CHAT Travel Award • Cardiovascular Network of Canada — CANet

CHAT Travel Award

The CANet Travel Award is awarded to CANet Trainees to attend conferences/workshops/events (in-person or virtually) outside of those sponsored by CANet. To learn more about or to apply for the CANet Trainee Travel Award, click here.

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2021 Award Winners

CANet Trainee Travel Award Winner

Brianna Davies

University of British Columbia

Patient Experience of an Implanted Cardiac Monitor for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Heart Rhythm Society, Boston, MA

CANet Trainee Travel Award Winner

Camille Galloway

Interior Health

(Attendee)
Canadian Cardiovascular Congress, VIRTUAL

CANet Trainee Travel Award Winner

Yuchen Dai

University of Ottawa

Accelerated tracer washout in regions of sympathetic denervation in heart failure patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy using flubrobenguane positron emission tomography imaging
Canadian Cardiovascular Congress 2021, VIRTUAL

CANet Trainee Travel Award Winner

Alireza Oraii

McMaster University

Association of Eligibility for a Sodium-Glucose Co-Transporter 2 Inhibitor and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation
The American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2021

CANet Trainee Travel Award Winner

Gillian Schraefel

Nova Scotia Health

(Attendee)
Canadian Cardiovascular Congress 2021, VIRTUAL

CANet Trainee Travel Award Winner

Benjamin Leung

University of Toronto

Comparing Base Locations for Drone-Delivered Defibrillators
National Association of EMS Physicians Annual Meeting, San Diego, USA

2019 Award Winners

CANet Trainee Travel Award Winner

Brandon Chalazan

University of British Columbia

Comprehensive Gene Evaluation in Early-Onset Atrial Fibrillation using Whole Exome Sequencing
American Heart Association, Philadelphia

CANet Trainee Travel Award Winner

Derek Chew

University of Calgary

A Novel Surface Electrocardiographic Method to Identify and Characterize Myocardial Scar to Facilitate Intraoperative Left Ventricular Lead Placement
Heart Rhythm Society, San Francisco, CA

CANet Trainee Travel Award Winner

Hongwei Liu

University of Calgary

Validating the Accuracy of Routine Electrocardiogram Arrhythmia Diagnosis from an Electronic Repository
American Heart Association, Arlington, USA

CANet Trainee Travel Award Winner

Julieta Lazarte

Western University

Rare Loss-of-Function Variant Analysis in Lone Atrial Fibrillation
Canadian Cardiovascular Congress, Montreal, QC

CANet Trainee Travel Award Winner

Kate Bourne

University of Calgary

Body Compression in Postural Tachycardia Syndrome: Effects on Orthostatic Tolerance
Heart Rhythm Scientific Sessions, San Francisco, CA

CANet Trainee Travel Award Winner

Pablo Mendoza

McMaster University

Prescription of Oral Anticoagulation in Patients with a Primary or Secondary Diagnosis of Atrial Fibrillation Who Attend the Emergency Department: Analysis from the RE-LY AF Registry
Canadian Cardiovascular Congress, Montreal, QC

CANet Trainee Travel Award Winner

Shijie Zhou

QEII Health Sciences Centre

Three-Dimensional Patient-Specific Automated Localization System for Localization or Ventricular Activation Origin
Heart Rhythm Scientific Sessions, San Francisco, CA

CANet Trainee Travel Award Winner

Tigana Runte

University of Lethbridge

Syncope Patients’ Perspective On Accessing Emergency Services
Heart Rhythm Scientific Sessions, San Francisco, CA

2018 Award Winners

CANet Trainee Travel Award Winner

Amin Zagzoog

University of Ottawa Heart Institute

Ripple Map Analysis to Evaluate Completeness of Substrate-Guided Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation
Heart Rhythm Society Meeting, Boston, MA

CANet Trainee Travel Award Winner

Brandon Chalazan

University of British Columbia

Genetic modulation of atrial fibrillation risk in a Hispanic/Latino cohort
Heart Rhythm, Boston, MA

