Biography
Dr Subodh Verma is a cardiac surgeon‐scientist at St Michael’s Hospital, Professor at the University of Toronto and the Canada Research Chair in Atherosclerosis. He has received the Howard Morgan Award for Distinguished Achievements in Cardiovascular Research and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada Gold Medal in Surgery. He is a member of the American Association of Thoracic Surgeons and the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists, Royal Society of Canada. Dr Verma has an h‐index of 61, with 14,482 total citations to 281 publications. Dr Verma spearheads the CardioLink clinical trials platform at St. Michael's Hospital and oversees a pre‐clinical research team that focuses on identifying novel biomarkers in cardiovascular health and developing innovative cardiovascular remedies.
Research Interest
Atherosclerosis,Thoracic Surgeons, Cardiovascular Health, Developing Innovative Cardiovascular Remedies.
Biography
Dr. Holmes special areas of interest include acute coronary syndromes, interventional cardiology, restenosis, vascular biology, and risk outcomes analysis. In addition, he has been involved in the development of new catheter designs for stroke prevention using left atrial appendage occlusion technology. He has been involved with the introduction and dispersion of transcatheter aortic valve replacement in the United States working with both ACC and the Society for Thoracic Surgery (STS). As part of that, he has been involved with regulatory agencies including FDA and CMS. This collaboration has led to the development of a working group on Early Feasibility Studies (EFS). Finally, he is involved in the development of continued application of percutaneous coronary intervention technology to noncoronary vascular beds.
Research Interest
Acute coronary syndromes, Interventional cardiology, restenosis, Vascular biology, and Risk outcomes analysis
Biography
Dr. Leigh J. Mack is currently the Director of Clinical Research for Emergency MCG (multifunction cardiogram using AI and large data for advanced diagnostics). He is also a graduate of USAT Montserrat; holding both a MD and PhD degrees. Dr. Mack has post graduate training in Nanotechnology (nanomedicine) fro University of Oxford. He trained at John Radcliffe Hospital (University of Oxford/NHS) in Trauma Plastics. Dr. Mack is a Certified Principal Investigator (CPI - ACRP); and a Fellow of the Academy of Physicians in Clinical Research. Recently, he assisted as a member of the ACRP Academy Standards Setting Committee for the new CPI exam. Dr. Mack served in the US Army National Guard for 7 years.
Research Interest
MCG Diagnostics of CAD/MACE,Pressure Ulcer (Stage 3) Healing Times, Alzheimer’s Class IV Laser Treatment.