Rob Welsh

Professor, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - Medicine Dept

Contact

Professor, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - Medicine Dept
Email
rwelsh@ualberta.ca
Phone
(780) 407-3613
Address
Mackenzie Health Science Centre
8440 - 112 St
Edmonton AB
T6G 2B7

Overview

Area of Study / Keywords

ACS nstemi chf prehospital


About

Robert Welsh is a Professor and academic interventional cardiologist at the Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute and of in . He is Edmonton Zone Clinical Department Head, Cardiac Sciences; Co-chair of Vital Heart Response (STEMI regional reperfusion program) and the Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation program (TAVI). 

 

Clinical research interests are focused on the management of the full spectrum of Acute Coronary Syndromes and Interventional Cardiology. Further research interests include: Diabetes Mellitus and cardiac physiology. He has published over 175 peer reviewed articles, multiple book chapters and greater than 150 scientific abstracts. In collaboration with colleagues he has received a Canadian Institute of Health Research-Canadian Medical Association Journal Top Canadian Achievements in Health Research Award. He is a faculty member at the Canadian VIGOUR Centre focused on collaborative regional, national and international research. He is currently on the executive or steering committee of 5 international trials and co-chairs a research adjudication committee.

 

He is co-director of the Annual Cardiovascular Congress in the Rockies. He initiated the Heartbeat Run Series to raise awareness of cardiovascular disease and risk factor management and raise funds for local Hospital Foundations and Charities.   

   

Featured Publications

Gouda P., Kay R., Habib M., Aziz A., Aziza E., Welsh R.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY. 2022 September; 362 10.1016/j.ijcard.2022.05.065


International Journal of Cardiology. 2022 September; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2022.05.065


Bainey K.R., Bastiany A., Cohen E., Eckstein J., Elbarouni B., Graham M.M., Kidwai B., Andrea Lavoie, Liu S., Mansour S., Matteau A., O'Neill B., Sathananthan J., Sibbald M., Welsh R.C., Madan M.

CANADIAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY. 2022 August; 38 (8):1307-1311 10.1016/j.cjca.2022.02.027


Alyamani M., Aziz A., Nagendran J., Welsh R.C.

European Heart Journal Case Reports. 2022 July; 6 (7) 10.1093/ehjcr/ytac263


Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2022;1-10.. 2022 July; https://doi.org/10.1002/ccd.30370


Welsh R.C., Kay R., Bainey K.R.

ATHEROSCLEROSIS. 2022 June; 351 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2022.05.005


CJC Open. 2022 June; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cjco.2022.02.003


Kay R.T., Linjawi H., Butler C., Mathew A., Muhll I.V., Khandekar S., Tyrrell B.D., Nagendran J., Taylor D., Welsh R.C.

Canadian Journal of Cardiology Open. 2022 June; 4 (6):577-580 10.1016/j.cjco.2022.02.003


Atherosclerosis. 2022 May; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2022.05


Bainey K.R., Zheng Y., Coulden R., Sonnex E., Thompson R., Mei J., Bastiany A., Welsh R.

HEART. 2022 May; 108 (9):703-709 10.1136/heartjnl-2021-319455


Gouda P., Dover D.C., Savu A., Bainey K., Goodman S.G., Welsh R., Kaul P., Sandhu R.K.

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY. 2022 March; 167 10.1016/j.amjcard.2021.11.043


Welsh R.C., Dehghani P., Lopes R., Wojdyla D.M., Aronson R., Granger C.B., Windecker S., Vora A.N., Vinereanu D., Halvorsen S., Parkhomenko A., Mehran R., Alexander J.H., Goodman S.

Open Heart. 2022 February; 9 (1) 10.1136/openhrt-2021-001892


Kaul P., Klassen N., Dover D.C., Sepehrvand N., Sandhu R.K., van Diepen S., Bainey K., Sean McMurtry M., Welsh R.C., Ezekowitz J.A., Goodman S.G., Armstrong P.W., McAlister F.A.

CJC Open. 2022 February; 4 (2):180-188 10.1016/j.cjco.2021.09.017


Open Heart / BMJ Journal. 2022 January; https://openheart.bmj.com/content/9/1/e001892.abst


Valle F.H., Goodman S.G., Tan M., Ha A., Mansour S., Welsh R.C., Yan A.T., Bainey K.R., Rinfret S., Potter B.J., Khan R., Simkus G., Natarajan M.K., Schwalm J.D., Daneault B., Eisenberg M.J., Abunassar J., Har B., Gregoire J., Tanguay J.F., Overgaard C.B., Dery J.P., De Larochelliere R., Paradis J.M., Madan M., Elbarouni B., So D.Y.F., Quraishi A.U.R., Bagai A.

