Clinical Assistant Professor
University of British Columbia
UBC, Canada
Dr. Boone is an Interventional Cardiologist based at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver having trained in Vancouver, Toronto, Calgary and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He has an active interest in minimally invasive techniques for heart valve intervention, and has led the establishment of the Transcatheter Edge to Edge Repair program for British Columbia within the Centre for Heart Valve Innovation at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver. He leads the clinical evaluation of all patients referred for mitral/tricuspid transcatheter valve therapy and is actively involved in both repair and replacement procedures.
He is interested in evaluating the performance of new technologies in clinical practice. In addition to his work with transcatheter heart valves, he has been the cardiology lead for establishing a regional eCPR program for cardiac arrest, and been the local lead for novel technologies over the last 10 years: including renal denervation for refractory hypertension, bioresorbable platforms for coronary artery disease, the role of FFR in routine interventional practice, and ischemic preconditioning to limit myocardial injury.
In addition to his interventional practice he maintains a general cardiology clinic in Vancouver, an outreach clinic in Whitehorse, and active clinical role in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit. Administratively he is the Chair of the Finance Committee of the UBC Division of Cardiology Academic Partnership Plan, the BC Rep for CAIC, actively involved in the planning for the New St. Paul's and the Cardiology lead for the new hospital EMR system.