Chief of Cardiology
CCS
University of Manitoba
Dr. Davinder S. Jassal was born in Thompson, Manitoba, obtained an International Baccalaureate Degree at Sisler High School in Winnipeg, and graduated from the University of Manitoba with an MD in 1998. He completed a residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Manitoba from 1998-2001 and then a residency in Adult Cardiology at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada from 2001-2004. Subsequently, he completed a clinical and research fellowship in multimodality cardiac imaging from 2004-2006, specializing in echocardiography, computed tomography, and MRI at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, US.
Dr. Jassal joined the University of Manitoba in 2006 as an Academic Clinician Scientist, where half of his time is devoted to patient care in the Coronary Care Unit and cardiac imaging and the other half devoted to translational research.
Currently, as a distinguished contributer to the field of noninvasive cardiovascular imaging, he holds numerous academic and administrative positions at the University of Manitoba. Dr. Jassal is Professor of Medicine, Radiology, and Physiology and Pathophysiology; Section Head of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Manitoba; and Principal Investigator of the Cardiovascular Imaging Laboratory in the Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences at the St. Boniface Albrechtsen General Hospital and Research Centre.
Dr. Jassal was awarded the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada New Investigator award, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada Mentor of the Year Award, Canadian Cardiovascular Society Young Investigator Award, the Liam Murphy Young Investigator Award from the Department of Internal Medicine, the University of Manitoba Rh Award for Outstanding Contributions to Scholarship and Research in the Health Sciences Category, Doctors Manitoba Scholastic Award, and the CSCI/RCPSC Henry Friesen award. With over 350 peer reviewed publications consisting of original research, editorials, chapters, and abstracts, he has published in the field of Cardio-Oncology.
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Saturday, October 28, 2023
15:15 – 16:15 EST
Sunday, October 29, 2023
08:30 – 09:15 EST