Improving Clinical Outcomes with Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement - The Role of Multidetector CT
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GRAND ROUNDS: Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging
Jonathon Leipsic, MD
Vice-Chair, Research
Department of Radiology
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
Jonathon A. Leipsic, M.D., F.R.C.P.C. F.S.C.C.T is the Chairman of the Department of Radiology for Providence Health Care and the Vice Chairman of Research for the UBC Department of Radiology. He is the Assistant Professor of Radiology and is also appointed in the Division of Cardiology with the University of British Columbia. He acts as the co-director of Advanced Cardiac Imaging for the Providence Health Care Heart Center at St. Paul’s Hospital. Dr. Leipsic is actively involved in cardiac CT and MR research with prior involvement in a multi-center trial evaluating coronary CT angiography vs. QCA. Dr. Leipsic has over 150 peer reviewed manuscripts in press or in print including over 25 on the topic of MDCT for TAVR and over 150 scientific abstracts. These include, but are not limited to, diagnostic performance and radiation reduction as well as CT to guide minimally invasive valve intervention. He speaks internationally on a number of cardiovascular imaging subjects, He is currently on the executive committee for the Society of Cardiovascular CT and serves as the Vice President. He also chairs the Canadian International Regional Committee for the SCCT. Dr Leipsic serves as a reviewer for numerous cardiac imaging journals and is also the director for the Advanced Cardiac Imaging fellowship at the Heart Center at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver.
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GRAND ROUNDS: Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging
Jonathon Leipsic, MD
Vice-Chair, Research
Department of Radiology
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
Jonathon A. Leipsic, M.D., F.R.C.P.C. F.S.C.C.T is the Chairman of the Department of Radiology for Providence Health Care and the Vice Chairman of Research for the UBC Department of Radiology. He is the Assistant Professor of Radiology and is also appointed in the Division of Cardiology with the University of British Columbia. He acts as the co-director of Advanced Cardiac Imaging for the Providence Health Care Heart Center at St. Paul’s Hospital. Dr. Leipsic is actively involved in cardiac CT and MR research with prior involvement in a multi-center trial evaluating coronary CT angiography vs. QCA. Dr. Leipsic has over 150 peer reviewed manuscripts in press or in print including over 25 on the topic of MDCT for TAVR and over 150 scientific abstracts. These include, but are not limited to, diagnostic performance and radiation reduction as well as CT to guide minimally invasive valve intervention. He speaks internationally on a number of cardiovascular imaging subjects, He is currently on the executive committee for the Society of Cardiovascular CT and serves as the Vice President. He also chairs the Canadian International Regional Committee for the SCCT. Dr Leipsic serves as a reviewer for numerous cardiac imaging journals and is also the director for the Advanced Cardiac Imaging fellowship at the Heart Center at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver.