Cardiologist
Jewish General Hospital
McGill University
Dr. Jonathan Afilalo is a cardiologist and researcher at the Jewish General Hospital, and a tenured associate professor at McGill University. He holds a graduate degree in epidemiology from McGill University and level III training in advanced cardiac imaging from Harvard University. His research program is focused on the assessment and treatment of frailty to improve health-related outcomes and successful aging in older adults with cardiovascular disease. He led the first (JACC 2010) and largest (JAMA Cardiology 2016) studies on gait speed in cardiac surgery, and subsequently led the multi-national FRAILTY-AVR study (JACC 2017). He recently concluded the TARGET-EFT (JAGS 2023) and PERFORM-TAVR randomized clinical trials on exercise and nutrition interventions in frail older adults. Dr. Afilalo (@FrailtyMD) works with collaborators and trainees from medicine, epidemiology, biomedical engineering, data science, and exercise science. His team has developed AI-powered software (coreslicer.com) to automate measures of frailty and body composition for clinicians. These contributions have been recognized by awards from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, Canadian Cardiovascular Society, and American College of Cardiology. He has also contributed to international guidelines in the fields of echocardiography and cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging. Dr. Afilalo is founding director of Canada’s first fellowship program in Geriatric Cardiology, and co-director of the Jewish General Hospital’s fellowship program in Integrated Cardiac Imaging.
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Saturday, October 28, 2023
15:15 – 16:00 EST