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Marc Ruel
Marc Ruel, MD, MPH, FRCSC, FAHA, FCCS, FACC
Background
2002-: Attending Cardiac Surgeon, University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI)
2002-13: Lab Founder and Director, Laboratory Research, Division of Cardiac Surgery, UOHI (http://www.beatsresearch.com/)
2010-: Professor, Surgery and Cellular & Molecular Medicine, uOttawa
2013-23: M. Pitfield Chair, Professor, and Chief of Cardiac Surgery, UOHI and uOttawa (https://www.ottawaheart.ca/the-beat/news/dr-marc-ruel-reflects-11-years-...) (https://www.ottawaheart.ca/the-beat/news/dr-marc-ruel-advancing-care-and...)
2014-: Editor, Cardiovascular Surgery Themed Issue, Circulation (https://www.ahajournals.org/journal/circ)
2015-7: Chair, Council on Cardio-Vascular Surgery and Anesthesia, American Heart Association
2019-: Canadian Director, Society of Thoracic Surgeons (https://www.sts.org)
2020-: Associate Editor, Circulation (https://www.ahajournals.org/circ/editorial-board)
2020-22: President, Canadian Cardiovascular Society (www.ccs.ca)
2023-: Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery Chair & Professor, UOHI and uOttawa (https://www.ottawaheart.ca/test-procedure/minimally-invasive-cardiac-sur...)
Other Interests
MICS CABG: Non-Sternotomy Multiarterial Off-Pump Coronary Bypass Surgery
Robotic Cardiac Surgery
MICS Valve: Non-Sternotomy Valve Surgery
Extended Septal Myomectomy and Mitral Valve Repair for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Peer-to-Peer Teaching of Advanced MICS Techniques
Complex Redo Cardiac Surgery
Heart Transplantation and Ventricular Assist Devices
Outcomes and Quality
Surgical Innovation
Clinical Trials
Addressing Disparities in Cardiovascular Care
Ethics
Angiogenesis and Myocardial Regeneration
Research
See https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=ruel+m&sort=date (for exactness Ottawa or Boston should be listed as author's location)
Additional Educational Information
1990-1994: M.D. cum laude (uOttawa)
1994-2000: Resident in General Surgery (Université Laval) & Cardiac Surgery (uOttawa); FRCSC Board-Certified in Cardiac Surgery
2000-2002: Research Fellow in Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery, Angiogenesis & Vascular Biology (Harvard Medical School)
2001-2002: M.P.H. in Quantitative Methods (Harvard School of Public Health)
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Practice Areas
- Cardiac
- Minimally Invasive
- Robotic
- Coronary disease
- Endocarditis
- Heart failure
- Mechanical circulatory assistance
- Pericardium
- Valve disease
- Aortic valve disease
- Mitral valve disease
- Tricuspid valve disease
- Mechanical support and transplantation
- Transplant
- Heart Transplant
- Great vessels
- Aorta
- Education
- Professional Affairs
- Ethics
- Medical technology
- Basic science