Weisel, Richard

About Me


A Professor of Cardiac Surgery, Senior Scientist at the Toronto General Research Institute and a basic and clinical investigator whose new techniques of cardiac protection for heart surgery have been adopted worldwide. He discovered stem cell implantation prevented heart failure after coronary occlusion which stimulated clinical trials in Toronto and globally. He is now Editor of the highest ranked Journal and Chair of the largest clinical trials network in his specialty. Most important, he trained two generations of Surgical Scientists who have assumed leadership positions in Canada and the world. 

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