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• Physician-in-Chief Department of Medicine , Providence Health Care
• Former Head, Department of Medicine, Providence Health Care
• Former Physician Program Director, Heart Centre at St. Paul’s Hospital
• Former Head, PHC Division of Cardiology at St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver BC
• Founding Medical Director of Heart Function Clinic, St. Paul’s Hospital
• Professor of Medicine (Cardiology), University of British Columbia
His areas of interest include management of severe heart failure and heart transplantation, including novel multidisciplinary approaches to the treatment of the disease with specialized clinics and quality improvement measures. Dr. Ignaszewski is the Director of the Heart Function Clinic at St. Paul’s Hospital and a former director of the UBC Heart Transplant Program at St. Paul’s Hospital.
Dr. Ignaszewski’s research interests are cardiac rehabilitation and prevention, heart failure and patient outcomes following various cardiovascular interventions. He has published 77 papers and 128 abstracts in these areas.
Dr. Ignaszewski is also involved in the teaching of medical students and medical residents at St. Paul’s Hospital. He has received teaching awards from the University of British Columbia such as Best Teacher during a clinical rotation, Excellence in Clinical Teaching Skills and Teacher of the Year Awards. He has also received an award for Excellence in health Promotion from Doctors of BC.
