Husam Abdel-Qadir

Husam Abdel-Qadir is a cardiologist at Women’s College Hospital and the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, and a scientist at Women’s College Research Institute, the Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research, and ICES. He graduated from the University of Toronto’s medical school with the Silver Medal and completed residencies in Internal Medicine and Cardiology at the University of Toronto. During his training, Dr. Abdel-Qadir became interested in optimizing the cardiovascular health of people who are less likely to be represented in clinical trials. This motivated him to pursue a PhD in Clinical Epidemiology and Health Care Research at the Institute for Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation. His PhD thesis focused on the cardiovascular health of women with breast cancer, and this continues to be a focus of his research program. His clinical and research expertise also extends to the cardiovascular health of people with other cancers. He is also developing a research program on the management and outcomes of people with atrial fibrillation.
His research is supported by an early career Chair in Heart and Brain Health and the 2020 National New Investigator Award from the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada. He has also received the Canadian cardiovascular Society Atrial Fibrillation Research Award, European Society of Cardiology Young Investigator Award, the inaugural Young Investigator Competition at the 2017 Global Cardio-Oncology Summit, and the 2018 Polanyi prize in Medicine/ Physiology. Dr. Abdel-Qadir also sits on the board of the Black Physicians’ Association of Ontario and serves as its Director of Continuing Professional Development.