Director, Interventional Cardiology Division, Montreal Heart Insitute,
University of Montreal
Université de Montréal
Dr. Jean-François Tanguay MD, FRCPC, FCCS, FACC, FAHA, FESC, is an expert in Interventional Cardiology with a strong interest in translational research. He is involved in undergraduate and postgraduate medical training and education.
Dr. Tanguay is Director of the Interventional Cardiology Division at the MHI and Clinical Cardiologist, combining work in the CCU and the catheterization laboratory. He is Full Professor of Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine of the Université de Montréal and holds the Desgroseillers-Bérard Research Chair in Interventional Cardiology.
President of the Canadian Interventional Cardiology Association (2002-2005) and Director of the Interventional Cardiology Montreal Symposium (2004-2015). He was Co-Chair of the CCS Anti Platelet Guidelines Committee and their guidelines’ recommendations were published in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology in 2011, 2013, and 2018.
His research focused on understanding the interactions between platelets, leukocytes and endothelial cells in order to improve vascular healing. Dr. Tanguay’s investigations brought promising discoveries related to the specific contribution of estrogen receptors in vascular healing. During his fellowship, Dr Tanguay studied the early prototypes of bioresorbable drug eluting stents platforms in pre-clinical and thrombosis models. With his colleagues at MHI, he performed the first coronary implantation of a drug-eluting bioresorbable scaffold (ABSORB) in North-America.
Dr. Tanguay is member of steering committees for NIH-, CIHR- and industry-sponsored clinical trials. He has written more than 250 papers in peer-reviewed journals, 6 book chapters & guidelines, and more than 250 abstracts & posters. He has given more than 300 invited lectures or oral presentations at national and international scientific meetings.
In addition to his clinical, teaching and research background, he is the father of four sons, and has been happily married for 31 years.
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Saturday, October 28, 2023
15:15 – 16:15 EST