Our People

Working together to deliver patient care, education and research

The Division of Cardiology is home to more than 30 cardiologists and support staff who work together to provide care to adults in Halifax and the Maritime provinces, educate medical students and residents and conduct leading research.

For referring physicians, we update our referral processes, contact information and wait times on a quarterly basis to ensure the latest information is available.

Faculty members

Name Academic rank Special interest
Dr. Ata Quraishi
Division head / service chief
Professor Interventional
Clinical
Dr. Amir AbdelWahab Associate professor Electrophysiology
Dr. Kim Anderson Assistant professor Clinical
Heart Function
Heart Transplant
Dr. Iqbal Bata Professor Clinical
Dr. Daniel J. Belliveau Assistant professor  
Dr. Hussein Beydoun Professor Interventional
Clinical
Dr. Helen Bishop Associate professor Interventional
Clinical
Dr. Andrew Caddell Assistant professor Cardiology
Cardiovascular Surgery
Dr. Jafna Cox Professor Research (no outpatients)
Dr. Richard Crowell Assistant professor Clinical
Heart Function
Heart Transplant
Dr. Osama Elkhateeb Assistant professor
Interventional
Dr. Martin Gardner Professor Electrophysiology
Arrhythmia
Dr. Nicholas Giacomantonio Professor Clinical
Dr. Chris Gray Associate professor Electrophysiology
Arrhythmia
Dr. Doug Hayami Assistant professor Clinical
Heart Function
Heart Transplant
Dr. Gabrielle Horne Associate professor Research
Clinical
Dr. Simon Jackson
Professor Clinical
Heart Function Adult Congential
Cardiac Disease in Pregnancy
Dr. Catherine Kells Professor Interventional
Adult Congenital
Cardiac Disease in Pregnancy
Clinical
Dr. Bakhtiar Kidwai Associate professor Interventional Cardiology
Clinical
Dr. Wan (Joseph) Kim Assistant professor Inventional Cardiology
Dr. Chris Koilpillai Professor Clinical
Dr. David C. Lee Assistant professor  
Dr. Evan Merrick Assistant professor Clinical
Dr. Andrew Moeller Assistant professor Clinical
Heart Function
Heart Transplant
Dr. Sharon Mulvagh Professor  
Dr. Ratika Parkash Professor Electrophysiology
Arrhythmia
Dr. Miroslaw Rajda Associate professor Clinical
Heart Function
Heart Transplant
Dr. Sarah Ramer Associate professor Clinical
Dr. John Sapp Professor Electrophysiology
Arrhythmia
Dr. William Sheridan Assistant professor Clinical
Dr. Robbie Stewart Associate professor Clinical
Dr. Kim Styles Assistant professor Clinical
Dr. Wael Sumaya Assistant professor  
Dr. Lawrence Title Professor Interventional
Clinical

 

Locums

Name Locum
Dr. Nicolas Berbenetz Locum - 6 months starting July 1, 2022

Cross appointments

Name Cross from
Dr. Syed Sibte Raza Abidi Faculty of Computer Science
Dr. Robert Miller Diagnostic Radiology
Dr. Pollen Yeung College of Pharmacy

Academic only appointments

Name
(Academic rank)
Associated hospital
Dr. Colin Barry
(assistant professor)
Saint John Regional
Dr. Sebastian Benaya
(assistant professor)
Dr. Everett Chalmers
Dr. Ricardo Bessoudo
(assistant professor)
Saint John Regional
Dr. David Bewick
(associate professor)
Saint John Regional
Dr. Ronald Bourgeois
(assistant professor)
The Moncton Hospital
Dr. Adam Clarke
(assistant professor)
Valley Regional
Dr. J. Geoffrey Douglas
(lecturer)
Saint John Regional
Dr. Peter Fong
(assistant professor)
Saint John Regional
Dr. Dongsheng Gao
(assistant professor)
Cape Breton Regional
Dr. Djilali Hanzal
(assistant professor)
Dr. Everett Chalmers
Dr. Adam Howes
(assistant professor)
Dartmouth General
Dr. Jaroslav Hubacek
(assistant professor)
Saint John Regional
Dr. Sherief Kamel
(assistant professor)
The Moncton Hospital
Dr. Pascal Karam
(assistant professor)
The Moncton Hospital
Dr. Paul MacDonald
(assistant professor)
Cape Breton Regional
Dr. David Marr
(associate professor)
Saint John Regional
Dr. Brent McGrath
(assistant professor)
Saint John Regional
Dr. Paul Mears
(assistant professor)
Dartmouth General
Dr. Vernon Paddock
(assistant professor)
Saint John Regional
Dr. Robert Stevenson
(assistant professor)
Saint John Regional
Dr. Robert Teskey
(assistant professor)
Saint John Regional
Dr. Satish Toal
(assistant professor)
Saint John Regional
Dr. Samuel Wang
(assistant professor)
Saint John Regional
Dr. Howard Wightman
(lecturer)
Valley Regional
Dr. Daniel Woo
(assistant professor)
Valley Regional
Dr. Jason Yung
(assistant professor)
Dartmouth General
Dr. Tawfiq Zeidan Shwiri
(assistant professor)
The Moncton Hospital