About Us

MEDICAL STAFF

NUCLEAR MEDICINE PHYSICIANS

Kathy Yip, M.D., F.R.C.P. (C), Medical Director

B.Sc. University of Manitoba, Gold Medal award for highest standing in Faculty of Sciences.
M.D. degree at the University of Toronto.
Awarded the highest standing in Internal Medicine in the graduating year.
Admitted as a Fellow into the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in both Nuclear Medicine and Internal Medicine.
Active staff in the Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology at the Toronto General Hospital/ The Toronto Hospitals 1986-1992.
Lecturer and Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto 1986-1992.
Program Director of Nuclear Medicine Residency Training Program at the University of Toronto 1992.
Medical Director of Nuclear Medicine for the Toronto General Hospital teaching program for the Michener Institute of Technology 1986-1992.
Medical Director, KMH Cardiology & Diagnostic Centres, 1992- present.
1997 Chair, Section on Nuclear Medicine, Ontario Medical Association.
1997-1998 past Chair, Section on Nuclear Medicine, Ontario Medical Association.

Sylvain Houle, M.D., Ph.D., F.R.C.P. (C)

Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering.
M.D. degree at the University of Toronto.
Completed residency in Nuclear Medicine at the University of Toronto.
Admitted as a Fellow into the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in Nuclear Medicine.
Director of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology at the Toronto General Hospital / The Toronto Hospitals from 1982-1992.

 

CARDIOLOGISTS

Mississauga

Arvinder Grover, M.D., F.R.C.P. (C), F.A.C.C.

M.D. degree at the University of Toronto.
Completed residencies in Internal Medicine at the University of Toronto and Cardiology at McMaster University.
Admitted as a Fellow into the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in both Cardiology and Internal Medicine.
Admitted as a Fellow into the American College of Cardiology.
Dr. Grover is the Staff Cardiologist at Credit Valley Hospital and is the Director of the International Heart Institute.

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Young Choi, M.D.

Medical degree achieved at University of Toronto 1991.
Completed residency in 1995 at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario.
Program Director, International Heart Institute, Mississauga, since 1997.

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James Johnston, M.D., F.A.S.C.C., F.S.C.A.I.

Doctorate of Medicine achieved at St. George’s University School of Medicine, Grenada, West Indies, 1987
Completed a fellowship in Internal Medicine in 1990 and a fellowship in Cardiovascular Diseases in 1993 from the State University of New York
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Interventional Cardiologist, Medical University of South Carolina, 1993 -1995.
Director of Cardiology, Hilton Head Regional Medical Centre, 1995 – 2000
President, Diagnostic & Interventional Cardiovascular Diseases, at Hilton Head Heart, 2000 – 2005
Medical Consultant, Diagnostic Imaging, Digital Telehealth Inc, 2006 – present
Cardiologist, Diagnostic Imaging, International Heart Institute, 2007 to present.

Referral Form - Mississauga

 

Toronto

Sidney O. Gottlieb, M.D., F.A.C.C.

M.D. degree (magna cum laude) achieved at Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, 1979
Completed residencies in Internal Medicine at The Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore, Maryland, 1981
Completed a fellowship in Cardiology at The Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore, Maryland, 1983
Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Greater Baltimore Medical Centre, 1984 - 1990
Associate Program Director of the General Clinical Research Centre at the National Institute of Health Francis Scott Key Medical Centre 1984 - 1990
Associate Professor of Medicine at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1990
Director of Preventive Cardiology, The Henry Ciccarone Preventive Cardiology Center The Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1990 -1991
Founding Partner and Medical Director of Clinical Research of the Midatlantic Cardiovascular Associates in Baltimore, Maryland. U.S., 1991 - 2005
Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, 1997- 2005
Director of Cardiology Cleveland Clinic Canada Toronto Health and Wellness Centre Toronto, Ontario, 2006 -2008
Cardiologist, International Heart Institute and KMH Cardiology & Diagnostic Centres, 2010

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North York

Robert Myers, M.D., F.R.C.P. (C)

M.D. degree at the University of Manitoba.
Completed residencies in Internal Medicine and Cardiology at the University of Toronto.
Admitted as a Fellow into the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in both Cardiology and Internal Medicine.
Fellowship in Cardiology at the Boston University Medical Centre.
Staff Cardiologist and Director of Astra-Zeneca Congestive Heart Failure
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Peer Assessor for College of Physicians & Surgeons of Ontario.