CANet Trainee Travel Award Winner

Daniel Ramirez

University of Ottawa Heart Institute

Effectiveness of a Standardized Atrial Fibrillation Cardioversion Intervention: the Ottawa AF Cardioversion Protocol
Heart Rhythm Scientific Sessions, Boston, MA

CANet Trainee Travel Award Winner

Jessica Ng

University of Calgary

Quality of Life Improves in Vasovagal Syncope Patients After Clinical Trial Enrollment Regardless of Fainting in Follow-up
Heart Rhythm Scientific Sessions, Boston, MA

CANet Trainee Travel Award Winner

Kate Bourne

University of Calgary

1. Mast Cell Activation Syndrome in Postural Tachycardia Syndrome: A Sicker Phenotype?
Heart Rhythm Society Scientific Sessions, Boston, MA

2. Socioeconomic and financial impact of Postural Tachycardia Syndrome: Data from a patient cross-sectional survey
Canadian Cardiovascular Congress, Toronto, ON

CANet Trainee Travel Award Winner

Katherine Allan

St. Michael’s Hospital

Sudden Cardiac Death Due to Coronary Heart Disease in Younger Adults: More Common than Expected
Heart Rhythm Society Scientific, Boston, MA

CANet Trainee Travel Award Winner

Kathryn Hong

Queen’s University

Patient-specific for attending the Emergency Department with a history of Atrial Fibrillation
AF Symposium, Orlando, FL

CANet Trainee Travel Award Winner

Navraj Malhi

University of British Columbia

1. Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation in Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Heart Rhythm Society Annual Scientific Session, Boston, MA

2. Early repolarization Pattern Inheritance in the Cardiac Arrest Survivors with Preserved Ejection Fraction Registry (CASPER)
Heart Rhythm Society Annual Scientific Session, Boston, MA

3. Profile and Utility of Quinidine for Treatment of Sudden Death Syndromes in Canada
Canadian Cardiovascular Congress, Toronto, ON

CANet Trainee Travel Award Winner

Rochelle Bernier

University of Alberta

A Study of Implantable Cardiac Device Eligibility, Utilization and Reasons for Non-Implantation in Patients at Heart Function Clinics
Canadian Cardiovascular Congress, Ottawa, ON

CANet Trainee Travel Award Winner

Shijie Zhou

QEII Health Sciences Centre

An Optimal Set of ECG Variables for Estimating Origin of Left-Ventricular Activation by Multiple Linear Regression

CANet Trainee Travel Award Winner

Stewart Spence

University of Ottawa

Can a Combination of a Standrad and Signal-Averaged Electrocardiogram Be Used as a Screening Tool for the Detection of Clinically Silent Cardiac Sarcoidosis
Heart Rhythm Society Scientific Sessions, Boston, MA

CANet Trainee Travel Award Winner

Wael Alqarawi

University of Ottawa Heart Institute

Echocardiographic Assessment of the Right Ventricle In Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy/dysplasia, Athletes and Matched Controls
Heart Rhythm Society Scientific Sessions, Boston, MA

CANet Trainee Travel Award Winner

William McIntyre

McMaster University

Vernakalant for cardioversion of recent-onset atrial fibrillation: A systematic review and meta-analysis
European Society of Cardiology Congress, Munich, Germany

CANet Trainee Travel Award Winner

Zana Mariano

St. Michael’s Hospital

Are there differences in oral anticoagulation therapies in hospitalized patients with atrial fibrillation and moderate versus severe renal dysfunction?
Canadian Cardiovascular Congress, Toronto, ON

2017 Award Winners

CANet Trainee Travel Award Winner

Adam Deveau

Dalhousie University

Gender differences in presentation and outcome of vasovagal syncope: a post hoc analysis of the Prevention of Syncope Trials (POST) I and II
Canadian Cardiovascular Congress, Vancouver, BC

CANet Trainee Travel Award Winner

Adaya Weissler Snir

St. Michael’s Hospital

Incidence Rate, Circumstances, and Cardiac Symptoms Preceding Sudden Cardiac Death Caused by Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy; Sudden Cardiac Death by “Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy with No Myofiber Disarray” – A Variant of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy or Separate Entity?
Canadian Cardiovascular Congress, Vancouver, BC

