Centres specialized in the treatment of PH and CTEPH are located throughout Canada. Their experienced medical teams include PH nurses and specialists such as cardiologists, respirologists, and rheumatologists. Why is it important to see a PH specialist?
PH is a relatively rare disease and most physicians have little or no experience with its diagnosis and treatment. For this reason, referral to a centre specialized in the treatment of PH is encouraged in order to confirm diagnosis and ensure that patients receive the best care. Please note that some provinces require patients to be followed by a specialist in order to receive coverage for PH-specific medications. The information provided on this webpage is for informational purposes only. PH Centres in Canada are not formally accredited by PHA Canada. Find a PH Centre in your area: Select Province or Territory AllAlbertaBritish ColumbiaManitobaNew BrunswickNewfoundland & LabradorNova ScotiaNorthwest TerritoriesNunavutOntarioPrince Edward IslandQuebecSaskatchewanYukon View all clinics
Vancouver Pulmonary Hypertension Clinic at the Vancouver General Hospital (VGH) The Diamond Health Care Centre 7th Floor 2775 Laurel Street Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9 Primary Contact Connie Sherba and Kelly Kerwin (Clinical Nurse Coordinators) connie.sherba@vch.ca kelly.kerwin@vch.ca Phone: 604-875-4323 Fax: 604-875-4210 Ali Kapasi (Respirologist) Ali.kapasi@vch.ca Medical Team Dr. Ali Kapasi (Respirologist) Dr. John Swiston (Respirologist) Dr. Nathan Brunner (Cardiologist) Lisa Kolkman (Nurse Practitioner) Connie Sherba (Registered Nurse) Kelly Kerwin (Registered Nurse)
Calgary (Southern Alberta ) Southern Alberta Pulmonary Hypertension Program Peter Lougheed Centre Room 1990 – 3500, 26 Ave NE, Calgary AB T1Y 6J4 Primary Contact Gail Nicholson (Clinical Nurse Coordinator) gail.nicholson@ahs.ca Phone: 403-943-4248 Fax: 403-943-4320 Pager: 403-212-8223 #03976 Medical Team Dr. Doug Helmersen (Respirologist) Dr. Mitesh Thakrar (Respirologist) Dr. Naushad Hirani (Respirologist) Dr. Jonathan Liu (Respirologist) Gail Nicholson (Registered Nurse)
Edmonton (Northern Alberta) University of Alberta Pulmonary Hypertension Program, Edmonton, AB University of Alberta Hospital Room 0A8.36 Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute, 8440 – 112 Street Edmonton, AB T6G 2B7 Primary Contact Shyla Resultay Shyla.resultay@albertahealthservices.ca Phone: 780-407-8994 Fax: 780-407-3374 Medical Team Dr. Evangelos Michelakis (Director, Cardiologist) Dr. Dale Lien (Co-Director, Respirologist) Dr. Jason Weatherald (Respirologist) Dr. Rhea Varughese (Respirologist) Catharine Carson (Registered Nurse)
Saskatoon Pulmonary Hypertension Clinic, Saskatoon, SK Royal University Hospital 103 Hospital Drive, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0W8 Primary Contact Kari Miller Phone: 306-844-1138 Fax: 306-844-1532 Louise Cardinal (Pharmacist) louise.cardinal@saskhealthauthority.ca Phone:306-655-5944 Medical Team Transplant Program Dr. Karen Laframboise (Respirologist) Louise Cardinal (Pharmacist)
Winnipeg Pulmonary Hypertension Clinic, Winnipeg, MB Health Sciences Centre Respiratory Outpatient Department (RSOPD) 700 Elgin Avenue, Level 0 Winnipeg, MB R3E 1B2 Primary Contact Christine Smilski (Respiratory Nurse Clinician) csmilski@sbgh.mb.ca Medical Team Pulmonary Hypertension Clinic Dr. David Christiansen (Respirologist) Christine Smilski (Respiratory Nurse Clinician)
Winnipeg Pulmonary Hypertension Center, Winnipeg, MB Health Sciences Centre Respiratory Outpatient Department (RSOPD) RS 105 – 810 Sherbrook Street Winnipeg, MB R3A 1R8 Primary Contact Lynne Demke (Clinical Nurse Coordinator) Phone: 204-787-2384 Email:ldemke@exchange.hsc.mb.ca Medical Team Dr. Zoheir Bshouty (Respirologist) Lynne Demke (Clinical Nurse Coordinator)
