Cardiologist
University of Ottawa Heart Institute/Cleveland Clinic Foundation
University of Ottawa Heart Institute/Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Dr. Tahir Kafil completed his Internal Medicine Residency and Adult Cardiology Fellowship at Western University. He subsequently completed his Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation Fellowship at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute. During his time in Ottawa he helped establish the Post-Vaccine Myopericarditis Clinic. He is a co-Investigator in the CIHR-funded COVID-VIHPR study assessing rare cardiovascular complications of COVID-19 vaccination. For his research work he was awarded the prestigious Myocarditis Foundation's Fellowship Grant. He is presently pursuing further training in Echocardiography and Advanced Cardiac Imaging at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Cleveland, USA. His research interests are in myopericarditis, cardiovascular manifestations of autoimmune diseases, and Cardiac Sarcoidosis.
Thursday, October 27, 2022
3:15 PM – 4:00 PM EDT