Jonathon A. Leipsic MD, FRCPC, FSCCT

Dr. Jonathon A. Leipsic, M.D., F.R.C.P.C. F.S.C.C.T is the Chairman of the Department of Radiology for Providence Health Care and the Vice Chairman of Research for the UBC Department of Radiology. He is the Assistant Professor of Radiology and is also appointed in the Division of Cardiology with the University of British Columbia. He acts as the co-director of Advanced Cardiac Imaging for the Providence Health Care Heart Center at St. Paul’s Hospital. Dr. Leipsic is actively involved in cardiac CT and MR research with prior involvement in a multi-center trial evaluating coronary CT angiography vs. QCA. Dr. Leipsic has over 50 peer-reviewed manuscripts in press or in print and over 100 scientific abstracts. These include, but are not limited to, diagnostic performance and radiation reduction as well as CT to guide minimally invasive valve intervention.

He speaks internationally on a number of cardiovascular imaging subjects, He is currently sitting on the education, programs, and international regional committees for the Society of Cardiovascular CT as well as the board of directors. He also chairs the Canadian International Regional Committee for the SCCT. Dr. Leipsic serves as a reviewer for numerous cardiac imaging journals and is also the director for the Advanced Cardiac Imaging fellowship at the Heart Center at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver.