Chi-Ming Chow

Dr. Chi-Ming Chow is an attending staff cardiologist at St. Michael’s Hospital. He is an assistant professor in the Department of Medicine, University of Toronto. He has an undergraduate degree in computer science from Brown University, USA. He completed his Doctor of Medicine (1990) at McGill University (Montréal, Québec) and a Masters of Science in Epidemiology at McGill University (1997). He completed his training in Internal Medicine and Cardiology at McGill University. He then pursued his clinical and research echocardiography fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University before joining the Division of Cardiology at St. Michael’s Hospital in 2001.

He has authored multiple peer-reviewed journals and presented in local, national and international scientific meetings. He is currently a spokesperson for the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario and the Vice-President of the Chinese Canadian Council, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario. He participates actively in health promotion and research among ethnic Chinese.

His current areas of research include clinical epidemiology in coronary artery disease and valvular heart disease, ethnic differences in cardiovascular disease, investigating new technologies in non-invasive imaging and medical informatics. He has authored a number of medical education software programs that are used by medical professionals and students internationally.