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OUR TEAM

Margot Davis, MD

Margot Davis is a cardiologist at VGH and SPH and the Director of the UBC Cardiology-Oncology Program. She obtained her Bachelor of Science in Physiology at McGill University before attending medical school at the University of British Columbia. She stayed at UBC for her Internal Medicine residency and Cardiology fellowship and served as Chief Resident for both Medicine and Cardiology. She then completed fellowships in Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology and Cardio-Oncology & Cardiac Amyloidosis at Stanford University School of Medicine. She is also a candidate for a Masters of Science in clinical epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health.

Her research interests are focused on the prevention, diagnosis, and management of cardiotoxicity related to cancer therapy and the epidemiology of heart disease in cancer survivors. She also has interests in cardiac amyloidosis and advanced heart failure. She is a co-PI on the Canadian Cancer Society-funded ELEVATE trial of eplerenone for the prevention of anthracycline cardiotoxicity in breast cancer patients.

Sean Virani, MD

Dr. Virani is the Head of Cardiology at Providence Health Care and Physician Program Director for the Provincial Heart Centre at St. Paul’s Hospital.

A key opinion leader for heart failure in Canada, Dr. Virani is the Heart Failure Physician Lead and Senior Medical Advisor at Cardiac Services BC, Past-President and Chair of the Canadian Heart Failure Society as well as Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of British Columbia.

He completed his internal medicine and cardiology training at UBC before embarking on a sub-specialization in heart failure and cardiac transplantation at Stanford University. He also has a Master’s degree in Public Health from Columbia University with a focus on healthcare management. His professional interests include public policy related to health care delivery with specific reference to healthcare systems redesign and quality in the Canadian context.

Dr. Virani has authored a number of papers on chronic and acute decompensated heart failure and is a principal investigator on numerous research trials with extensive grant funding.

He is Co-Chair of the Canadian Cardio-Oncology Guidelines and is a primary panelist on the Canadian Heart Failure Guidelines. He is Co-Chair of the Provincial Advisory Panel on Cardiac Health and past Co-Chair of British Columbia’s Specialist Services Committee – a collaboration between the Doctors of BC and BC’s Ministry of Health. He also serves as Medical Director for HeartLife Foundation, Canada’s first and only patient-led national heart failure organization.

Suzanne Ho, RN

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Amanda Knutson, MOA

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About The UBC Cardiac Amyloidosis Clinic

We see patients at Vancouver General Hospital and St. Paul’s Hospital

What to expect at your appointment

  • What to bring:
    • Clinic questionnaire (initial consultation only)
    • List of current medications
    • Friend or family member if you wish
  • Please arrive 15 minutes early for your appointment
  • Initial consultations are typically 60-90 minutes in duration
  • Follow-up appointments are typically 30 minutes in duration

Contact Us

Email: info@amyloidosis.com
Phone: 604 875-5759
Fax: 604 875-4265

St Paul Address:
5 C/D-5th Floor, Providence Building
1081 Burrard Street
Vancouver BC
V6Z 1Y6

VGH Address:
Gordon and Leslie Diamond Health Care Centre
2775 Laurel St., 9th Floor
Vancouver BC
V5Z 1M9