The Intersection of Cardiology and Obesity Within the Field of Bariatric Medicine

Speaker

Subodh Verma MD, PhD, FRCSC, FAHA, FCCS, FCAHS

Cardiac Surgeon • St Michael’s Hospital of Unity Health Toronto
Scientist • Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science and Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of Unity Health Toronto
Professor of Surgery and Pharmacology & Toxicology • University of Toronto
Canada Research Chair in Cardiovascular Surgery

Dr. Subodh Verma is a cardiac surgeon-scientist, Full Professor, and the Canada Research Chair in Cardiovascular Surgery. He is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, a member of the Royal Society of Canada College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists, and a past recipient of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada Gold Medal in Surgery. In 2022, Dr. Verma was named a Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher in Clinical Medicine. In May 2023, Dr. Verma was bestowed the University of Calgary Cumming School Medicine Alumnus of Distinction Award for Research. He is the current Scientific Program Committee Chair for the Canadian Society of Cardiac Surgeons, and he is an active contributor to Canadian clinical practice guidelines. He had/has leadership roles in multiple contemporary global heart failure and cardiometabolic trials. Dr. Verma founded the CardioLink platform that united cardiac surgeons from across Canada to conduct robust clinical trials to better inform on surgical decision-making pathways. He also leads a dynamic pre-clinical and translational research team that leverages pre-clinical disease models and clinical trial-derived data to identify novel mediators of cardiometabolic diseases.