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




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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

Children

Stollery Children’s Hospital

Tel: 780-407-3392
Fax (780) 407-3310

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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

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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/

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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

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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

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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

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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

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