Dr. Howard Leong-Poi appointed Division Director – Cardiology

The Department of Medicine is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr. Howard Leong-Poi as our new Division Director – Cardiology, effective April 1, 2025.

Dr. Leong-Poi is a Professor in the Department of Medicine’s Division of Cardiology. He is also a Clinician-Scientist, Cardiologist/Echocardiographer, and Medical Director of the Heart, Lung and Vascular Program at St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto. He was Division Head of Cardiology at St. Michael's Hospital from 2011-2022.

Dr. Leong-Poi completed undergraduate and graduate medical training at the University of Toronto, and a Research Fellowship at the University of Virginia. His clinical interests include cardiac imaging, in particular echocardiography, and clinical cardiology with a focus on ischemic heart disease and valvular heart disease. His research focuses on the development of ultrasound-targeted gene-based regenerative therapies for cardiovascular diseases. His research has been funded from several granting agencies, including the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada and the Canadian Foundation for Innovation. He is a past president of the Canadian Society of Echocardiography. Dr. Leong-Poi currently serves on the editorial boards of the Canadian Journal of Cardiology (CJC) and the Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography (JASE).

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Leong-Poi on his appointment and thanking Dr. Susanna Mak for her excellent leadership in this role.