The Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS) is the national voice for cardiovascular physicians and scientists in Canada. The CCS represents more than 1700 professionals in the cardiovascular field.
Our mission is to promote cardiovascular health and care through knowledge translation, including dissemination of research and encouragement of best practices, as well as professional development and leadership in health policy.
What are the benefits of membership in the CCS?
LEADERSHIP
Leadership opportunities and peer recognition as:
Topic expert
Trainer/educator
Key opinion leader
Organizational leader
Mentor to future cardiovascular professionals
KNOWLEDGE
Educational programming for Canadian cardiovascular professionals
Meet your continuing professional development or continuing medical education needs through:
Participation in the annual Canadian Cardiovascular Congress, the premiere cardiovascular event in Canada, and save over 50% in registration fees
Up-to-date notification on state-of-the art educational opportunities
Ongoing CCS-accredited regional and e-learning programs
Unique educational programs for trainees
COMMUNITY
Participating in your professional community…nationally, provincially and regionally – and the opportunity to shape and influence our health care system now and for the future
Over the past five years, the CCS has been an active participant in the following areas:
Development of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Romanow Report
Fitness to drive and fly consensus conference recommendations postmyocardial infarction adopted across all 10 provincial ministries of transport
Development of standards of training and competency for subspecialty areas
A partner in the development of the federally funded Canadian Heart Health Strategy and Action Plan
Development, dissemination and advocacy for the adoption of the CCS access to care benchmarks as the wait time targets across Canada
Access to a pan-Canadian community of cardiovascular health and care experts through:
Participation in working groups, committees and regional/national meetings
Access to potential future employers through CCS networks, career centre and online fellowship listing
Collaboration with specialty and subspecialty groups to address their unique needs, such as the Canadian Heart Rhythm Society, Canadian Society of Echocardiography, Canadian Association of Interventional Cardiology, Canadian Society of Cardiac Surgeons, Canadian Pediatric Cardiology Association and the Canadian Nuclear Cardiology Society
Also, receive exclusive member access to:
The CCS online member directory
The Canadian Journal of Cardiology online
Regular e-updates on new developments in cardiovascular health, employment opportunities in Canada, educational events and news
Unique suite of services for early career cardiovascular professionals
Join the growing number of…
Regular members – specialists in cardiovascular health and diseases, or specialists who do not have a specialty qualification in a cardiovascular discipline but are recognized as having a major interest and time commitment to cardiovascular disease, or those with doctorates who are directly involved in cardiovascular teaching and research.
Members-in-Training are currently engaged in a formal cardiovascular-related training program. Individuals remain eligible for such membership for as long as they are engaged in formal training.
Associate Members have an interest in cardiovascular health and diseases, and do not qualify as a regular member or a Member-in-Training.
Welcome to our newest CCS members, who are realizing the benefits of CCS membership today!
Andelfinger, Gregor (Montreal, Quebec)
Bellavance, Marc (Sherbrooke, Quebec)
Carignan, Susanne (Rivière du Loup, Quebec)
Cavalle-Garrido, Tiscar (Westmount, Quebec)
Di Lorenzo, Maria (Montreal, Quebec)
Dokainish, Hisham (Houston, Texas, USA)
Dubé, Jean (Fleurimont, Quebec)
Fam, Neil (Toronto, Ontario)
Fedak, Paul (Calgary, Alberta)
Ferland, Mario (Grande-Rivière, Quebec)
Fisher, Harold (Toronto, Ontario)
Haichin, Richard (Montreal (Quebec)
Hodge, Steven (Winnipeg, Manitoba)
Hua, Johnson (Cambridge, Ontario)
Javaheri, Sepehr (Amos, Quebec)
Jay, Venita (Toronto, Ontario)
Ko, Dennis (Toronto, Ontario)
Lai, Lillian (Ottawa, Ontario)
Legault, Sylvie (Montreal, Quebec)
Morphet, John (Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario)
Naas, Abdulbassitt (Barrie, Ontario)
Paterson, Ian (Edmonton, Alberta)
Pilote, Louise (Montreal, Quebec)
Puley, Geoffrey (Mississauga, Ontario)
Quraishi, Ata-ur-Rehman (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
Racine, Marie-Claude (Sept-Îles, Quebec)
Ramer, Sarah (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
Searles, Greg (Saint John, New Brunswick)
Sharma, Maheshwar (Kitchener, Ontario)
Skanes, Allan (London, Ontario)
Tahiliani, Manoj (Oshawa, Ontario)
Toal, Satish (Saint John, New Brunswick)
For full details on the advantages offered to CCS members, visit www.ccs.ca, or call the CCS at 1-877-569-3407 or 613-569-3407, extension 402.