Philippe Pibarot

Philippe Pibarot, DVM, PhD, FACC, FAHA, FASE, FESC, FCCS is a professor in the Department of Medicine at Laval University, holds the Canada Research Chair in Valvular Heart Disease, and is head of Cardiology Research at Québec Heart & Lung Institue (IUCPQ). He is principal investigator in studies and trials funded by a grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, and directs the Echocardiography Core Laboratory at IUCPQ.

He is associate editor for the Structural Heart and Eurointervention journals, Imaging section editor for the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the Heart Valve Society. He received the Annual Achievement Award of the Canadian Society of Echocardiography, the Canadian Cardiovascular Society Research Achievement Award, the Feigenbaum Lecture Award, and the CIHR-ICRH/CCS Distinguished Lecturer Award in Cardiovascular Sciences. His research program develops and validates patient-oriented approaches to improve diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of VHD.