Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
A production of the St. Boniface Hospital & Research Foundation and CJOB Radio, The Health Report airs Sundays at 11:00 am.
The following episodes featured staff from the Cardiac Sciences Program. Click the links to listen. Please be patient while these large files load.
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Dr. Rizwan Manji, a cardiac surgeon and intensivist at St. Boniface Hospital's Cardiac Sciences Program appeared on The Health Report to discuss his keen interest in the area of heart valves. Dr. Manji came to Winnipeg from Edmonton, where he initiated a basic research study following a series of personal experiences that led him to question the 'textbook' answers for bioprosthetic heart valves and rejection.
Sunday, March 1, 2009
St. Boniface Hospital's Dr. Davinder Jassal, Principal Investigator and Cardiologist, and Dr. Sat Sharma, Director of Pulmonary Function Test Labs, were in the CJOB 68 studio on Sunday, March 1, to discuss their sleep apnea study with host, Radean Leganchuk, filling in for Stuart Murray.
Sunday, February 22, 2009
The Cuba - Canada Cardiovascular Connection
On February 22, 2009,
Dr. Delfin Rodriguez, a cardiologist and medical researcher from Hoguin,
Cuba, appeared on the Health Report to talk about his six month visit
to Winnipeg. Dr. Rodriguez has been participating in a clinical trial
of a type of omega-3 fatty acids since 2007, after winning the Annual
Foreign Scientific Award, of the Heart and Cerebro-vascular Disease Foundation
in Canada.
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Dr. Alan Menkis, Medical Director, Cardiac Science Program shares news with Guest Host Radean Leganchuk about the program, new processes and procedures introduced in the past two years, who's joined the program and how it is expanding. He also helps to demystify heart health stories currently in the news.
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Tune in as Dr. Shelley
Zieroth and Dr. Darren Freed explain the heart failure and heart transplant
programs in Manitoba - and what is a ventricular assist device? Find out
on Thanksgiving Weekend. Heart transplant patient Neil MacAlpine also
joins the conversation to share his experience.
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Find out more about
Code STEMI and Interventional Cardiology, two incredible areas of the
Cardiac Sciences Program that are helping improve chances for survival
for Winnipeg and Manitoba residents. Guests Dr. James Tam and Dr. Roger
Philipp from the Cardiac Sciences Program join Dr. Rob Grierson, Medical
Director of the Winnipeg Fire and Paramedics Services.
