George Thanassoulis

George Thanassoulis

1Divisions of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Biography
his research focuses on cardiovascular prevention with the goal of using genomic and molecular epidemiology to better inform preventive strategies for the general population, as well as identifying personalized preventive strategies to maintain cardiovascular health in genetically predisposed individuals. Most recently, I co-led an international consortium that completed the first genome-wide association study for aortic valve disease which identified an unusual form of cholesterol known as lipoprotein(a) as one of the first causal factors for the development of aortic valve disease.