Medical Director Heart Function Clinic, Cardiac Rehabilitation Royal Jubilee Hospital
CHFS
University of British Columbia
Dr. Elizabeth Swiggum is a Cardiologist, heart failure specialist and the Medical Director of the Heart Function Clinic and Cardiac Rehabilitation program at the Royal Jubilee Hospital, Victoria, B.C. She is the Medical Chair for Heart Failure and Chronic Cardiovascular Disease at Cardiac Services BC and is Clinical Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia. Additionally, she is chair of the board at Doctors of BC. Leading system change is a key occupational priority.
National contributions include the Canadian Cardiovascular Society Guidelines for Heart Failure and board member for the Canadian Heart Failure Society.
She has been involved in many clinical research trials related to HF including pharmacotherapy, device therapy and stem cell treatment.
Dr. Swiggum continues to advocate for prevention of cardiovascular disease through Cardiac Services BC.
Disclosure(s): BI Lilly Alliance: Advisory Board (Ongoing), Consulting Fees/Honoraria (Ongoing); Boehriger Ingelheim: Advisory Board (Ongoing), Consulting Fees/Honoraria (Ongoing), Multicentre tiral (Ongoing); Canadian Medical and Surgical Knowledge Translation Research Group: Speaker (Ongoing); Novartis: Advisory Board (Ongoing), Consulting Fees/Honoraria (Ongoing); NovoNordisk: Consultant/Advisory Board (Ongoing), Research Grant (includes principal investigator, collaborator or consultant and pending grants as well as grants already received) (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (Ongoing); Pfizer: Advisory Board (Ongoing), Amyloid clinic QI project funding (Ongoing)
102 - OBESITY AND CVD – CURRENT IMPERATIVES FOR IMPROVING PATIENT OUTCOMES
Thursday, October 24, 2024
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM PT
342 - CARDIAC AMYLOIDOSIS AND AORTIC STENOSIS
Saturday, October 26, 2024
2:45 PM – 3:00 PM PT
354 - EVERYTHING A GENERAL CARDIOLOGIST NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT CARDIOMYOPATHIES
Saturday, October 26, 2024
3:15 PM – 4:15 PM PT