Executive Director, Keenan Research Center & Division Head, Cardiology
St.Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto
University of Toronto
Dr. Kim Connelly is a Cardiologist and Scientist who is both nationally recognized as an expert in echocardiography, cardiovascular MRI and the impact of diabetes upon cardiac function and ventricular remodeling. He runs a basic research laboratory at the Keenan Research Centre at St. Michael’s Hospital where he focuses upon basic mechanisms of disease–primarily around the role of pathological extracellular matrix accumulation with a focus upon translating discoveries into therapies in humans.
He has an H-index of 61 and i10-index of 187 (Google scholar), and his work has been cited >12098 times, with publications in journals such as the NEJM, Circulation, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Circulation Research, Diabetes, Cell Metabolism and Lancet Endocrinology and Diabetes. His work is diverse covering clinical guidelines statements, clinical trials, and preclinical studies along the themes of ventricular remodeling, diabetes, magnetic resonance imaging and echocardiography. He is a member of the editorial board of various journals such as The Canadian Journal of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Diabetology. He has received funding from the Heart and Stroke Foundation Canada, CIHR, Canadian Foundation of Innovation, Ministry of Ontario and industry sources, totally >$5 million as principal investigator. As a co-investigator, he has been part of >$20 million in funding, from the Ministry of Ontario, HSF, CIHR, CFI and industry sources.
Dr. Kim Connelly is the Executive Director of the Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science and holds the Keenan Chair in Research Leadership, and is the head of the Division of Cardiology, St. Michael’s hospital, Toronto.
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Friday, October 27, 2023
08:30 – 09:30 EST
Friday, October 27, 2023
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Saturday, October 28, 2023
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Sunday, October 29, 2023
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