Stephen Fort, MD, MRCP, FRCPC - Interventional Cardiology
Dr. Stephen Fort reviews medical content for
Healthwise, a nonprofit organization with a mission to help people make better
health decisions. Dr. Fort is an Associate Professor and Director of the
Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories at Dalhousie University and Queen
Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He is a reviewer
for the journals Heart, Catheterization
and Cardiovascular Interventions, Canadian Journal of
Cardiology, and Angiology and is a frequent
worldwide lecturer on cardiovascular topics.
Board Certifications
Member, Royal College of Physicians
(UK)-1987
Licentiate, Medical Council of
Canada-1999
Fellow in Internal Medicine, Royal College of
Physicians and Surgeons of Canada-1999
Fellow in Cardiology, Royal
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada-2000
Healthwise Knowledgebase Topics Reviewed
Aortic Valve Regurgitation
Aortic
Valve Stenosis
Atrial Fibrillation
Coronary Artery
Disease
Mitral Valve Regurgitation
Education
BSc (Hons) Biochemistry: University of Leeds,
Leeds, England, 1982
MB ChB: University of Leeds, Leeds, England,
1984
Medical and Surgical House Officer: St. James's University
Hospital, Leeds, England, 1984-1985
Senior House Officer in General
Medicine: Chapel Allerton Hospital, Leeds, England,
1985-1986
Senior House Officer in Chest Medicine and Haematology:
Killingbeck Hospital, Leeds, England, 1986
Registrar in
Endocrinology and Senior House Officer in Cardiology: University Hospital,
Cardiff, Wales, 1987
Registrar in Nephrology: Cardiff Royal
Infirmary, Cardiff, Wales, 1987-1988
Registrar in
General/Respiratory Medicine and Geriatric/General Medicine: University
Hospital, Cardiff, Wales, 1988-1989
Registrar in Cardiology and
Gastroenterology: University Hospital, Cardiff, Wales, 1989
British
Heart Foundation Junior Research Fellow and Honorary Cardiology Registrar:
University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff, Wales,
1989-1991
Registrar in Cardiology: Royal London Hospital, London,
England, 1991-1993
MD: University of Leeds, Leeds, England,
1993
Senior Registrar in Cardiology: Western General Hospital and
Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1993-1995
Senior Fellow in
Interventional Cardiology: Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON,
1995-1996
Senior Registrar in Cardiology: Western General Hospital
and Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1996-1998
Senior Clinical
Fellow in Cardiology: Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Science Centre and
University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, 1998-2000
Academic Appointments
Associate Professor, Dalhousie University,
Halifax, NS, 2003-present
Assistant Professor of Medicine,
University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, 2000-present
Director,
Intravascular Ultrasound Core Laboratory, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON,
2000-2003
Hospital Affiliations
Staff Cardiologist, Sunnybrook and Women's
College Health Science Centre, Toronto, ON, 2000-2003
Deputy Head,
Cardiac Catheretization Laboratory and Interventional Program, Sunnybrook and
Women's College Health Science Centre, Toronto, ON, 2001-2003
Professional Affiliations
British Cardiac Society
British
Cardiovascular Intervention Society
Selected Publications
Foltz WD, Huang H, Fort S, Wright GA (2002).
Vasodilator response assessment in porcine myocardium using MRI relaxometry.
Circulation, 106(21): 2714-2719.
Johnston
PW, Cohen EA, Fort S (2001). "Y" stenting of a bifurcational stenosis using a
new radio-opaque stent. Journal of Invasive Cardiology,
14(1): 21-25.
Johnston PW, Fort S, Cohen EA (1999). Non-critical
disease of the left main coronary artery: Limitations of angiography and the
role of intravascular ultrasound. Canadian Journal of
Cardiology, 15(3): 297-302.
Palmer ND, Fort S, et al.
(1998). Should the use of intracoronary stents during percutaneous
revascularization be restricted? Lancet, 351(9100):
416-417.
Foltz WD, Huang H, Fort S, Wright GA (2002). Vasodilator response
assessment in porcine myocardium using MRI relaxometry. Circulation, 106(21): 2714-2719.
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