Ontario Consortium for Cardiac Imaging

Ross A. Davies, M.D., F.R.C.P.(C), F.A.C.C. [UOHI]
Medical Director, Heart Transplant Program
Associate Professor of Medicine/Radiology (Cross-Appointment)
Division of Cardiology - University of Ottawa Heart Institute
H147C - 40 Ruskin Street, Ottawa, ON K1Y 4W7
Telephone: 613-761-4593; Fax: 613-724-6234
Email: radavies @ ottawaheart.ca
URL: University of Ottawa Heart Institute

Founding Director, Nuclear Cardiology, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, 1980-1998. Currently, the largest Nuclear Cardiology program in Canada.
Obtained IND (Investigational New Drug) licence for dipryridamole (Persantine) Thallium imaging (drug stress testing) then OHIP approval.
Founding member and Director of Canadian Nuclear Cardiology Society.
Developed Patient Database Management Software for the Heart Transplant Program.
Created Windows Database for Heart Transplant, Heart Failure and Artificial Heart Programs
Developed Windows based Patient Database Management Software including graphical data entry and display for coronary angiography and myocardial perfusion imaging.
Representative of CCS on ACC Database Committee since 1995.
Principal investigator of Health Infostructure Support Program grant from Health Canada ($450,000) Toward Development of a Canadian Cardiovascular Database, 1999-2000.
- A consortium of CCS, HSFC, LCDC and IBM, to link databases including CCN in Ontario, APPROACH in Alberta, BC Cardiac Registry, Nova Scotia, Quebec City.
- Representation from the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI), Statistics Canada, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) and Improve Cardiac Outcomes for Nova Scotia (ICONS).
Medical Director, Heart Transplant Program, founded with Dr. W. Keon and Dr. A. Koshal.
Co-chair, Clinical Ethics Committee, University of Ottawa Heart Institute.