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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. Michael McDonald (Co-Chair), Staff Physician/Specialist, Heart Transplant Clinic, UHN - Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario
VACANT | (Co-Chair)
Dr. Mustafa Toma, Director, Advanced Heart Failure/Transplantation Fellowship Program, Division of Cardiology, VCH/PHCA - St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia
Dr. Brian Clarke, Cardiologist, Cardiac Sciences, Transplant, Heart Failure, Intervention, AHS - Foothills Medical Centre Calgary, Alberta
Dr. Daniel Kim, Medical Co-Director, Cardiology, AHS - University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta
Dr. (Stephen) Allan Schaffer, Associate Director, Acute Cardiac Care Unit, WRHA – St. Boniface General Hospital, Winnipeg, Manitoba
TBD Manitoba
Dr. Anne Dipchand, Associate Director, Transplant Centre University Health Network, Hospital for Sick Children, 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. Michel Carrier, Surgical Director, Heart Transplant Program, University of Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Quebec
Dr. Nadia Giannetti, Medical Director, Heart Failure & Heart Transplant, MUHC - Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, Quebec
Dr. Kim Anderson, Cardiologist, NSHA - QEII Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Peggy John, Associate Director, Program Operations, OTDT, Canadian Blood Services
Clay Gillrie, Associate Director, Interprovincial Organ Sharing, OTDT, Canadian Blood Services
Fatima Dharsee, Program Manager, Canadian Blood Services
Sean Delaney, Sr. Advisor, Listing and Allocation, Canadian Blood Services
Last updated August 2022