Contact
Professor, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - Pediatrics Dept
- etham@ualberta.ca
- Phone
- (780) 407-3355
- Address
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Stollery Children's Hospital
8440 112 StEdmonton ABT6G 2B7
Overview
About
Dr. Edythe Tham is currently appointed as Professor in the Department of Pediatrics in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, specializing in advanced cardiac imaging - echocardiography and cardiac MRI. She completed her medical and pediatric training in Australia followed by Pediatric Cardiology training in the USA. Her research interests are in novel imaging techniques to evaluate cardiac function in cardiomyopathies and single ventricles. She is the Director of the Pediatric Cardiology Residency program and the Cardiac MRI advanced imaging fellowship. She is also the founder of the Virtual Heart Connection, a Physician-led volunteer initiative that has organizes virtual heart day camps, online choirs and inperson family camps to connect CHD children and families across Canada. She aims to employ different methods to make education fun and interesting.