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Ernesto Schiffrin

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Ernesto L. Schiffrin
Schiffrin speaking at Hypertension Canada
NationalityArgentina, Canada
EducationUniversity of Buenos Aires (M.D., 1969);
McGill University (Ph.D., 1980) [1] [2]
Scientific career
FieldsMedicine
Cardiology
InstitutionsMcGill University, Jewish General Hospital

Ernesto Luis Schiffrin CM FRSC is an Argentinian-Canadian physician and researcher specialized in cardiovascular diseases.

Schiffrin is a distinguished James McGill[3] Professor of Medicine at the Department of Medicine, McGill University .[4] Canada Research Chair in Hypertension and Vascular Research at the Lady Davis Institute, and Physician-in-Chief at Jewish General Hospital.

He is known in the cardiovascular research community for his contributions to the understanding of the role of angiotensin II, aldosterone and endothelin hormones in the remodeling mechanisms of small resistance arteries .[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Ernesto Luis Schiffrin Lady Davis Profile". Retrieved 2020-09-18.
  2. ^ Watts, Geoff (2012). "Ernesto Schiffrin: essential player in hypertension". The Lancet. 380 (9841): 555. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61317-8. PMID 22883494. S2CID 205967043. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
  3. ^ "Provost awards 32 professors with McGill and Dawson Chairs". 9 July 2020. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
  4. ^ "Ernesto L. Schiffrin McGill University Profile". Retrieved 2020-09-18.
  5. ^ "Canada Research Chairs - Ernesto L. Schiffrin". 29 November 2012. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
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