Hamilton Pulmonary Hypertension Centre, Hamilton, ON Hamilton Health Sciences – General Hospital 237 Barton Street E, Hamilton, ON L8L 2X2 Primary Contact Dr. Punginathn Dorasamy (Respirologist) Phone: 905-521-2100 x46406 Medical Team Dr. Punginathn Dorasamy (Respirologist) Dr. Clive Davis (Respirologist)
Hamilton (Hamilton Niagara Haldimand Brandt LHIN) The Firestone Institute Pulmonary Hypertension Program, Hamilton, ON St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton and McMaster University 50 Charlton Ave E, Hamilton, ON L8N 4A6 Primary Contact Andrea Gardner (Clinical Nurse Coordinator) gardnera@stjoes.ca Phone: 905-522-1155 x33626 Fax: 905-529-6515 Medical Team Dr. Nathan Hambly (Respirologist) Dr. Maggie Larché (Rheumatologist) Dr. Javier Ganame (Cardiologist) Andrea Gardner (Clinical Nurse Coordinator)
London Pulmonary Hypertension Program, London, ON LHSC – Victoria Hospital Room E6-204 – 800 Commissioners Road East, London, Ontario N6A 5W9 Primary Contact Raju Tiwari Raju.Tiwari@sjhc.london.on.ca Phone: 519-685-8500 x55749 Fax: 519-685-8406 Medical Team Dr. Sanjay Mehta (Respirologist) Dr. Marco Mura (Respirologist) Raju Tiwari (Registered Nurse)
Ottawa (The Champlain; North, South and Central East LIHN; Gatineau and Hull) Ottawa Pulmonary Hypertension Clinic University of Ottawa Heart Institute and The Ottawa Hospital 40 Ruskin Street, Room H4422, Ottawa, ON K1Y 4W7 Primary Contact Amy Charlebois (PTE Coordinator) acharlebois@ottawaheart.ca Phone: 613-696-7000 ext.13122 Fax:613-696-7180 Carolyn Doyle-Cox (Clinical Nurse Coordinator) cdoyle-cox@ottawaheart.ca Phone: 613-696-7081 ext.2 Fax: 613-696-7216 Tina Lepage (Secretary) Phone: 613-696-7081 ext. 1 Medical Team Dr. Lisa Mielniczuk (Cardiologist) Dr. George Chandy (Respirologist) Dr. Duncan Stewart (Research Director) Dr. Vladimir Contreras Carolyn Doyle-Cox (Advanced Practice Nurse)
Toronto University Health Network Pulmonary Hypertension Program, Toronto, ON Toronto General Hospital 11-1170 CSB, 585 University Avenue, Toronto, ON M5G 2N2 Primary Contact Murry Macdonald - PH Nurse murry.macdonald@uhn.ca Phone: 416-340-4800 ext. 5591 Fax: 416-340-3359 Medical Team Dr. John Granton (Respirologist) Dr. John Thenganatt (Respirologist) Dr. Jakov Moric (Respirologist) Dr. Susanna Mak (Cardiologist) Dr. Sindu Johnson (Rheumatologist) Dr. Adrienne Tan (Psychiatrist) Murry Macdonald - PH Nurse
Montréal Center for Pulmonary Vascular Disease, Montréal, QC Jewish General Hospital Suite E-206, 3755 Chemin de la Côte-Ste-Catherine, Montréal, QC H3T 1E2 Primary Contact Lyda Lesenko (PH Coordinator) llesenko@jgh.mcgill.ca Phone: 514-340-8222 x22833 Fax: 514-340-7534 Medical Team Dr. David Langleben (Cardiologist) Dr. Andrew Hirsch (Respirologist) Dr Murray Baron (Rheumatologist) Lyda Lesenko (PH Nurse Coordinator)
Québec City Clinique des maladies vasculaires pulmonaires, Québec, QC Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec (IUCPQ) 2725, chemin Sainte-Foy, Québec, QC G1V4G5 Primary Contact Marie-Ève Pouliot (Clinical Nurse Coordinator) Respirology Clinic: 418-656-8711 ext. 3576 Respirology Email: infirmierehtapinters.iucpq@ssss.gouv.qc.ca Medical Team Dr. Steeve Provencher (Respirologist) Dr. Geneviève Dion (Respirologist) Dr. Victor Tremblay (Respirologist) Marie-Ève Pouliot (Clinical Nurse) Mélanie Veilleux (Clinical Nurse) Myriam Charest (Clinical Nurse)
Moncton The Moncton Hospital PAH Clinic The Moncton Hospital,Clinic A 135 MacBeath Avenue, Moncton, NB E1C 6Z8 Primary Contact Kelly Gould (Clinic Coordinator) kelly.gould@horizonnb.ca Phone: 506-870-2507 Fax: 506-857-5548 Medical Team Dr. Kristina Kemp (Respirologist) Kelly Gould (PAH Clinic Coordinator)
Halifax (Nova Scotia and PEI) Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Program, Halifax, NS Halifax Infirmary, QEII Health Sciences Centre Halifax Infirmary, 2nd floor, Room 2290, 1796 Summer Street Halifax, NS B3H 3A7 Primary Contact Onna White (PAH Coordinator) onna.white@nshealth.ca Phone: 902-473-3841 Fax: 902-425-1698 Medical Team Dr. Paul Hernandez (Respirologist) Dr. Simon Jackson (Cardiologist) Dr. Colm McParland (Respirologist) Scott Fulton (Research Coordinator) Onna White (PAH Coordinator)
