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LIBIN LIFE
Fresh perspective New leadership team to guide Libin Cardiovascular Institute Dr. Paul Fedak took over as director of the Libin Cardiovascular Institute in August 2019. He is a cardiac surgeon, researcher and educator, internationally recognized for his commitment to new surgical therapies for patients with advanced heart disease. An international speaker, journal editor and multiple-award-winning surgeon and researcher, Fedak was recruited to the University of Calgary as a surgeon-scientist. He is the director of the Marlene and Don Campbell Family Cardiac Research Laboratory at the Cumming School of Medicine (CSM) with a research interest in developing novel ways to treat cardiovascular disease. He has more than 150 peer-reviewed manuscripts, numerous published book chapters and over 10,000 citations of his work.
Director
Dr. Paul Fedak, MD, PhD
In his role, Dr. Fedak is responsible for realizing the Institute’s vision of precision cardiovascular health, internationally recognized and funded research, and multidisciplinary educational programs that attract quality learners. By promoting integration of the state-of-the-art enabling platforms within the Libin Cardiovascular Institute with clinical operations, he hopes to improve value and patient-centered care.
Physician and clinical investigator Dr. Nowell Fine is taking on the Libin Cardiovascular Institute’s newly created role of clinical director. He is an assistant clinical professor and the director of Calgary’s Echocardiography Laboratory and the Core Echocardiography Laboratory at the CSM. Fine is also a busy cardiologist who specializes in heart failure and echocardiography with a particular interest in infiltrative cardiomyopathies, a group of diseases characterized by abnormal substances, such as proteins, being deposited in the heart tissues. He is also interested in developing innovative ways to use echocardiography and other forms of cardiac imaging to guide clinical decision making. Fine has published more than 60 journal articles. He is involved in national and international medical societies focusing on heart failure and cardiac imaging.
Clinical Director Dr. Nowell Fine, MD
Fine views his new role as an opportunity to promote the world-class health care and academic programs provided by members of the Libin Institute. He also hopes to foster mentorship opportunities and collaborations within the institute to enhance research.
