Ernesto Schiffrin

Last updated
Ernesto L. Schiffrin
Dr Ernesto Schiffrin.png
Schiffrin speaking at Hypertension Canada
Education University of Buenos Aires (M.D., 1969);
McGill University (Ph.D., 1980) [1] [2]
Scientific career
Fields Medicine
Cardiology
Institutions McGill University, Jewish General Hospital

Ernesto Luis Schiffrin CM FRSC is an Argentinian-Canadian physician and researcher specialized in cardiovascular diseases.

Schiffrin is a distinguished James McGill [3] Professor of Medicine at the Department of Medicine, McGill University . [4] Canada Research Chair in Hypertension and Vascular Research at the Lady Davis Institute, and Physician-in-Chief at Jewish General Hospital.[ citation needed ]

He is known in the cardiovascular research community for his contributions to the understanding of the role of angiotensin II, aldosterone and endothelin hormones in the remodeling mechanisms of small resistance arteries . [5]

References

  1. ↑ "Ernesto Luis Schiffrin Lady Davis Profile" . Retrieved 2020-09-18.
  2. ↑ Watts, Geoff (2012). "Ernesto Schiffrin: essential player in hypertension" . The Lancet. 380 (9841): 555. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61317-8. PMID   22883494. S2CID   205967043 . Retrieved 2021-06-28.
  3. ↑ "Provost awards 32 professors with McGill and Dawson Chairs". 9 July 2020. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
  4. ↑ "Ernesto L. Schiffrin McGill University Profile" . Retrieved 2020-09-18.
  5. ↑ "Canada Research Chairs - Ernesto L. Schiffrin". 29 November 2012. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.