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Markham

Jonathan Bishinsky, M.D., F.R.C.P. (C)

M.D., C.M. degree at McGill University, Montreal, Quebec.
Completed residency in Internal Medicine at Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal.
Admitted as a Fellow into the Royal College of Physicians (Internal Medicine) in 1989.
Member of the American Board of Internal Medicine since 1989.
Staff positions held at Tillsonburg District Memorial Hospital, York Central Hospital and Southlake Hospital, 1991 - present
Medical Director at York Cardiovascular Centre, Markham, 2005 to present.

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Scarborough

Jenny Wu, M.D., F.A.C.C.

M.D. degree at University of Miami, in Miami, Florida, 1994.
Completed residency at the University of Michigan Hospitals in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Completed a Cardiology fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Cleveland, Ohio.
Member of the American College of Cardiology since 1997.
Member of the American Heart Association from 2001-2004.
Member of the American Society of Echocardiography since 2003.
Prior to joining KMH she served as Senior Staff Cardiologist at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan, as Regional Medical Director of outpatient cardiology at the Henry Ford Health Systems in Livonia.
Her previous experiences also include Staff Echocardiography Reader, Attending/Staff and Attending/Adjunct at the William Beaumont Hospital in Troy, Michigan, and also as consultant cardiologist at Academic Cardiology
Associates private practice group in Troy, Michigan.
Cardiologist, International Heart Institute, 2010.

Referral Form - Scarborough

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Kitchener

James Johnston, M.D., F.A.S.C.C., F.S.C.A.I.

Doctorate of Medicine from St. George’s University School of Medicine, Grenada, West Indies, 1987
Completed a fellowship in Internal Medicine in 1990 and a fellowship in Cardiovascular Diseases in 1993 from the State University of New York
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Interventional Cardiologist, Medical University of South Carolina, 1993 -1995.
Director of Cardiology, Hilton Head Regional Medical Centre, 1995 – 2000
President, Diagnostic & Interventional Cardiovascular Diseases, at Hilton Head Heart, 2000 – 2005
Medical Consultant, Diagnostic Imaging, Digital Telehealth Inc, 2006 – present
Cardiologist, Diagnostic Imaging, International Heart Institute, 2007 to present.

Referral Form - Kitchener

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CARDIOVASCULAR SURGEON CONSULTATIONS

Gideon Cohen, M.D., F.R.C.S. (C)

Medical degree from the University of Toronto in 1992.
Surgical resident, University of Toronto, enrolled in Surgical Scientist Program in 1995.
Completed Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in molecular biology while pursuing research in the Cardiovascular Sciences Collaborative Program.
Numerous resident awards achieved including Wilfred G. Bigelow Award in Cardiac Surgery, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Canadian Research Award for Specialty Residents, and the Harrison Teaching Award.
Completed Cardiovascular Surgical residency in 2001 at the University of Toronto.
Chief Cardiac Surgical Fellow at the Cleveland Clinic and was awarded Cleveland Clinic Surgical Excellence Award as outstanding fellow for 2001.
Assistant Professor to Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and joined Cardiac Surgical Staff at the Schulich Heart Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centres, 2002.
Renowned for minimally invasive valvular and mitral surgery, arrhythmia surgery and re-operative coronary bypass surgery.
Performed first modified Maze procedure in Canada in 2003.

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George Christakis, M.D., F.R.C.S. (C)

Medical degree from the University of Toronto in 1989
Admitted as a Fellow into the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons for Cardiovascular Surgery in 1989.
Since 2004, a Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto.
Consultant, Cardiovascular Surgery, Sunnybrook & Women’s College Health Sciences Centre, 1990 to present.
Senior Scientist, Heart and Circulation Program, Sunnybrook & Women’s College Health Sciences Centre, since 1997.

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