Paul Albrechtsen Professor in Cardiac Prevention & Women's Health
St. Michael's Hospital
University of Toronto
BETH L. ABRAMSON MD MSC FRCPC FACC
Beth Abramson MD is Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto. She is the Paul Albrechtsen Professor in Cardiac Prevention and Women’s Health in the Division of Cardiology at St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto.
Her interest is in knowledge translation, including writing guidelines to educate physicians on preventive cardiology and women’s health issues:
2000 primary panel: CCS Women and Ischemic Heart Disease;
2005, 2022 co-chair: CCS Guideline on Peripheral Arterial Disease
2009, 2013 and 2021 primary panel: Canadian Menopause guidelines
2014 primary panel: Canadian guidelines for the management of stable ischemic heart disease.
Dr. Abramson’s has been involved in the North American Menopause Societys’ (NAMS) awareness efforts. She is a member of the American Society of Preventive Cardiology Women’s working group. She co-chaired the American College of Cardiology’s Hypertension working group. She is a member of the American College of Cardiology Prevention Council.
She is a founding member and inaugural Chair (2018-2020) of the Canadian Women's Heart Health Alliance Education Working group, which has created an electronic course and toolkit on Women and Heart Disease for MDs.
In 2015 she was awarded the prestigious Harold N. Segal award of Merit, in recognition of her many contributions to preventing heart disease amongst Canadians.
She enjoys educating the public on heart health. She is a national spokesperson for the Heart and Stroke Foundation. Her book, Heart Health for Canadians, aims to help people prevent and understand heart disease.
She currently directs a fellowship in Preventive Cardiology at the University of Toronto and has established an academic Cardiometabolic Clinic at St. Michael’s Hospital to close care gaps.
Disclosure information not submitted.
Thursday, October 26, 2023
11:00 – 11:45 EST
Thursday, October 26, 2023
12:30 – 13:30 EST
Saturday, October 28, 2023
16:30 – 17:15 EST