Santokh Dhillon, MD

Education

• Fellowship in Clinical Electrophysiology (The Hospital for Sick Children, Canada)
• Fellowship in Non-Invasive Imaging (Boston Children’s Hospital, USA)
• Fellowship in Pediatric Cardiology (University of Alberta, Canada)
• Residency in Pediatrics (Michigan State University, USA)
• MBBS (Dayanand Medical College, Panjab University, India)

Employment

• Assistant professor, Department of Pediatrics, Dalhousie University
• Pediatric cardiologist, IWK Health Centre
• Electrophysiologist, IWK Health Centre

Research interests

Dr. Dhillon’s research interests include inherited arrhythmias/cardiomyopathies in children and exercise performance in children with heart disease. His work is interdisciplinary, collaborative and geared both to contributing to the academic literature and to improve quality-of-life of children with heart diseases.

Salient research activities

• Dhillon S, Yu X, Zhang G, Cai S, Li J. “The relationship between plasma concentrations of ionized calcium and magnesium with cardiac energetics and systemic oxygen transport in neonates after the Norwood procedure.” J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2012 Jan 12. [Epub ahead of print]
• Dhillon S, Duncan W, Harris K, Sandor GS. “An unusual case of cyanosis in right ventricular dysplasia.” J Am Coll Cardiol. 2012; 59(9): 853
• Dhillon S, Khoo N, Quinonez L, Buchholz H “Spontaneous Endogenous Microbubbles in a Child on Ventricular Assist Device”. ASAIO J. 2013 Mar-Apr; 59(2): 181-2.
• Dhillon S, Yu X, Zhang G, Cai S, Li J “ Clinical Hemodynamic Parameters Do Not Accurately Reflect Systemic Oxygen Transport in Neonates After the Norwood procedure. Congenit Heart Dis. 2014 Jun 26. doi: 10.1111/chd.12196. [Epub ahead of print]
• Dhillon S, Yu X, Cheypesh A, Ross DB, Li J. “Comparison of Profiles of Perioperative Serum C-Reactive Protein Levels in Neonates Undergoing The Norwood Procedure or Arterial Switch Operation” Congenit Heart Dis. 2014 Jun 17. doi: 10.1111/chd.12195. [Epub ahead of print]

Memberships

• American Heart Association
• American College of Cardiology
• Heart Rhythm Society
• Canadian Heart Rhythm Society
• Society of Cardiovascular Magnetic resonance
• Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada

Teaching

• Dalhousie Medical School, Dalhousie University

Service & activity

• Clinical, research and teaching in heart diseases in children
• Runs Pediatric Inherited Diseases Clinic at IWK Health Centre