The Genetic Aortic Disorders Association Canada (GADA Canada) is pleased to announce that Dr. Maral Ouzounian, MD, PhD, FRCSC, is the newly appointed Chair of its Professional Advisory Board. Dr. Ouzounian, who has served on the Professional Advisory Board since 2015, is a cardiac and aortic surgeon at the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, and Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Toronto.

Dr. Ouzounian replaces Dr. Dianna Milewicz, MD, PhD, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, who served as Chair of the Professional Advisory Board since 2012.