Stephen Fort, MD, MRCP, FRCPC - Interventional Cardiology

Dr. Fort is an Associate Professor and Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories at Dalhousie University and Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He is a reviewer for the journals Heart, Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, Canadian Journal of Cardiology, and Angiology and is a frequent worldwide lecturer on cardiovascular topics.

Board Certifications

Member, Royal College of Physicians (UK)—1987

Licentiate, Medical Council of Canada—1999

Fellow in Internal Medicine, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada—1999

Fellow in Cardiology, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada—2000

Healthwise Knowledgebase Topics Reviewed

Aortic Valve Regurgitation

Aortic Valve Stenosis

Atrial Fibrillation

Coronary Artery Disease

Mitral Valve Regurgitation

Education

BSc (Hons) Biochemistry: University of Leeds, Leeds, England, 1982

MB ChB: University of Leeds, Leeds, England, 1984

Medical and Surgical House Officer: St. James's University Hospital, Leeds, England, 1984–1985

Senior House Officer in General Medicine: Chapel Allerton Hospital, Leeds, England, 1985–1986

Senior House Officer in Chest Medicine and Haematology: Killingbeck Hospital, Leeds, England, 1986

Registrar in Endocrinology and Senior House Officer in Cardiology: University Hospital, Cardiff, Wales, 1987

Registrar in Nephrology: Cardiff Royal Infirmary, Cardiff, Wales, 1987–1988

Registrar in General/Respiratory Medicine and Geriatric/General Medicine: University Hospital, Cardiff, Wales, 1988–1989

Registrar in Cardiology and Gastroenterology: University Hospital, Cardiff, Wales, 1989

British Heart Foundation Junior Research Fellow and Honorary Cardiology Registrar: University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff, Wales, 1989–1991

Registrar in Cardiology: Royal London Hospital, London, England, 1991–1993

MD: University of Leeds, Leeds, England, 1993

Senior Registrar in Cardiology: Western General Hospital and Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1993–1995

Senior Fellow in Interventional Cardiology: Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, 1995–1996

Senior Registrar in Cardiology: Western General Hospital and Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1996–1998

Senior Clinical Fellow in Cardiology: Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Science Centre and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, 1998–2000

Academic Appointments

Associate Professor, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, 2003–present

Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, 2000–present

Director, Intravascular Ultrasound Core Laboratory, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, 2000-2003

Hospital Affiliations

Staff Cardiologist, Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Science Centre, Toronto, ON 2000-2003

Deputy Head, Cardiac Catheretization Laboratory and Interventional Program, Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Science Centre, Toronto, ON 2001-2003

Professional Affiliations

British Cardiac Society

British Cardiovascular Intervention Society

Selected Publications

1. Foltz WD, Huang H, Fort S, Wright GA (2002). Vasodilator response assessment in porcine myocardium using MRI relaxometry. Circulation, 106(21): 2714–2719.
2. Nikhil J, Reis M, Phillips AM, Sparling K, Madan M, Fort S, Naqvi S, Cohen E, Radhakrishnan S (2001). A randomized comparison of the effects of a high versus conventional loading dose of clopidogrel on platelet aggregation (PA) prior to percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Circulation, 104(Suppl II): II–347.
3. Pang JTW, Fort S, et al. (2001). Periprocedural myocardial infarction following the use of covered and uncovered stents in the treatment of aortocoronary vein grafts. Canadian Journal of Cardiology, 17: 214C–215C.
4. Johnston PW, Cohen EA, Fort S (2001). "Y" stenting of a bifurcational stenosis using a new radio-opaque stent. Journal of Invasive Cardiology, 14(1): 21–25.
5. Johnson PW, Fort S, Cohen EA. Non-critical disease of the left main coronary artery: Limitations of angiography and the role of intravascular ultrasound. Canadian Journal of Cardiology, 14(3): 297–302.
6. Palmer ND, Fort S, et al. (1998). Should the use of intracoronary stents during percutaneous revascularization be restricted? Lancet, 351(9100): 416–417.

Financial Disclosure

Dr. Fort has a preceptorship agreement/contract with Boston Scientific Corporation.