ. of Alberta)
Dr. Esther Kim (Vanderbilt University)
Katherine Leon (SCAD Alliance)
Pam Mace (FMDSA)
Dr. Sharon Mulvagh (Dalhousie University)
Dr. Stephane Rinfret (McGill University)
Dr. Olga Toleva (Univ. of Manitoba)
Dr. Jennifer Tremmel (Stanford University)
Dr. Renu Virmani (CVPath, Maryland)
Dr. Malissa Wood (Mass General Hospital)
Dr. Tina Pittman-Wagers (Univ. of Colorado)

2018 faculty

Vancouver faculty

Dr. Jason Andrade
Dr. Eve Aymong
Dr. Robert Boone
Dr. Liam Brunham
Dr. Joel Price
Taira Birnie
Dr. Anthony Fung
Dr. Kenneth Gin
Dr. Jasmine Grewal
Dr. Karin Humphries
Dr. Zachary Laksman
Dr. G.B. John Mancini
Dr. John Mayo
Dr. Peter Skarsgard
Dr. Jacqueline Saw
Dr. Tara Sedlak
Dr. Andrew Starovoytov
Dr. Carolyn Taylor
Dr. Graham Wong

Canadian faculty

Adrienne Bakker (CEO, BC & Yukon, Heart & Stroke)
Dr. Andrea Lavoie (Regina)
Dr. Mina Madan (Sunnybrook Hospital)
Dr. Tej Sheth (Hamilton)
Dr. Olga Toleva (Winnipeg)

United States & international faculty

Dr. Alex Abou-Chebl (Louisville, KY)
Dr. Heather Gornik (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)
Dr. Sharonne Hayes (Mayo Clinic)
Dr. Esther Kim (Vanderbilt University)
Dr. DJ Lakkireddy (Univ. of Kansas)
Katherine Leon (SCAD Alliance)
Dr. William Lombardi (Univ. of Washington)
Pam Mace (FMDSA)
Dr. Cameron McAlister (Christchurch, New Zealand)
Dr. Jennifer Tremmel (Stanford University)
Dr. Malissa Wood (Brigham & Women's)
Dr. Renu Virmani (CVPath Institute)
Dr. Tina Pittman-Wagers (Univ. of Colorado)