Receiving a heart transplant is a life-changing journey, and you may be wondering about your treatment options. This is why The Heart Hub is excited to introduce A Hearts Journey: A Patient & Caregiver Guide to Heart Transplant. This brand-new, interactive...
On March 5, 2025, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) received a significant breakthrough in pediatric research with an $11.7 million award from Genome Canada. As part of the Canadian Precision Health Initiative, a total of $81 million in...
After eight transformative years at the Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research (TRCHR), Dr. Soror Sharifpoor is embarking on an exciting new chapter in her career. As the Director of Strategy & Translation at the Translational Biology and Engineering Program (TBEP)...
With a mission to support novel approaches to managing and preventing heart failure, the Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research uses its Innovation Fund to propel emerging research with great potential. The 2024-25 Innovation Fund Seed Grants are currently open and you...
The Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research is delighted to welcome Iris Cohn as the new Innovator in Genomic Translation - also recently promoted to Director of the Pharmacogenetics (PGx) Program at The Hospital for Sick Children. A trained pharmacist, Iris established...
NorthMiRs Inc., an innovative cardiovascular biotech start-up, has won $250,000 in funding from the Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research’s Entrepreneurship for Cardiovascular Health Opportunities (ECHO) PITCH 2024 competition. Since its launch in 2018, the ECHO...
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ECHO Webinar: Elena Di Martino, ViTAA Medical Solutions
January 25, 2022 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EST
Please join us for an ECHO webinar on Tuesday Jan 25, 2022 (11 am – 12 pm EST) featuring Dr. Elena Di Martino (Co-Founder & Chief Scientific Officer, ViTAA Medical Solutions; Professor, Biomedical Engineering, University of Calgary).
Dr. Di Martino’s presentation entitled, “A new paradigm for the assessment of aortic aneurysms”, will feature an overview of ViTAA Medical Solutions, its technologies and the story behind its success.
ViTAA Medical Solutions is a digital health company headquartered in Montreal, that is focused on employing software to aid physicians in personalizing the care of patients with aortic aneurysms. ViTAA’s technology has been developed and refined over the last decade by the team led by Prof. Elena Di Martino at the University of Calgary in collaboration with vascular surgeon Dr. Randy Moore.