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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. Brian Clarke, Chair, Associate Professor, UBC Cardiology, St. Paul’s Hospital, Providence Health, Vancouver, British Columbia
Dr. Mustafa Toma, Director, Advanced Heart Failure/Transplantation Fellowship Program, Division of Cardiology, VCH/PHCA - St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia
Dr. Daniel Kim, Medical Co-Director, Cardiology, AHS - University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta
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. Michel Carrier, Surgical Director, Heart Transplant Program, University of Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Québec
Dr. Nadia Giannetti, Medical Director, Heart Failure & Heart Transplant, MUHC - Royal Victoria Hospital, 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
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
Last updated May 2023