The Department of Medicine is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Jasmine Grewal as Head, Division of Cardiology, for a five-year term effective February 16, 2023
Dr. Grewal is a Clinical Professor of Medicine and Director of the Cardiac Obstetrics Program and the Virani Provincial Adult Congenital Heart Program (V-‐PACH). She serves as President of the Canadian Adult Congenital Heart Network, Annual Meeting Chair of the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress, and Past President of the Alliance for Adult Research in Congenital Cardiology.
Dr. Grewal has fellowship training in adult congenital heart disease/pregnancy and heart disease (Toronto General Hospital) and echocardiography (Mayo Clinic, Rochester). She focuses her clinical time on caring for adults with congenital heart disease, pregnant women with cardiac disease, echocardiography, and in the St. Paul’s Hospital Cardiac Intensive Care Unit. Dr. Grewal is actively engaged in clinical research as a primary and co-investigator in numerous single-centre and multi-centre research studies in congenital heart disease and pregnancy, and heart disease. Dr. Grewal is involved in teaching at all levels, including undergraduate clinical skills, resident academic half-day, and supervising medical students, internal medicine residents, Echo Fellows, and Cardiology Fellows for research projects.
Please join me in congratulating Dr. Grewal on her appointment and wishing her all the best in her new role.
At this time, I also want to express my heartfelt thanks to Dr. Andrew Krahn for his outstanding leadership of the Division of Cardiology from August 2012 until the present.
Sincerely,
Anita Palepu, MD, MPH, FRCPC, MACP
Professor and Eric W. Hamber Chair
Head, Department of Medicine
University of British Columbia
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