The following is a listing of clinics for Genetic Aortic Disorders (Marfan and other Heritable Thoracic Aortic Disorders - HTAD) in Canada.
Note: a referral from your family physician / cardiologist is necessary in order to receive an appointment at the clinics
If you do not live near any of these clinics and would like to find a doctor in your area please contact GADA toll free at 1 (866) 722-1722 or email us at info@gadacanada.ca
Click on the City below for clinic information
CALGARY, ALBERTA
Children
Alberta Children’s Hospital
Pediatric Cardiology
Tel: 403- 955-7858
Fax: 403-955-7621
Adult
Aortopathy Clinic
Nurse Clinician: Cheryl Tarr
Peter Lougheed Centre
3500 – 26 Avenue. NE
Calgary, Alberta
Canada T1Y 6J4
Tel: 403- 943-4959
Fax: 403-291-6814
NOTE: Follows genetic aortic disorders & vEDS patients
EDMONTON, ALBERTA
Adult
Adult Congenital Heart Clinic
Tel: 780-407-6552
HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA
Maritime Connective Tissue Clinic
2102-1796 Summer Street
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Canada B3H 3A7
Phone: 902-473-1945
Fax: 902-473-2434
Children are connected to pediatric cardiology services at IWK
MONTREAL, QUEBEC
Children
Cardiovascular Genetic Clinic
CHU Sainte Justine
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine
3175 Chemin de la Côte Ste-Catherine
Montréal, Québec H3T1C5
Tel : 514 345-4654
Fax: 514 345-2171
Website: CHU Sainte Justine
Adult
Montreal Aortic & Connective Tissue Clinic (ACTC) / Genetic Clinic, Montreal Heart Institute
Key contact: Evelyne Naas
5000 Rue Bélanger
Montréal, Québec
Canada QC H1T 1C8
Tel: 514-593-2498
Fax: 514-593-2158
Toll-free 1-855-922-6387 (connect with Genetic Clinic)
Website: ACTC, Montreal Heart Institute
Adult
Aortic Clinic
McGill University Health Centre
Phone: 514-934-1934 Ext: 36873
Fax: 514-843-1602
Website: www.mcgill.ca/aorticclinic/
OTTAWA, ONTARIO
Children
Cardiology Clinic
CHEO
Division of Cardiology
401 Smyth Road
Ottawa, ON K1H 8L1
Telephone: 613-737-7600
Fax: 613-738-4835
Website: CHEO
Adult
Aortic Clinic
Nurse Co-ordinator: Kathryn McLean
Aortic Clinic
University of Ottawa Heart Institute
40 Ruskin Street
Ottawa, ON K1Y 4W7
Email: aorticclinic@ottawaheart.ca
Telephone: 613-696-7237
Fax: 613-696-7302
Website: Ottawa Heart Institute
QUEBEC, QUEBEC
Adult
Clinique des maladies de l'aorte thoracique / Thoracic Aorta Disease Clinic
Institut Universitaire De Cardiologie Et De Pneumologie de Québec
2725 Chemin Ste-Foy
Québec, Québec
Canada QC G1V 4G5
Tel : 418 656-8711 ext. 3395
Fax: (418) 656-4856
SASKATOON, SASKATCHEWAN
Pediatric Cardiology Clinic
Administrative Assistant: Susan Jackson
Pediatric Outpatient Clinic
Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital
103 Hospital Drive
Saskatoon, SK S7N 0W8
Phone: 306-844-1235
Fax: 306-844-1535
TORONTO, ONTARIO
Children
Marfan/Connective Tissue Disorders Clinic
Clinic Nurse: Melanie Monds
SickKids
The Labatt Family Heart Centre
555, University Avenue
4th Floor, Atrium (4A)
Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8
Phone: 416-813-7919
Fax: 416-813-6540
Website: Labatt Family Heart Centre
Adult
Hereditary Aortopathy Clinic
Part of the Adult Congenital Cardiac Clinic
Nurse Co-ordinator: Suzanne Hemeon
Peter Munk Cardiac Center Ambulatory Care Clinic, PMCC-ACC
Email: PMCC_ACC@uhn.ca
Phone: 416 340 5309
Fax: 416 340 4127
Website: Hereditary Aortopathy Clinic
Adult
ST. MICHAEL’S HOSPITAL
Cardiology, Aorta Program
30 Bond St.
Toronto Ontario
M5B 1W8
Referrals to be made to:
Geraldine Ong, MD MSc FRCPC FASE
Phone: 416-864-5376
Fax: 416-864-6021
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA
BC Children's Hospital Pediatric Cardiology Clinic (1F3 Children's Heart Centre)
Contact: Leslie Raffin, Cardiology Nurse Clinician
4500 Oak St
Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada V6H 3N1
Phone: 604-875-2345 ex 7877
Email: lraffin@cw.bc.ca
Notes: expertise in aortopathies and referrals to other subspecialities
Heritable Aortopathies Clinic (HAC)
Nurse Co-ordinator: Karen LeComte
St. Paul’s Hospital
Room 5051, Providence Building
1081 Burrard Street
Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada V6Z 1Y6
Phone: 604-806-8520
Fax: 604-806-8800
Website: Heritable Aortopathies Clinic