Incidence Rate and Circumstances of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Related Sudden Cardiac Death
14th Annual Meeting of the ESC Working Group on Myocardial and Pericardial Diseases, Denmark

CANet Trainee Travel Award Winner

Dominique de Waard

Dalhousie University

The Effect of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy on Outcomes in Women: A Substudy of the Resynchronization-Defibrillation for Ambulatory Heart Failure Trial
Canadian Cardiovascular Congress, Vancouver, BC

CANet Trainee Travel Award Winner

Ihab Elsokkari

QEII Health Sciences Centre

Value of Testing for Myocardial Ischemia in Ischemic Cardiomyopathy in Patients with Recurrent Ventricular Arrhythmia in a Population Based Cohort
Canadian Cardiovascular Congress, Vancouver, BC

CANet Trainee Travel Award Winner

Jessica Ng

University of Calgary

Implanted Defibrillators are Not As Well Accepted in Patients <66 Years as in Older Patients
Heart Rhythm Scientific Sessions, Chicago, Illinois

Vasovagal Syncope Patients Have a Reduced Quality of Life and Greater Psychological Distress Compared to Healthy Subjects
Canadian Cardiovascular Congress, Vancouver, BC

CANet Trainee Travel Award Winner

Kate Bourne

University of Calgary/University of Victoria

Employment & Economic Impacts of Postural Tachycardia Syndrome: Insights from a cross-sectional community-based survey

28th Annual International Symposium on the Autonomic Nervous System, Florida, USA

CANet Trainee Travel Award Winner

Lawrence Yau

University of Ottawa

Identification of High-Risk Factors Associated with 30-Day Serious Adverse Events among Syncope Patients transported to the Emergency Department by Emergency Medical Services
Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM), Florida, USA

CANet Trainee Travel Award Winner

Manoj Saraswat

Dalhousie University

Integrated Management Approach to Atrial Fibrillation Care: A Cost Utility Analysis
Canadian Cardiovascular Congress, Vancouver, BC

CANet Trainee Travel Award Winner

Muhammad Mukarram

Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Optimal Length of Monitoring of Emergency Department Patients with Syncope
Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Annual Conference, Florida, USA

CANet Trainee Travel Award Winner

Olivia Cook

Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Application and Usefulness of Outpatient Cardiac Testing among Emergency Department Patients with Syncope
Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Annual Conference, Florida, USA

CANet Trainee Travel Award Winner

Rochelle Bernier

University of Alberta

A Population-Based Study of Adherence to Appropriate Use Criteria and Guideline Recommendations for Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators
1. HRS Scientific Sessions, Chicago, Illinois
2. Canadian Cardiovascular Congress, Vancouver, BC

CANet Trainee Travel Award Winner

Soo-Min Kim

Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Costs of Emergency Syncope Care
Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Annual Conference, Florida, USA

CANet Trainee Travel Award Winner

Stewart Spence

University of Ottawa

Cardiac Tamponade During Atrial Fibrillation Ablation, Before and After the Introduction of Contact Force Sensing Catheters
Canadian Cardiovascular Congress, Vancouver, BC

CANet Trainee Travel Award Winner

William McIntyre

McMaster University

Atrial Fibrillation Occurring Transiently with Stress During Medical Illness: A Systematic Review
Canadian Cardiovascular Congress, Montreal, QC

Zana Mariano — CANet Trainee Travel Award Winner

Zana Mariano

St. Michael’s Hospital

Are there gender-related differences in presentation and management of high risk hospitalized patients presenting to an academic hospital with atrial fibrillation?
Canadian Cardiovascular Congress, Vancouver, BC

2016 Award Winners

CANet Trainee Travel Award Winner

Jiro Inoue

Western University

Left Atrial Wall Segmentation Using Clinically Correlated Metrics
Medical Image Computing Event and Computer, Athens, Greece

CANet Trainee Travel Award Winner

Javad Hashemi

Queen’s University

A Novel Method for Automated Fractionation Detection in Ventricular Tachycardia
Annual Conference on Computing in Cardiology, Vancouver, BC

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