CJC Open. 2021 December; 3 (12):1419-1427 10.1016/j.cjco.2021.07.003


Valle F.H., Goodman S.G., Tan M., Ha A., Mansour S., Welsh R.C., Yan A.T., Bainey K.R., Rinfret S., Potter B.J., Khan R., Simkus G., Natarajan M.K., Schwalm J.D., Daneault B., Eisenberg M.J., Abunassar J., Har B., Gregoire J., Tanguay J.F., Overgaard C.B., Dery J.P., De Larochelliere R., Paradis J.M., Madan M., Elbarouni B., So D.Y.F., Quraishi A.U.R., Bagai A.

Canadian Journal of Cardiology Open. 2021 December; 3 (12):1419-1427 10.1016/j.cjco.2021.07.003


Marquis-Gravel G., Goodman S.G., Anderson T.J., Bell A.D., Bewick D., Cox J., Grégoire J.C., Gupta A., Huynh T., Kertland H., Kouz S., L'Allier P.L., Madan M., Mancini G.B.J., McPherson R., So D.Y.F., Welsh R.C., Wong G., Tardif J.C.

CANADIAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY. 2021 November; 37 (11):1837-1845 10.1016/j.cjca.2021.08.009


Welsh R.C., Shavadia J.S., Zheng Y., Tyrrell B.D., Leung R., Bainey K.R.

CLINICAL CARDIOLOGY. 2021 November; 44 (11):1543-1550 10.1002/clc.23716


Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 2021 October; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cjca.2021.07.030


Eyuropean Heart Journal. 2021 October; https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehab724.1217


Asgar A.W., Ouzounian M., Adams C., Afilalo J., Fremes S., Lauck S., Leipsic J., Piazza N., Rodes-Cabau J., Welsh R., Wijeysundera H.C., Webb J.G.

CANADIAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY. 2021 October; 37 (10):1687 10.1016/j.cjca.2021.06.006


Verma S., Goodman S.G., Tan M.K., Daneault B., Lubelsky B.J., Mansour S., Lam A.S., Laflamme D., Tymchak W.J., Welsh R.C., Rose R.C., Chetty R.M., Constance C.M., Cieza T., Potter B.J., Hartleib M.C., Khan R., Choi R.F., Keeble W., Dery J.P., Shukla D., Chua G.L., Bainey K.R.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PRACTICE. 2021 October; 75 (10) 10.1111/ijcp.14597


CJC Open. 2021 September; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cjco.2021.09.017


Tran D.T., Palfrey D., Welsh R.

Parmacoeconomic open . 2021 September; 5 (3):425-435 10.1007/s41669-021-00257-8


Tran D.T., Palfrey D., Welsh R.

PHARMACOECONOMICS. 2021 September; 5 (3):425-435 10.1007/s41669-021-00257-8


Dehghani P., Cantor W.J., Wang J., Wood D.A., Storey R.F., Mehran R., Bainey K.R., Welsh R.C., Rodés-Cabau J., Rao S., Lavi S., Velianou J.L., Natarajan M.K., Ziakas A., Guiducci V., Fernández-Avilés F., Cairns J.A., Mehta S.R.

Circulation-Cardiovascular Interventions. 2021 August; 14 (8):e010458 10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.120.010458


Khan R., Kaul P., Islam S., Savu A., Bagai A., van Diepen S., Bainey K.R., Welsh R.C., Goodman S.G.

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY. 2021 August; 152 10.1016/j.amjcard.2021.04.031


Dehghani P., Cantor W.J., Wang J., Wood D.A., Storey R.F., Mehran R., Bainey K.R., Welsh R.C., Rodés-Cabau J., Rao S., Lavi S., Velianou J.L., Natarajan M.K., Ziakas A., Guiducci V., Fernández-Avilés F., Cairns J.A., Mehta S.R.

Circulation-Cardiovascular Interventions. 2021 August; 14 (8):E010458 10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.120.010458


Gouda P., Ramasundarahettige C., Anand S., Muhlhoffer E., Berkowitz S., Fox K.A., Eikelboom J., Welsh R.

