02 · Full Professional Background
Full Professional Background
A complete, chronological record of clinical, academic, and program-leadership positions held across four decades, including simultaneous private practices maintained alongside institutional roles.
1977
Family Practice, Locum
Mission, B.C.
1977 – 1978
Family Practice
Caledonian Medical Clinic, Nanaimo, B.C.
1982 – 1983
Private Practice — Invasive, Non-Invasive & Nuclear Cardiology
Lancaster Community Hospital (AVHMC, Palmdale Hospitals), California
- Established and directed the first Nuclear Cardiology Laboratory in the community setting — not university affiliated
1984 – 1994
Consultant, Invasive & Non-Invasive Cardiology
Sudbury Memorial Hospital, Sudbury General Hospital & Laurentian Hospital, Ontario
- Established the region's first Nuclear Cardiology Laboratory; Medical Director & Radiation Safety Officer, and the region's first Pacemaker Clinic
- Director, Nuclear Cardiology (1984–94) and Director, Pacemaker Clinic (1984–94)
- Established and headed the Sudbury Regional Hospital's first Prevention & Rehabilitation Center (1989–94)
- Deputy Chief, Cardiovascular Department (1989–90); Chief, Cardiovascular Department (1990–92)
- Cardiology outreach clinics in Blind River (1984–94) and Elliot Lake (1992–94)
1989 – 1994
Simultaneous Private Practice (Solo), Cardiodynamics
Sudbury, Canada
- Established and headed a major Ambulatory Cardiac Centre with specialized cardiac consulting clinics and a non-invasive cardiac lab (stress testing, Holter, Echo-Doppler, Pacemaker Clinic, Nuclear Cardiology)
1994 – 1998
Head of Cardiology
The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan
- Founder — established and directed the first comprehensive academic, tertiary-care cardiology program; Associate Professor, Dept. of Medicine (1994–96), then Professor (1996–98)
- Director, Cardiac Catheterization Lab (1994–98) — established and headed the lab
1999 – 2001
Cardiology Consultant / Private Practice
University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Canada
- Associate Professor (VPT), University of Ottawa (1999–2001)
- Assisted in establishing the first separate Ambulatory Cardiac Centre
1999
Contract, Aga Khan Health Service, East Africa
Developed the proposal and feasibility study for the first comprehensive, integrated Cardiac Program with AKU; updated the plan in 2002 and authored the Strategic Plan
1999 – 2002
Cardiology Consultant
Peterborough Regional Health Centre, Ontario
- Planned, implemented, and directed the new Regional Cardiac Catheterization Centre (1999–2000) — one of the first stand-alone cardiac cath and angiography labs without cardiac surgical back-up support
- Simultaneous private practice as invasive staff cardiologist (1999–2002)
1999 – 2006
Interventional Cardiology
University Health Network (Toronto General Hospital)
- Lecturer, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto (2000–06)
- Completed requirement for Interventional Cardiology Fellowship and Board Certification (ABIM)
2001 – 2003
Simultaneous Part-Time Private Practice (Solo), Comprehensive Clinical Cardiology
Oshawa, Ontario
2002 – 2006
Private Practice (Solo), Comprehensive Cardiac Care & Nuclear Cardiology (IHF — provincial government certified)
Greater Toronto Area, Ontario · Medical Director, Comprehensive Cardiac Care
2005 – 2010
Cardiology Consultant
Continuum Medical Care, West Vancouver, B.C.
2005 – 2012
Private Practice (Solo), Cardiology Consultant
Vancouver, B.C.
2012 – Present
Cardiology Educational Consultant & Medical Navigation and Patient Advocate
Vancouver, B.C.
