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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.
 
Please note that PHA Canada does not have a formal process for accrediting PH centres. The information provided on this website is for informational purposes only.

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Pulmonary Hypertension (PH) Treatment Centres

If no clinic is listed for your province or territory, contact the PH clinic nearest you.

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)
Joyce Opena and Stephanie Le Beau
(Booking Clerk)
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. Robert Levy (Respirologist)
    Dr. John Swiston (Respirologist)
    Dr. Roland Nador (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
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 

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. Simon Martel (Respirologist) 
    Dr. Mathieu Simon (Respirologist)
    Dr. Geneviève Dion (Respirologist)
    Marie-Ève Pouliot (Clinical Nurse Coordinator)
    Chantale Dumont (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. Robert Levy (Respirologist)
    Dr. John Swiston (Respirologist)
    Dr. Roland Nador (Respirologist)
    Dr. Nathan Brunner (Cardiologist)
    Lisa Lee (Nurse Practitioner)
    Connie Sherba (Registered Nurse)
    Kelly Kerwin (Registered Nurse)

Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) Treatment Centres

CTEPH clinics located in Ontario provide treatment for CTEPH patients throughout Canada.

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)

Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension (PH) Treatment Centres

Pediatric PH clinics provide treatment for children with PH throughout their region. 

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)