Beth Abramson
MD MSc FRCP FACC
PHYSICIANS OR DOCTORAL LEVEL DEGREE
Member Since: 2023
Professional Bio
Beth L. Abramson MD MSc FRCP FACC
Paul Albrechtsen Professor in Cardiac Prevention and Women's Health
Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto
Division of Cardiology, St. Michael's Hospital
Her interest is knowledge translation, including writing guidelines to educate physicians on preventive cardiology and women?s health issues:
2000 primary panel: CCS Women and Ischemic Heart Disease;
2005, 2021 co-chair: CCS Guideline on Peripheral Arterial Disease
2009, 2013 and 2021 primary panel: Canadian Menopause guidelines
2014 primary panel: Canadian guidelines for the management of stable ischemic heart disease.
Dr. Abramson was a co-chair of the American College of Cardiology?s hypertension working group and the American Society of Preventive Cardiology?s women?s working group. She was invited to become a member on the ACC?s Prevention Council in 2021.
She is a founding member and inaugural Chair (2018-2020) of the Canadian Women's Heart Health Alliance Education Working group, which has created an electronic course and toolkit on Women and Heart Disease for MDs.
She enjoys educating the public on heart health and is a national spokesperson for the Heart and Stroke Foundation. Her book, Heart Health for Canadians, published in 2013, aims to help people prevent and understand heart disease.
In 2015 she was awarded the prestigious Harold N. Segal award of Merit, in recognition of her many contributions to preventing heart disease amongst Canadians.
She currently directs a fellowship in Preventive Cardiology at the University of Toronto. She has recently established an academic Cardiometabolic Clinic at St. Michael?s Hospital to close care gaps.
Paul Albrechtsen Professor in Cardiac Prevention and Women's Health
Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto
Division of Cardiology, St. Michael's Hospital
Her interest is knowledge translation, including writing guidelines to educate physicians on preventive cardiology and women?s health issues:
2000 primary panel: CCS Women and Ischemic Heart Disease;
2005, 2021 co-chair: CCS Guideline on Peripheral Arterial Disease
2009, 2013 and 2021 primary panel: Canadian Menopause guidelines
2014 primary panel: Canadian guidelines for the management of stable ischemic heart disease.
Dr. Abramson was a co-chair of the American College of Cardiology?s hypertension working group and the American Society of Preventive Cardiology?s women?s working group. She was invited to become a member on the ACC?s Prevention Council in 2021.
She is a founding member and inaugural Chair (2018-2020) of the Canadian Women's Heart Health Alliance Education Working group, which has created an electronic course and toolkit on Women and Heart Disease for MDs.
She enjoys educating the public on heart health and is a national spokesperson for the Heart and Stroke Foundation. Her book, Heart Health for Canadians, published in 2013, aims to help people prevent and understand heart disease.
In 2015 she was awarded the prestigious Harold N. Segal award of Merit, in recognition of her many contributions to preventing heart disease amongst Canadians.
She currently directs a fellowship in Preventive Cardiology at the University of Toronto. She has recently established an academic Cardiometabolic Clinic at St. Michael?s Hospital to close care gaps.
Specialty
Cardiology, Preventive Medicine