Dr. Stephen Fort reviews medical content for Healthwise, a nonprofit organization with a mission to help people make better health decisions. 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
Selected Publications
- Foltz WD, Huang H, Fort S, Wright GA (2002). Vasodilator response assessment in porcine myocardium using MRI relaxometry. Circulation, 106(21): 2714–2719.
- 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.
- Johnston PW, Fort S, Cohen EA (1999). Non-critical disease of the left main coronary artery: Limitations of angiography and the role of intravascular ultrasound. Canadian Journal of Cardiology, 15(3): 297–302.
- Palmer ND, Fort S, et al. (1998). Should the use of intracoronary stents during percutaneous revascularization be restricted? Lancet, 351(9100): 416–417.
- Foltz WD, Huang H, Fort S, Wright GA (2002). Vasodilator response assessment in porcine myocardium using MRI relaxometry. Circulation, 106(21): 2714-2719.
