Dr George Thanassoulis, MD, MSc, FRCP(C)

Professor of Medicine and Director of Preventive and Genomic Cardiology, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, QC, Canada

Dr Thanassoulis is the Director of Preventive and Genomic Cardiology at the McGill University Health Center and Professor of Medicine at McGill University.  His clinical interests are in cardiovascular prevention, dyslipidemia (specifically lipoprotein[a] and apolipoprotein B) and premature coronary artery disease.  He currently runs the MUHC Family Heart Clinic for patients with premature CAD and their families with the goal of optimizing their preventive care.   His research interests are in the genetics of aortic valve stenosis where he leads an international consortium investigating the role of genomic variation in this disease.  He is also working on developing new approaches to optimize cardiovascular prevention in young individuals.   He is the co-chair of the 2021 Canadian Cardiovascular Society Dyslipidemia Guideline Committee.