ATHEROSCLEROSIS. 2021 August; 331 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2021.07.003


Ko D.T., Ahmed T., Austin P.C., Cantor W.J., Dorian P., Goldfarb M., Gong Y., Graham M.M., Gu J., Hawkins N.M., Huynh T., Humphries K.H., Koh M., Lamarche Y., Lambert L.J., Lawler P.R., Légaré J.F., Ly H.Q., Qiu F., Quraishi A.u.R., So D.Y., Welsh R.C., Wijeysundera H.C., Wong G., Yan A.T., Gurevich Y.

CJC Open. 2021 August; 3 (8):1051-1059 10.1016/j.cjco.2021.04.012


Gouda P., Savu A., Bainey K.R., Kaul P., Welsh R.C.

PLoS One. 2021 July; 16 (7 July) 10.1371/journal.pone.0254008


Sunner S.S., Welsh R.C., Bainey K.R.

Canadian Journal of Cardiology Open. 2021 July; 3 (7):936-949 10.1016/j.cjco.2021.03.005


Sunner S.S., Welsh R.C., Bainey K.R.

CJC Open. 2021 July; 3 (7):936-949 10.1016/j.cjco.2021.03.005


Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2021 May; https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.120.0104


Das D., Savu A., Bainey K.R., Welsh R.C., Kaul P.

CJC Open. 2021 April; 3 (4):479-487 10.1016/j.cjco.2020.12.007


Das D., Savu A., Bainey K.R., Welsh R.C., Kaul P.

Canadian Journal of Cardiology Open. 2021 April; 3 (4):479-487 10.1016/j.cjco.2020.12.007


Sarak B., Savu A., Kaul P., McAlister F.A., Welsh R.C., Yan A.T., Goodman S.G.

Circulation-Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. 2021 April; 14 (4):E006646 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.120.006646


Alyamani M., Campbell S., Navarese E., Welsh R.C., Bainey K.R.

CANADIAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY. 2021 February; 37 (2):339-346 10.1016/j.cjca.2020.03.034


Simonato M., Whisenant B., Ribeiro H.B., Webb J.G., Kornowski R., Guerrero M., Wijeysundera H., Søndergaard L., de Backer O., Villablanca P., Rihal C., Eleid M., Kempfert J., Unbehaun A., Erlebach M., Casselman F., Adam M., Montorfano M., Ancona M., Saia F., Ubben T., Meincke F., Napodano M., Codner P., Schofer J., Pelletier M., Cheung A., Shuvy M., Palma J.H., Gaia D.F., Duncan A., Hildick-Smith D., Veulemans V., Sinning J.M., Arbel Y., Testa L., de Weger A., Eltchaninoff H., Hemery T., Landes U., Tchetche D., Dumonteil N., Rodés-Cabau J., Kim W.K., Spargias K., Kourkoveli P., Ben-Yehuda O., Teles R.C., Barbanti M., Fiorina C., Thukkani A., Mackensen G.B., Jones N., Presbitero P., Petronio A.S., Allali A., Champagnac D., Bleiziffer S., Rudolph T., Iadanza A., Salizzoni S., Agrifoglio M., Nombela-Franco L., Bonaros N., Kass M., Bruschi G., Amabile N., Chhatriwalla A., Messina A., Hirji S.A., Andreas M., Welsh R., Schoels W., Hellig F., Windecker S., Stortecky S., Maisano F., Stone G.W., Dvir D.

CIRCULATION. 2021 January; 143 (2):104-116 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.120.049088


Bainey K.R., Alemayehu W., Welsh R.C., Kumar A., King S.B., Kirtane A.J.

Journal of the American Heart Association. 2021 January; 10 (1):1-12 10.1161/JAHA.120.018104


Ko D.T., Ahmed T., Austin P.C., Cantor W.J., Dorian P., Goldfarb M., Gong Y., Graham M.M., Gu J., Hawkins N.M., Huynh T., Humphries K.H., Koh M., Lamarche Y., Lambert L.J., Lawler P.R., Légaré J.F., Ly H.Q., Qiu F., Quraishi A.u.R., So D.Y., Welsh R.C., Wijeysundera H.C., Wong G., Yan A.T., Gurevich Y.

