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The
University
of
Ottawa
Heart
Institute
(UOHI)
(French:
Institut
de
cardiologie
de
l'Université
d'Ottawa
(ICUO))
is
Canada's
largest
cardiovascular
health
centre.
It
is
located
in
Ottawa,
Ontario,
Canada.
It
began
as
a
department
in
The
Ottawa
Hospital,
and
since
has
evolved
into
Canada's
only
complete
cardiac
centre,
encompassing
prevention,
diagnosis,
treatment,
rehabilitation,
research,
and
education.
UOHI
cares
for
more
than
100,000
cardiac
patients
each
year,
and
patient
satisfaction
is
among
the
highest
in
Ontario,
averaging
98
percent.[1]
The
Heart
Institute
is
affiliated
with
the
Ottawa
Hospital
and
the
University
of
Ottawa,
specifically
the
Faculty
of
Medicine.
The
institute
also
provides
training
to
more
than
100
physicians
annually
and
runs
an
extensive
cardiovascular
research
program,
with
60
principal
investigators
and
research
funding
of
approximately
$65
million
a
year.
UOHI
was
founded
in
1976
by
Dr.
Wilbert
J.
Keon,
with
financial
support
from
the
Ontario
Ministry
of
Education.
Keon
worked
with
numerous
partners,
including
all
of
the
hospitals
in
the
region,
the
University
of
Ottawa,
and
the
Ottawa
Hospital
Regional
District
Planning
council,
to
ensure
the
vision
of
a
world-renowned
institute
would
unfold
as
planned.
The
first
phase
of
the
Heart
Institute—the
Cardiac
Unit,
as
it
was
then
known—officially
opened
on
May
11,
1976.
UOHI
is
now
the
sole,
independent
provider
of
specialized
cardiovascular
care
for
the
Champlain
Local
Health
Integration
Network,
home
to
over
1
million
people
(9
percent
of
the
population
of
Ontario),
and
serves
more
than
40
referral
hospitals
throughout
the
province.
In
2004,
UOHI
recruited
Dr.
Robert
Roberts
from
Baylor
College
of
Medicine
to
serve
as
President
and
Chief
Executive
Officer.
Roberts,
an
internationally
recognized
investigator
in
the
field
of
molecular
genetics,
was
brought
in
to
place
a
greater
emphasis
on
research
within
the
institute.
Shortly
afterwards,
UOHI
established
the
Ruddy
Canadian
Cardiovascular
Genetics
Centre,
the
first
such
centre
in
Canada
and
one
of
only
a
handful
worldwide
dedicated
to
cardiovascular
genetics.
In
April
2014,
former
Heart
Institute
Chief
of
Cardiac
Surgery
Dr.
Thierry
Mesana
took
over
as
the
third
President
and
CEO
of
UOHI.
UOHI’s
division
of
nursing
manages
or
supports
programs
and
units
within
the
Heart
Institute,
including
the
cardiac
catheterization
and
electrophysiology
labs,
the
cardiac
operating
rooms,
the
cardiac
surgery
intensive
care
unit
and
the
cardiac
intensive
care
unit.
UOHI
offers
specialized
cardiac
nursing
training
and
education
in
a
number
of
areas,
such
as
critical
care,
provincial
programs
in
cardiac
CT,
cardiac
PET,
artificial
hearts,
and
pulmonary
thromboendarterectomy.
