Dr Subodh Verma is a cardiac surgeon-scientist, Full Professor, and the Canada Research Chair in Cardiovascular Surgery. He is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences and was named a Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher in Clinical Medicine in 2022 and 2023. He had/has leadership roles in multiple contemporary global heart failure, cardiometabolic disease, and atherosclerosis trials and spearheads the CardioLink platform that united cardiac surgeons across Canada to conduct robust clinical trials on pertinent surgical questions. He also leads a dynamic pre-clinical and translational research program that focusses on cardiometabolic diseases.