St. John's Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Clinic, Eastern Health, St. John's, NL Eastern Health General Hospital (Health Science Centre) Room 2749, 300 Prince Philip Drive, St. John’s, NL A1B 3V6 Primary Contact Allison Shaw (Nurse) allison.shaw@eastern... Phone: 709-777-7014 Fax: 709-777-8079 Medical Team Dr. George Fox (Respirologist) Allison Shaw (Nurse)
Vancouver Serving Yukon: Pulmonary Hypertension Clinic at the Vancouver General Hospital (VGH) The Diamond Health Care Centre 7th Floor 2775 Laurel Street, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9 Primary Contact Connie Sherba and Kelly Kerwin (Clinical Nurse Coordinators) connie.sherba@vch.ca kelly.kerwin@vch.ca Phone: 604-875-4323 Fax: 604-875-4210 Medical Team Dr. John Swiston (Respirologist) Dr. Nathan Brunner (Cardiologist) Lisa Lee (Nurse Practitioner) Connie Sherba (Registered Nurse) Kelly Kerwin (Registered Nurse)
Ottawa (Canada wide) The Ottawa CTEPH Program University of Ottawa Heart Institute and the Ottawa Hospital 40 Ruskin Street, Room H4422, Ottawa, ON K1Y 4W7 Primary Contact Amy Charlebois (PEA Coordinator) acharlebois@ottawaheart.ca Phone: 613-696-7000 ext. 0 Fax: 613-696-7165 Medical Team Dr. Fraser Rubens (Cardiac Surgeon) Dr. Lisa Mielniczuk (Cardiologist) Dr. Ross Davies (Cardiologist) Dr. George Chandy (Respirologist) Dr. Duncan Stewart (Research Director) Dr. Vladimir Contreras Carolyn Doyle-Cox (Advanced Practice Nurse) Amy Charlebois (PEA Coordinator)
Toronto (Canada wide) The Toronto CTEPH Program University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital Division of Thoracic Surgery – 9N921, Toronto General Hospital, 200 Elizabeth Street, Toronto, ON, M5G 2C4 Primary Contact Gillian Miller (Administrative Coordinator) gillian.miller@uhn.ca Phone: 416-340-4800 x5274 Fax: 416-340-3610 Laura Tombolini (Clinical Nurse Coordinator) laura.tombolini@uhn.ca Phone: 416-907-5125 Medical Team Dr. Marc de Perrot (Director, PEA Surgeon) Dr. Laura Donahoe (PEA Surgeon) Laura Tombolini (Clinical Nurse Coordinator)
Edmonton (Canada wide) Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension Clinic Stollery Children's Hospital 4C2.31 – Stollery Children's Hospital, 8440 –112 St, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2B7 Primary Contact Dr. Angela Bates (PH Director) Phone: 780-248-5498 Susan Richards (PH Nurse Practitioner Pediatric) Email: susan.richards@ahs.ca Phone: 780-407-7798 Medical Team Dr. Angela Bates (Pediatric Critical Care Intensivist and Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension Specialist) Susan Richards (Pediatric Nurse Practitioner) Teresa Rocque (Clinic Nurse)
Calgary Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension Clinic Alberta Children's Hospital 2888 Shaganappi Trail NW, Calgary, AB T3B 6A8 Primary Contact Dr. Erika Vorhies (Pediatric Cardiologist) Email: erika.vorhies@ahs.ca Patty Knox (Nurse Clinician) Email: patty.knox@ahs.ca Phone: 403-955-7858 Fax: 403-955-7621 Medical Team Dr. Erika Vorhies (Pediatric Cardiologist) Patty Knox (Nurse Clinician)
Toronto (Canada wide) Pulmonary Hypertension Service The Hospital for Sick Children Cardiac Clinic – 555 University Avenue, Toronto, ON M5G 1X8 Primary Contact Janette T. Reyes (Nurse Practitioner) Email: janette.reyes@sickkids.ca Phone: 416-813-7408 Fax: 416-813-6051 Paula Rodrigues (Booking Coordinator) Phone: 416-813-5848 ext:1 Medical Team Dr. Luc Mertens Dr. Andreea Dragulescu Paula Rodrigues (Booking clerk) Janette T. Reyes (Nurse Practitioner)
Montréal Cardiology Department CHU Ste-Justine 6th floor, block 9, 3175, chemin de la Côte-Ste-Catherine, Montréal, QC H3T 1C5 Primary Contact Dr. Anne Fournier (Cardiologist) Phone: 514-345-4654 Fax: 514-345-4896 Medical Team Dr. Anne Fournier (Pediatric Cardiologist)