Brian Clarke, MD FRCP(C) FACC FCCS

Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology at the UBC

  • Dr. Brian Clarke is a heart failure cardiologist with specialization in advanced heart failure, cardiac transplantation, & mechanical circulatory support.
  • Experience and interest across the spectrum of heart failure and cardiomyopathy with an additional area of focus in Cardiooncology
  • Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology at the UBC
  • Member of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada adult cardiology subspecialty committee, chair of the AFC in advanced heart failure and cardiac transplantation
  • Member of the adult cardiology exam board
  • President of the Canadian Cardiac Transplant Network
  • Official affiliate of the Canadian Cardiovascular Societ
  • Senior advisor to Canadian Blood Services, Health Canada, and Canadian Institute for Health Information

Dr. Brian Clarke is a heart failure cardiologist with specialization in advanced heart failure, cardiac transplantation, & mechanical circulatory support.   He has experience and interest across the spectrum of heart failure and cardiomyopathy with an additional area of focus in Cardiooncology.    He is clinical associate professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology at the University of British Columbia with academic interests and experience in education, outcomes research,  and clinical program innovation.  Dr. Clarke obtained his medical degree, internal medicine, and cardiology residencies at Dalhousie University in Halifax Nova Scotia. He then completed subspecialty training in advanced heart failure, cardiac transplantation, and mechanical circulatory support at Stanford University. He returned to Halifax as active medical staff before being recruited to the University of Calgary and Libin Cardiovascular Institute in 2015, where he became the medical director of the cardiac transplant and MCS programs and program, director of the heart failure training program, and co-director of the cardio-oncology program in 2018.  He developed and launched an invasive heart failure monitoring program in 2018 and has been PI on many international clinical trials.  Dr. Clarke joined the Division of Cardiology at UBC in October 2021.  Dr. Clarke is active in education and has won teaching awards for resident education.  He has been a member of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada adult cardiology subspecialty committee, chair of the AFC in advanced heart failure and cardiac transplantation,  and member of the adult cardiology exam board.  Dr. Clarke is the current president of the Canadian Cardiac Transplant Network, an official affiliate of the Canadian Cardiovascular Society, and is senior advisor to Canadian Blood Services, Health Canada, and Canadian Institute for Health Information, on national matters of cardiac transplantation.

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