Associate Professor Beth Lynn Abramson

Beth Abramson MD, Paul Albrechtsen Professor in Cardiac Prevention and Women’s Health in the Division of Cardiology, St. Michael’s Hospital, U. of Toronto. Her interest is in knowledge translation and writing guidelines to educate physicians on preventive cardiology and women’s health issues. She has served as member of the American College of Cardiology Prevention Council. She is a founding member of the Canadian Society of Vascular Medicine, and founding member and inaugural Chair of the Canadian Women's Heart Health Alliance Education group. She has been awarded the prestigious Harold N. Segal award of Merit, in recognition of her contributions to preventing heart disease amongst Canadians. Her book, Heart Health for Canadians, was written to help people prevent and understand heart disease. She currently directs a fellowship in Preventive Cardiology at the U. of Toronto and has established a Cardiometabolic clinic at SMH to close care gaps.