Clinical Professor
Division of Cardiology, University of British Columbia
UBC, Canada
Dr. Krishnan Ramanathan Graduated from the University of Otago Medical School, in Dunedin, New Zealand. He completed his training in Cardiology at Green-Lane Hospital in Auckland, New Zealand before traveling to North America where he gained experience in Interventional cardiologist and clinical research. He returned to Vancouver in 2006 with appointments’ at both St. Paul’s Hospital and Vancouver General Hospital. He is currently the Medical Director of the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) at St. Paul’s Hospital as well as being a Clinical Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia.
Since coming to British Columbia, he has been active in research to better understand the complex interplay between atherosclerotic cardio vascular disease (ASCVD), Diabetes mellitus and or reno-vascular disease through international multi-center clinical trials and local research. He is also a leader in ethnicity research trying to understand the determinants for the increased incidence of atherosclerosis amongst South Asians. He is the designate Cardiologist affiliated with the Vancouver Coastal Health COVID clinic. His experience in clinical trials consists of membership in many Steering / Operations Committees, Data, and Safety Monitoring Boards and Writings Committees. He was the inaugural recipient of the St Paul’s Hospital Foundation Physicians Scholars Award and a co-applicant on a number of national grants.
His publications are numerous and he is actively involved in all levels of education ranging from medical students to organizing continuing medical education for physicians. He has received numerous teaching awards regularly. He has been involved with provincial guideline development for Chest pain management and Atrial fibrillation. He is a co-chair of the regional STEMI management committee and the co-chair of the provincial ACS registry.