CURRENT POSITION

2020 – present Randall B. Griepp Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (New York, NY)

2020 – present System Director, Aortic Surgery
Mount Sinai Health System (New York, NY)

PAST POSITIONS

2010 – 2019 Cardiac Surgeon
Montreal Heart Institute

2018 – 2019 Director, Aortic Surgery
Montreal Heart Institute

2012 – 2019 Founder and Co-Director, Aortic and Connective Tissue Clinic
Montreal Heart Institute

2015 – 2019 Associate Professor of Surgery
Université de Montréal

2010 – 2015 Assistant Professor of Surgery
Université de Montréal

HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS

2023 President-Elect
Heart Valve Society

2020 Randall B. Griepp Endowed Professor in Cardiovascular Surgery
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

2018 – 2019 Teacher of the Year Award
University of Montreal Residency Program

2017 – 2018 Teacher of the Year Award
University of Montreal Residency Program

2016 Prix Martial Bourassa Young Investigator Award
Montreal Heart Institute

2012 – 15 Clinician-Scientist Research Award, Junior 1
Fonds de la Recherche en Santé du Québec

2007 – 10 Fellowship Award
Canadian Institutes of Health Research

2007 – 10 Research Fellowship Award
Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada

2007 – 10 Research Fellowship Award
Fonds de la Recherche en Santé du Québec

2006 – 07 Detweiler Fellowship Award
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada

2006 Clinical Traineeship Grant
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada

2006 – 07 Neil Black Scholarship Award
London Goodenough Association of Canada

2006 – 08 “Bourse du Coeur” Research Fellowship Grant
Montreal Heart Institute Foundation

2006 – 08 Research Fellowship Grant
Department of Surgery, University of Montreal

2005 Resident Traveling Fellowship Award
American Association for Thoracic Surgery

2005 Resident of the Year Award in the Province of Quebec
Association des Médecins de Langue Française du Canada

2004 Best Scientific Research Award
Montreal Heart Institute Scientific day

2005 Chair – Trainee Day
Canadian Cardiovascular Society annual meeting – Montreal, Canada

MEMBERSHIPS AND COMMITTEES

2024 American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS)
Board of Directors

2023 Heart Valve Society
Executive Board

2019 American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) Education Committee
Elected Member

2018 American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS)
Elected Member

2018 – present Heart Valve Society (HVS)
Board of Directors

2018 – present EACTS Annual Aortic Valve Repair Summit
Scientific Organizing Committee

2018 – 2021 Co-Chair – AVIATOR Registry
International registry of AV repair under the Heart Valve Society.

2016 – 2021 Royal College of Surgeons of Canada Cardiac Surgery Examination Board
Executive Committee Member

2015 Primary Panel Member and Writing Group
CCS/CSCS/CSVS Position Statement on the Surgical Treatment of Thoracic Aortic Disease

2015 – present Course Director
Ross Master Course

2015 – present Member
21st Century Cardiac Surgeons Society

2014 – present Associate Editor
American Heart Journal
Frontiers in Surgery
Journal of Heart Valve Disease

2014 Co-Founder – CTAC
Canadian Thoracic Aortic Collaborative

2011 – present Editorial Board
Canadian Journal of Cardiology
American Heart Journal
Structural Heart
Journal of Heart Valve Disease
Frontiers in Surgery

2009 – 2011 Elected Member
AHA Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia Young Leadership Committee

2008 – 2012 Faculty Member
The Ross Summit – Towards a Pulmonary Autograft Renaissance (Atlanta, USA)

2008 – 2011 Member of the Medical Board and Volunteer Surgeon
Chain of Hope – Charity offering cardiac surgery in developing countries

2003 – present Peer Reviewer
JAMA Cardiology
American Heart Journal
Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Heart
Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Annals of Thoracic Surgery
Canadian Journal of Cardiology
European Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Journal of Heart Valve Disease
Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery