Heather J. Ross
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Heather J. Ross | |
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| Born | |
| Known for | Heart Failure, Heart Transplantation, Test Your Limits |
| Awards | Member, Order of Canada
CCS Women in Cardiovascular Medicine/Science Mentorship Award, Canadian Heart Failure Society Annual Achievement Award. Canadian Medical Hall of Fame, ESC Inspirational Career Lecture, European Society of Cardiology. |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Women in Cardiology |
| Institutions | University of Toronto |
Heather Joan Ross is professor of medicine at the University of Toronto in Ontario, Canada.[1] Ross is a scientific lead for the Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research, the director of the Ted Rogers Centre of Excellence in Heart Function and Director of the Cardiac Transplant Program at Toronto General Hospital.[2] She has been the president of the Canadian Cardiovascular Society[3] and the Canadian Society of Transplantation.[4]
Education and early life
[edit]Ross was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. At age 11, she did a 100 km bicycle trip and since has been a parachutist, a mountain biker, a rock-climber, a skier and a triathlete.[5][6] She credits her grandfather and patients for motivating her to exercise and coined the slogan "your life is worth one hour a day".[5][7] After attending Queen's University for an undergraduate degree in biology, she went to the University of British Columbia for her medical degree and Dalhousie University for her specialization in cardiology. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship in heart failure/heart transplantation at Stanford University. In addition, she studied bioethics, obtaining a master's degree at the University of Toronto.[1]
Ross is a multi-instrumentalist, learning to play the saxophone, guitar and harmonica at a young age. She is currently the lead vocalist of an R&B band called "The Marginal Donors".[8][9] The band includes two of University Health Network's transplant surgeons, Dr. Mark Cattral and Dr. Paul Greig.[10]
Career
[edit]Ross began her career in 1996 at Toronto General Hospital's Peter Munk Cardiac Centre. By 2018, she was involved in the care of over 500 patients undergoing heart transplantation.[11] Ross specializes in issues related to end-of-life in patients with advanced heart failure, targeting gaps in end-of-life care. In 2006, Ross founded Test Your Limits, an organization that has raised over 2.5 million dollars for heart failure research and included expeditions to Antarctica (2006), Nepal (2008), North Pole (2010), South Pole (2013), Bhutan (2014), Nahanni (2015) and Tibet (2017).[12] She is the recipient of the Order of Canada(2021),[13] and the inaugural CCS Women in Cardiovascular Medicine/Science Mentorship Award.[14]
Research interests
[edit]Ross has authored over 340 peer-reviewed publications with an interest in end-of-life care, mobile health and outcomes in patients with advanced heart failure and heart transplantation.[15]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Heather Ross |". ims.utoronto.ca. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
- ^ "University of Toronto Faculty".
- ^ Kells, Cathy. "CCS President's Message". Canadian Cardiovascular Society. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
- ^ "CST Past Presidents". Canadian Society of Transplantation. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
- ^ a b "Physician's heart-healthy prescription: Exercise addiction". Retrieved 2018-01-23.
- ^ "Canada's greatest modern women explorers". Canadian Geographic. 2016-02-10. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
- ^ "Is Your Life Worth One Hour A Day?". Personal Health News. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
- ^ Smith, Michael (2006-01-17). "Transplant doctor climbs mountains". CNN. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
- ^ "Toronto's 30 Best Doctors". Toronto Life. 2014-03-05. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
- ^ "5th International Pub Night - Fresh Print Magazine". Fresh Print Magazine. 2014-04-25. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
- ^ "Paving the way to truly mend a broken (donor) heart in the future". www.uhn.ca. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
- ^ "Test Your Limits". tgwhfonline.ca. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
- ^ "The names and citations of the new members of the Order of Canada". Toronto Star. 30 December 2020.
- ^ https://twitter.com/pmunkcardiacctr/status/1319341341118287875?lang=en.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ pubmeddev. "heather ross - PubMed - NCBI". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
- Living people
- Canadian cardiologists
- Women cardiologists
- Canadian female triathletes
- Canadian multi-instrumentalists
- Members of the Order of Canada
- Physicians from Montreal
- Anglophone Quebec people
- University of British Columbia alumni
- Queen's University at Kingston alumni
- Dalhousie University alumni
- University of Toronto alumni
- Academic staff of the University of Toronto