OBJECTIVE
The Peter Munk Centre of Excellence in Molecular Medicine is one of seven Centres of Excellence established at the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre to transform the way patients with cardiovascular disease are treated around the globe.
ABOUT
The Peter Munk Centre of Excellence in Molecular Medicine allows the other Centres of Excellence to sustain global leadership in cardiac and vascular care by optimal targeting of innovative diagnostic and therapeutic technologies to the patients most likely to benefit from this technology.
LEADERSHIP
DESCRIPTION
The Peter Munk Centre of Excellence in Molecular Medicine places a focus on 'personalizing' patient care by integrating traditional clinical information, including imaging, with genetic, molecular, cellular and physiological data.
The advancement of knowledge in cardiovascular genetics now allows patients with arrhythmia and cardiomyopathy disorders to undergo genetic evaluation to determine the molecular cause of their condition. This information is integrated with in-depth clinical information, including imaging and molecular/physiological data to provide personalized approaches to medical treatment. This approach is rapidly expanding to a variety of other heart conditions, including valve disease and aortic aneurysms.