Heart Transplant Advisory Committee (HTAC)

The Heart Transplant Advisory Committee (HTAC) provides advice on heart donation and transplantation, clinical policy and practice issues including registries development and improvement, and operation of the interprovincial heart program.

Heart Transplant Advisory Committee (HTAC) Members

Dr. Mustafa Toma, Chair I Director, Advanced Heart Failure/Transplantation Fellowship Program, Division of Cardiology, VCH/PHCA - St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia

TBD I Vice-Chair

Dr. Phyllis Billia, CCTN Representative, Toronto, ON

Dr. Daniel Kim, Medical Co-Director, Cardiology, AHS - University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta

Dr. Brian Clarke, Associate Professor, UBC Cardiology, St. Paul’s Hospital, Providence Health, Vancouver, British Columbia

Dr. Robert Miller, Clinical Associate Professor, Director Nuclear Cardiology and Cardiac CT, Department of Cardiac Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta

Dr. (Stephen) Allan Schaffer, Associate Director, Acute Cardiac Care Unit, WRHA – St. Boniface General Hospital, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Dr. Ryan Davey, Associate Professor, Cardiology, Advanced Heart Failure, Transplant, and Pulmonary Hypertension, London Health Sciences Centre - University Hospital, London, Ontario

Dr. Anne Dipchand, Associate Director, Transplant Centre University Health Network, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario

Dr. Michael McDonald Staff Physician/Specialist, Heart Transplant Clinic, UHN - Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario

Dr. Vivek Rao, Surgical Director, Heart Transplant Program, University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario

Dr. Sharon Chih, Cardiologist, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario

Dr. Mark Liszkowski, Director, Heart Failure & Transplant, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Québec

Dr. Pierre-Emmanuel Noly, Cardiologist, Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Québec

Dr. Christine Bourgault, Cardiology, Critical Care Medicine, Québec Heart and Lung Institute, Québec, Québec

Dr. Kim Anderson, Cardiologist, NSHA - QEII Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia

CANADIAN BLOOD SERVICES REPRESENTATION

Peggy John | Director, Organ & Tissue Donation & Transplantation, Canadian Blood Services, Vancouver, British Columbia

Machivei Danha | Associate Director, Interprovincial Organ Sharing, Organ & Tissue Donation & Transplantation, Canadian Blood Services, Toronto, Ontario

Fatima Dharsee | Program Manager, Canadian Blood Services, Vancouver, British Columbia

Last updated July 2025