Clinical Assistant Professor
University of British Columbia
SportsCardiologyBC
Dr. James McKinney MD, FRCP(C) is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Division of Cardiology at the University of British Columbia. He is a member of the Canadian Cardiology Society Sports Group, and is the director of research at SportsCardiologyBC (www.sportscardiologybc.org). Dr. McKinney obtained his degree in medicine from the University of Toronto. He subsequently completed internal medicine and cardiology fellowship at the University of British Columbia. Dr. McKinney then completed subspecialty fellowships in cardiac rehabilitation at the University of Toronto and sports cardiology training in Rome, London U.K. and at UBC. Dr. McKinney’s clinical and research interests focus on: 1) improving the safety for all exercisers, 2) improving the safety of exercise in persons with underlying cardiac conditions, 3) examining potential negative cardiac effects of strenuous endurance exercise and 4) redefining and studying the role of pre-participation screening young and Masters athletes.
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Saturday, October 28, 2023
16:30 – 17:15 EST