Ken Gin MD FRCPC FCCS

  • Clinical Professor of Medicine University of British Columbia(UBC)
  • Head, Division of Cardiology VGH
  • Medical Manager Cardiology VGH
  • Medical Lead, Cardiac Program Vancouver Coastal/PHC
  • Annual Meeting Chair Canadian Cardiovascular Congress 2018/2019
  • Head Canadian Journal Cardiology Committee
  • Lead, Cardiology Shared Care Committee
  • Killiam Teaching Prize/UBC Lifetime Teaching Awards
  • Launched CJC Open Journal in 2019
  • Research Interests in Cardiac Imaging, Machine Learning, CAD
  • >100 publications (7 in 2019)

Dr. Gin graduated MD at UBC in 1985; completed his internal medicine & adult cardiology training, followed by an echocardiography fellowship. Appointed by the UBC Department of Medicine and VGH Division of Cardiology in 1992, he achieved the rank of Clinical Professor in 2008. He was Director, UBC Postgraduate Cardiology Program for 10 years until 2009; under his tutelage, the program grew from 2 residents to 17. From 2009 to 2012 he served as Head of the UBC Division of Cardiology for Vancouver Acute. Since 2009 to the present, he has served as Head of the VGH Division of Cardiology. He has received numerous teaching awards, including the prestigious 2010 UBC Killam Teaching Prize and the 2011 Canadian Cardiovascular Society Distinguished Teaching Award. He has published in the NEJM, Lancet, JACC and other high impact peer-reviewed journals. In 2013 he received the Clinical Excellence award from VGH.

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