المهام

Dr. Abdulgani Abonowara; MD, FRCPC, FACCInterventional Cardiologist.Associate clinical Professor.

Current Work experiences July 2023 to date:Interventional CardiologistProgram director Arab board – Libyan cardiology fellowship.Former Associate Clinical Professor; McMaster University – Canada andUniversity of Tripoli – Libya; Department of medicine.Cath lab at Miatiga Hospital and AL-Razi Private Clinics.

Previous work experience June 2012 to July 2023:Full time staff, cardiologist, CCU director at Niagara health (NH), Division of cardiology, Department of medicine, St Catharines General Hospital, St Catharines, ON.

Associate Clinical Professor, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada.

Interventional cardiologist, and Cardiac device and pacemaker as well as Echo/TEE expert.

Also, Private clinic experience.

المسيرة المهنية

Educational Background Degrees, Qualifications and Certifications:2013 American board certification in Cardiovascular Disease (FACC).
2012 Interventional cardiology Fellowship Certificate, Dalhousie University.
2011 FRCPC (Cardiology), Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
2009 FRCPC (Internal Medicine), Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.2008 American board certification in Internal Medicine (ABIM).
2006 Licentiate of the medical council of Canada (LMCC).
2004 Certificate of proficiency in English, McGill University; Montreal, Canada.
1999 MBBCH/MD, University of Tripoli, Tripoli.Other Specialized Training:2011 - 2012 Interventional cardiology Fellowship Certificate, Dalhousie University.2011 - 2012 Permanent pacemakers and Devices implantation training and extra Echocardiography including TEE and stress Echo.

الاهتمامات البحثية

Research activities:

1-    Abdulgani Abonowara, Jonathan Howllet. Right Ventricular Biopsy in Post Heart Transplantation. Cardiology department, Dalhousie University. Presented in the Canadian society of transplantation (CST) conference 2007, Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS) meeting 2007 and at Dalhousie University residents’ research day 2006.

2-    Abdulgani Abonowara, Jonathan Howllet, Jafan Cox. Effectiveness of Calcium Channel Blockers in Heart Failure. Presented in the Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS) meeting in Oct. 2007, Quebec City and in Dalhousie University residents’ research day 2007.

3-    Abonowara A, Quraishi A, Sapp JL, Alqambar MH, Saric A, O'Connell CM, Rajaraman MM, Hart RD, Imran SA. Prevalence of Atrial Fibrillation in Patients Taking Thyroid Suppression Therapy for Management of Thyroid Cancer. Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada. Published in: Clin Invest Med. 2012 Jun 1;35(3):E152-6.

4-    This was presented in the American endocrinology meeting in California-USA in June 2010, Canadian Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism (CSEM) meeting in Edmonton in Aug. 2010, and at Dalhousie University residents’ research day 2010. Published as above

5-    268 Study of 30 Days Mortality in a Contemporary Population Of Elderly Patients Undergoing Primary Percutaneous Intervention in Acute ST Elevation MI.  Canadian Journal of Cardiology. S191-S192. 2012

6-    Interaction of calcium channel blockers and ace inhibitors therapy in heart failure patients: Data from the improving cardiovascular outcomes in nova scotia (ICONS) registry.  Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 168C-169C. 2007

7-    The usefulness of routine right ventricular biopsy and incidence of significant acute cellular rejection 5 years after heart transplantation.  Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 66C-66C. 2007

Research Interests:

Involved with the cardiology research team at Niagara health as sub-PI for 3 clinical trials.Sub-PI for the AEGIS, ASPIRE and CLEAR clinical at Niagara health.Interested in research aiming at decreasing mortality and morbidity associated with coronary artery disease, atrial fibrillation and heart failure:1. Acute Coronary Syndromes.2. Heart failure (HFpEF and HFrEF).

3. Post-operative atrial fibrillation

4. The impact of anemia, renal failure and/or age on outcomes post primary PCI.5. Open to other research activities.

النشاطات الخارجية

Medical education/training, Work experience:

June 2012 to July 2023:

Full time general and Interventional cardiologist, device specialist with Niagara health system and McMaster university as well as private clinic practice.2011 - 2012 Permanent pacemakers and Devices implantation training and extra Echocardiography including TEE and stress Echo.

July 2005 to June 2012:

Fellow - Interventional cardiology fellowship; division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University and QEII health sciences center Halifax, NS, Canada.

Extra training of pacemakers, and Echocardiography including TEE and stress Echo.

Resident - Cardiology Residency program fellowship, Dalhousie University and QEII health sciences center, Halifax, NS, Canada.

Resident - Internal medicine residency program, Dalhousie University and QEII health sciences center, Halifax, NS, Canada.