Howard Leong-Poi

Howard Leong-Poi is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and a Clinician Scientist in the Division of Cardiology at St. Michael's Hospital. After obtaining his undergraduate medical degree in 1992 at The University of Toronto, Dr. Leong-Poi completed his internal medicine residency at The University of Toronto, where he was the co-chief medical resident at The Toronto Hospital, and his subspecialty Cardiology residency at The Toronto Hospital and St. Michael's Hospital. He subsequently pursued a research fellowship in myocardial contrast echocardiography at The University of Virginia, under the supervision of Dr. Sanjiv Kaul, co-funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada. He returned to St. Michael's Hospital in 2002 as a staff cardiologist, clinical echocardiographer and researcher in the Division of Cardiology. He is currently the Director of the Echocardiography and Vascular Ultrasound Laboratory at St. Michael's Hospital. His clinical interests include ischemic and valvular heart disease and the echocardiographic evaluation of cardiovascular disease. His research, supported by grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario, focuses on novel diagnostic and therapeutic applications for contrast ultrasound in cardiovascular diseases.