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Dr. Erwin OechslinDirector, Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program
Program
Peter Munk Cardiac Centre
Specialty
Cardiology
Clinic
Adult Congenital Cardiac ClinicEchocardiography Lab
Academic Affiliation
Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons, Canada (www.royalcollege.ca) Canadian Cardiovascular Society (www.ccs.ca) Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology (www.escardio.org) Canadian Adult Congenital Heart (CACH) Network (www.cachnet.ca) International Society of Adult Congenital Heart Disease (www.isachd.org) American Society of Echocardiography (www.asecho.org) Swiss Society of Cardiology (www.swisscardio.ch)
Education and Training
MD – University of Zurich, 1985 Residency – Internal Medicine, Cardiology, University Hospital, Zurich, 1988 – 1995 Fellowship – Adult Congenital Heart Disease, University of Toronto, 1996-1997
Languages
GermanItalian
Contact Information
Phone: 416 340 4871 Clinical Secretary: Akasha Atwell 416 340 4800 ext. 6539 ACHD Program Coordinator: Rawan Hamad 416 340 4871 Fax: 416 340 5014 Email: erwin.oechslin@uhn.ca
Publications
Current publications list at PubMed: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
