PRESIDENT ELECT / PRESIDENT DÉSIGNÉ
Professor of Medicine and former Dean of Medicine
University of British Columbia.
Email: jacairns@medd.med.ubc.ca
John Cairns has conducted research focused on the modification and non-invasive measurement of myocardial infarction size in humans and dogs and on acute ischemic syndromes including antithrombotic therapies, coronary care utilization, and postmyocardial infarction arrhythmias. He has held a number of academic leadership roles, including Chair of Medicine, McMaster University and Dean of Medicine, UBC (1996-2003), where he worked closely with UBC and the provincial government to build the rationale and plans for expansion of the Medical School, now underway in partnership with the Universities of Victoria and Northern BC. He is presently serving as Project Leader of the CIHR Clinical research Initiative, directed at strengthening Canada’s endeavor in clinical research.