Canadian Journal of Cardiology Open. 2021 January; Vol. 3 (Issue 8):1051-1059 10.1016/j.cjco.2021.04.012


Verma S., Goodman S.G., Tan M.K., Daneault B., Lubelsky B.J., Mansour S., Lam A.S., Laflamme D., Tymchak W.J., Welsh R.C., Rose R.C., Chetty R.M., Constance C.M., Cieza T., Potter B.J., Hartleib M.C., Khan R., Choi R.F., Keeble W., Dery J.P., Shukla D., Chua G.L., Bainey K.R.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PRACTICE. 2021 January; 10.1111/ijcp.14597


Simonato M., Whisenant B., Ribeiro H.B., Webb J.G., Kornowski R., Guerrero M., Wijeysundera H., Søndergaard L., de Backer O., Villablanca P., Rihal C., Eleid M., Kempfert J., Unbehaun A., Erlebach M., Casselman F., Adam M., Montorfano M., Ancona M., Saia F., Ubben T., Meincke F., Napodano M., Codner P., Schofer J., Pelletier M., Cheung A., Shuvy M., Palma J.H., Gaia D.F., Duncan A., Hildick-Smith D., Veulemans V., Sinning J.M., Arbel Y., Testa L., de Weger A., Eltchaninoff H., Hemery T., Landes U., Tchetche D., Dumonteil N., Rodés-Cabau J., Kim W.K., Spargias K., Kourkoveli P., Ben-Yehuda O., Teles R.C., Barbanti M., Fiorina C., Thukkani A., Mackensen G.B., Jones N., Presbitero P., Petronio A.S., Allali A., Champagnac D., Bleiziffer S., Rudolph T., Iadanza A., Salizzoni S., Agrifoglio M., Nombela-Franco L., Bonaros N., Kass M., Bruschi G., Amabile N., Chhatriwalla A., Messina A., Hirji S.A., Andreas M., Welsh R., Schoels W., Hellig F., Windecker S., Stortecky S., Maisano F., Stone G.W., Dvir D.

CIRCULATION. 2021 January; 143 (2):104-116 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.120.049088


EL-Andari R., Bozso S.J., Kang J.J.H., Manikala V.K., Moon M.C., Al-Aklabi M., Welsh R.C., Nagendran J.

Clinical Medicine Insights: Case Reports. 2021 January; 14 10.1177/11795476211038126


Welsh R.C., Cantor W.J., Traboulsi M., Schampaert E., May M.L.

Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 2021 January; 10.1016/j.cjca.2021.02.023


Tran D.T., Palfrey D., Lo T.K.T., Welsh R.

CANADIAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY. 2021 January; 37 (1):66-76 10.1016/j.cjca.2020.03.022


Bainey K.R., Alemayehu W., Welsh R.C., Kumar A., King S.B., Kirtane A.J.

Journal of the American Heart Association. 2021 January; 10 (1):1-12 10.1161/JAHA.120.018104


Sarak B., Savu A., Kaul P., McAlister F.A., Welsh R.C., Yan A.T., Goodman S.G.

Circulation-Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. 2021 January; 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.120.006646


Gouda P., Ramasundarahettige C., Anand S., Muhlhoffer E., Berkowitz S., Fox K.A., Eikelboom J., Welsh R.

ATHEROSCLEROSIS. 2021 January; 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2021.07.003


Dhoot A., Liu S., Savu A., Cheema Z.M., Welsh R.C., Bainey K.R., Ko D.T., Bhavnani S.P., Goodman S.G., Kaul P., Bagai A.

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY. 2020 December; 136 10.1016/j.amjcard.2020.08.051


Lauck S.B., Arnold S.V., Borregaard B., Sathananthan J., Humphries K.H., Baron S.J., Wijeysundera H.C., Asgar A., Welsh R., Velianou J.L., Webb J.G., Wood D.A., Cohen D.J.

Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine. 2020 December; 21 (12):1573-1578 10.1016/j.carrev.2020.05.044


Gouda P., Welsh R.C., Padarath M., Grégoire J.C., Hegele R.A., Gupta M.

Canadian Journal of Cardiology Open. 2020 November; 2 (6):625-631 10.1016/j.cjco.2020.08.009


Landscape of Lipid Management Following an Acute Coronary Syndrome: Survey of Canadian Specialists

Circulation. 2020 November;


Prior Oral Anticoagulant Status and Outcomes in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation With an Acute Coronary Syndrome and/or Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Insights � Authors Robert C Welsh, Renato D Lopes, Daniel Wojdyla, Ronald Aronson, Christopher B

Circulation. 2020 November;


Real-world evidence on short-and long-term outcomes for acute coronary syndrome patients with a prior history of atrial fibrillation

European Heart Journal. 2020 November;