Heart & Vascular Program
About Us
Interventional Cardiologists
Warren Cantor, MD, FRCP(C)
Appointments: University of Toronto Assistant Professor
1991 Medical Degree: University. of Western Ontario
1991-1995 Internal Medicine training: University of Toronto
1997-1998 General Cardiology training: University of Toronto
1997-1998 Interventional Cardiology Fellowship: St. Michael's Hospital
1998-2000 Interventional Cardiology / Research Fellowship: Duke University
Languages Spoken:English
Special Interests:Coronary physiology, transradial interventions,
acute myocardial infarction, vein graft interventions, prevention
of distal embolization.
Asim Cheema, MD, FRCP(C)
Appointments: University of Toronto. Assistant Professor
St. Michael's Hospital. Interventional Cardiologist
1990 Medical Degree: Nishtar Medical College, Multan, Pakistan
1992-1996 Medicine Residency: Kaiser Foundation Hospital, Oakland, CA
1996-1998 Cardiology Fellowship: Illinois Masonic Hospital, Chicago, IL
1998-2000
Languages spoken: English, Urdu, Punjabi, Hindi
Special Interests:Adjunctive Pharmacology in Coronary Interventions, Intravascular
Ultrasound, Therapeutic Angiogenesis
Robert Chisholm, MD, FRCPC
Appointments:
University of Toronto Associate Professor
St. Michael's Hospital Medical Director Cardiac
Catheterization Lab
Medical Director Cardiology
Clinical Teaching Unit
1970 Medical Degree: University of Toronto
1970-1974 Internal Medicine Training: University of Toronto
1974-1975 Cardiology Fellowship: St. Michael's Hospital
1975-1976 Cardiology Fellowship: Harvard Medical School
Languages spoken: English
Special Interests: Complex coronary interventions, mitral valvuloplasty, new
percutaneous interventional approaches to valvular heart disease
Michael Kutryk, MD, PhD, FRCPC
Appointments: St. Michael's Hospital Staff Cardiologist
University of Toronto Clinician Scientist
1981 Bachelors of Science, First Class Honors (Chemistry and Microbiology): University
of Manitoba
1990 Masters of Science (Cardiovascular Physiology): University of Manitoba
1991 PhD (Cardiovascular Physiology): University of Manitoba
1990-1993 Internal Medicine Training: McGill University
1995-1999 Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Department of Cell Biology: Erasmus University,
Netherlands
1993-1995 Cardiology Training: McGill University
1995-1999 Interventional Training: University Hospital, Dijkzigt, Netherlands
Languages spoken: English, French, Ukranian and Dutch
Special Interests: Myocardial angiogenesis, prevention of restenosis, intracoronary
stent design, clinical gene therapy.
Bradley H. Strauss, MD, PhD, FRCP(C)
Appointments: St. Michael's Hospital Director of Interventional Cardiology,
Clinician Scientist, Vascular Biology Laboratories
University of Toronto Associated Professor of Medicine and
Associate Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology,
1982 Medical Degree: University of Toronto
Internal Medicine training: University of Toronto
Cardiology training: University of Ottawa
1991 PhD: Erasmus University
Languages Spoken: English, some French and Dutch
Special Interests: Restenosis, Smooth muscle cell function, experimental arterial
response to injury, chronic total occlusions, assessment of new coronary interventional
devices.
