Christopher
Simpson
Affiliate Scientist
ICES Affiliation
- ICES Queen's
- Cardiovascular Research Program
Phone
613-549-6666
Ext.
3804
Education
- Research Fellowship, Cardiac Electrophysiology, University of Western Ontario
- FRCPC, Cardiology, Queen's University
- FRCPC, Internal Medicine, Queen's University
- MD, Dalhousie University
- BSc, University of New Brunswick
Research Focus
- Cardiovascular disorders
- Access to health care
- Health policy/reform
Other Affiliations
- Professor of Medicine, Vice-Dean (clinical), School of Medicine, and Chief of Cardiology, Queen's University
- Medical Director, Cardiac Programs, Kingston General Hospital and Hotel Dieu Hospital, Kingston
- Medical Director, Southeastern Ontario Academic Medical Association
- Canadian Medical Association representative to the World Medical Association (as of 2017)
- Past-President (2014-15), Canadian Medical Association
Recent ICES Grants
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Principal investigators: Johri A, Simpson C
Queen's University Department of Medicine,
Internal Grant
2014-2017; $24,989
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Principal investigator: Johnson A, Dowlatshahi D, Schulman S
Co-investigators: Giulivi A, Heddle N, Holbrook A, Simpson C, Wells P, Xu Y
Canadian Institutes of Health Research,
Operating Grant
2013-2016; $304,604
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Medical Staff Association Outstanding Clinician of the Year Award
2017: Awarded to Dr. Chris Simpson by the Hotel Dieu Hospital and Kingston General Hospital's Medical Staff Association. This award honours medical staff members in good standing with five or more years of service who demonstrate outstanding contributions to the medical community.
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Medical Post Power List
2015: Dr. Chris Simpson included in the Medical Post's "Power List" of the 30 most powerful physicians in Canada, identified through a survey of their peers. The list was included in the 50th anniversary issue of the journal published in September.
Recent ICES Publications
Xu Y, Schulman S, Dowlatshahi D, Holbrook AM, Simpson CS, Shepherd LE, Wells PS, Giulivi A, Gomes T, Mamdani M, Frymire E, Khan S, Johnson AP; Bleeding Effected by Direct Oral Anticoagulants (BLED-AC) Study Group. Thromb Res. 2019; 182:12-9. Epub 2019 Aug 2. DOI: 10.1016/j.thromres.2019.07.026.
Xu Y, Schulman S, Dowlatshahi D, Holbrook AM, Simpson CS, Shepherd LE, Wells PS, Giulivi A, Gomes T, Mamdani M, Khuu W, Frymire E, Johnson AP; Bleeding Effected by Direct Oral Anticoagulants (BLED-AC) Study Group. Chest. 2017; 152(1):81-91. Epub 2017 Feb 17.
Lee DS, Hardy J, Yee R, Healey JS, Birnie D, Simpson CS, Crystal E, Mangat I, Nanthakumar K, Wang X, Krahn AD, Dorian P, Austin PC, Tu JV; Investigators of the Ontario ICD Database. Circ Heart Fail. 2015; 8(5):927-37. Epub 2015 Jul 29.