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Supporting those affected by Pulmonary Hypertension
PH Treatment Centres in Canada
Alberta
Calgary
Pulmonary Hypertension Clinic
Sunridge Landing, Room 149
Peter Lougheed Hospital
3500 - 26 ave NE
Calgary, Alberta
T1Y 6J4
403-943-4723
fax 403-943-4320
Physicians: Dr. Doug
Helmersen
Dr.
Sid Viner
Dr.
Naushad Hirani
Clincal Coordinator: Joanne Cabrera
RN
Edmonton
Pulmonary Hypertension Program
WMC 2C2
University of Alberta
8440-112 St.
Edmonton, Alberta
T6G 2B7
Phone: (780) 407-8994
Fax: (780) 407-3374
Physicians: Dr. Evangleos Michelakis (cardiology)
Dr. Dale Lien (pulmonology)
Coordinator: Linda Webster
British
Columbia
Vancouver
Dr. Robert Levy
Respiratory Division
Dr John Swiston
The Diamond Health Care Centre
7th floor -
2775 Laurel Street
VancouverBC
V5Z 1M9
604-875-4323
Dr. David Ostrow
Professor of Medicine, UBC
Vice President
Clinical Services – Group 111
The Diamond Health Care Centre
7th floor -
2775 Laurel Street
VancouverBC
V5Z 1M9
604-875-4323
Vancouver PH Clinic
Clinical Coordinator - Carol Storseth RN
The Diamond Health Care Centre
7th floor
2775 Laurel Street
VancouverBC
V5Z 1M9
604-875-4323
Dr. George Sandor(Pediatric Specialist)
Children’s Heart Centre
BC Children’s Hospital
4480 Oak Street
VancouverBC
V6H 3V4
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Dr. Zoheir Bshouty
Respirologist, Division of Respirology
Health Sciences Centre
820 Sherbrook Street
Winnipeg, Manitoba
R3A 1R9
204-787-1059
New Brunswick
Moncton
Dr. Peter Docherty (Rheumatologist) Dr. Mohammad Sabir Chaudhry (Respirologist)
MonctonHospital
135 Mac Beath Avenue
Moncton, New Brunswick
E1C 6Z8
Newfoundland
St. John's
Dr. Nigel Duguid, Respirologist
St. Clare’s Mercy Hospital
154 LeMarchant Road
St. John’sNewfoundland
A1C 5B8
Nova Scotia
Halifax
Dr. Paul Hernandez
Dr. Colm McParland
Queen Elizabeth 11 Health Sciences Centre
New Halifax Infirmary
4th Floor
1796 Summer Street
Halifax, Nova Scotia
B3H 3A7
902-473-6202
Kelly Saunders BN,RN
PAH Program Nurse
QEII Health Sciences Centre
Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre-Rm 245
1341 Summer Street
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4K4
Pager: 1651
tel: (902) 473-3841
fax: (902) 473-7019
E-mail: kelly.saunders@cdha.nshealth.ca
Ontario
London
Dr. Sanjay Mehta
London Health Sciences Centre
Victoria Campus – 375 South Street
London, Ontario N6A 4G5
519- 667-6767
Toronto
Program director: Dr. John Granton
Program and clinical coordinator: Mary McCarthy
Toronto GeneralHospital
585 University Avenue
phone 416 340 4485
fax 416 340 3359
referrals to specialists in Ontario must be from a physician (i.e.
a patient cannot self-refer)
referrals to the PH clinic must be accompanied by echo report(s) and
all other investigations (on disc, preferably)
Dr. Tilman Humpl, Critical Care (Pediatrics)
The Hospital for Sick Children
555 University Avenue
Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8
416-813-6477
Janette T. Reyes, RN, BScN, MN, ACNP
Clinical Nurse Specialist/Nurse Practitioner
Pulmonary Hypertension, Cardiac Program
The Hospital for Sick Children, Cardiac Clinic
555 University Avenue
Toronto, Ontario
M5G 1X8
Tel: (416) 813-7408
Fax: (416) 813-7299
Dr. Duncan Stewart
(he is doing research for a cure for PH)
St. Michael’s Hospital
30 Bond Street
Room 7-081, Queen Wing
Toronto, Ontario
M5B 1W8
Phone: 416-864-5724
Quebec
Montreal
Centre des Maladies Vasculaires Pulmonaires
Hôpital Général Juif Sir Mortimer
B. Davis
Suite E-258
3755 chemin de la Côte-Ste-Catherine,
Montréal, Québec
H3T 1E2
Tel: 514-340-7531
Fax: 514-340-7534
Center for Pulmonary Vascular Disease
Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital
3755 Cote Ste Catherine Road, Suite E-258
Montreal, QC H3T 1E2
Physicians
David Langleben, M.D.
Email: david.langleben@mcgill.ca
Andrew Hirsch, M.D.
Email: ahirsch@pne.jgh.mcgill.ca
Murray Baron, M.D.
Email: mbaron@rhu.jgh.mcgill.ca
Richard Sheppard, M.D.
Email: richard.sheppard@mcgill.ca
Judith Therrien, M.D.
Email: jtherrrien@cardio.jgh.jgh.mcgill.ca
Coordinators:
Eileen Shalit BN RN,
Cardiology Research Coordinator
SMBD Jewish General Hospital
3755 Côte Ste Catherine Road, Suite E-236
Montreal, QC H3T 1E2
Tel: 514 340-8222 ext. 5377
Fax: 514-340-7534
Email: eshalit@cardio.jgh.mcgill.ca
Lyda Lesenko, R.N.
(same address/telephone number as above)
Email: llesenko@cardio.jgh.mcgill.ca
Sainte-Foy
Dr. Steve Provencher
LavalHospital
2725, chemin Sainte-Foy
Sainte-FoyQC
G1V 4G5
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