Jason Weatherald, MD, MSc, FRCPC

Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - Medicine Dept

Contact

Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - Medicine Dept
Email
weathera@ualberta.ca
Phone
(780) 492-9937
Address
Clinical Sciences Building
11304 83 Ave NW
Edmonton AB
T6G 2G3

Overview

Area of Study / Keywords

pulmonary hypertension right ventricular failure lung transplantation


About


Education

BSc - McGill University

MD - University of Alberta

FRCPC Internal Medicine - University of Alberta

FRCPC Respirology - University of Calgary

Clinical Research Fellowship - University Paris-Sud

MSc - London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine 



Recent Awards

2021 Todd Anderson Cardiovascular Research Award

2021 Avenue Magazine Top 40 Under 40 in Calgary

2022 European Respiratory Society Congress Best Abstract Award of Assembly 2

2023 Neil E. Brown Award



Clinical Interests

Pulmonary Hypertension, Lung Transplantation, Thromboembolic disease


Research

My research involves risk assessment methods in pulmonary arterial hypertension and acute pulmonary embolism as well as patient-oriented research in pulmonary hypertension. I have an interest in novel clinical trial endpoints and trial design including adaptive and platform trials. Since 2020 I have also been engaged in clinical research on COVID-19 including evaluation of awake prone positioning and effects of the pandemic on health resource utilization for people with respiratory diseases.


Teaching

Co-director, Pulmonary Vascular Disease and Pulmonary Hypertension fellowship

Featured Publications

Sitbon O, Boucly A, Weatherald J, Antigny F, Guignabert C, Jevnikar M, Jaïs X, Price LC, Wilkins MR, Zamanian RT, Savale L, Montani D, Humbert M

European Respiratory Journal. 2025 August; 66 (2):2401830 10.1183/13993003.01830-2024


Michaels MI, Halloran K, Harper L, Marks N, Bergeron C, Nasir B, Kabbani D, van den Bosch L, Hirji A, Varughese RA, Weatherald J.

JHLT Open. 2025 July; 9 10.1016/j.jhlto.2025.100349


Rahaghi FF, Humbert M, Hoeper MM, White RJ, Frantz RP, Hassoun PM, Hemnes AR, Kawut SM, McLaughlin VV, Meszaros G, Mol PGM, Nathan SD, Psotka MA, Rahaghi FN, Sitbon O, Stockbridge N, Weatherald J, Zannad F, Sahay S.

Lancet Respiratory Medicine. 2025 April; 13 (4):364-370 10.1016/S2213-2600(24)00425-9


Weatherald J, Fleming TR, Wilkins MR, Cascino TM, Psotka MA, Zamanian R, Seeger W, Galiè N, Gomberg-Maitland M.

European Respiratory Journal. 2024 October; 64 (4):2401205 10.1183/13993003.01205-2024


Lam GY, Wen C, Ronksley PE, Bakal JA, Bhutani M, Soril LJJ, Stickland MK, Gross DP, Weatherald J.

Annals of the American Thoracic Society . 2024 September; 21 (9):1281-1288 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202312-1078OC


Weatherald J, Hemnes AR, Maron BA, Mielniczuk LM, Gerges C, Price LC, Hoeper MM, Humbert M.

European Respiratory Journal. 2024 September; 64 (3):2301633 10.1183/13993003.01633-2023


Zamanian RT, Weatherald J, Sweatt AJ, Hemnes A, Rashid M, Psotka MA, Bogaard HJ, de Jesus Perez V

Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2024 May; 209 (10):1189-1195 10.1164/rccm.202401-0089PP


Weatherald J, Nathan SD, El-Kersh K, Argula RG, DuBrock HM, Rischard FP, Cassady SJ, Tarver J, Levine DJ, Tapson VF, Deng C, Shen E, Das M, Waxman AB.

BMJ Open Respiratory Research. 2024 March; 11 (1):e002116corr1 10.1136/bmjresp-2023-002116corr1


Weatherald J, Moutchia J, Al-Naamani N, McClelland RL, Ventetuolo CE, Palevsky H, Harhay M, Kawut SM

Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2023 September; 10.1164/rccm.202305-0800LE


Humbert M, Sitbon O, Guignabert C, Savale L, Boucly A, Gallant-Dewavrin M, McLaughlin V, Hoeper MM, Weatherald J

Lancet Respir Med. 2023 September; 11 (9):804-819 10.1016/S2213-2600(23)00264-3


Weatherald J, Iqbal H, Mielniczuk L, Syed AR, Legkaia L, Howard J, Dempsey N, Rader T, Swiston J, Provencher S

J Heart Lung Transplant. 2023 January; 42 (1):1-6 10.1016/j.healun.2022.09.015


Weatherald J, Parhar KKS, Al Duhailib Z, Chu DK, Granholm A, Solverson K, Lewis K, Møller MH, Alshahrani M, Belley-Cote E, Loroff N, Qian ET, Gatto CL, Rice TW, Niven D, Stelfox HT, Fiest K, Cook D, Arabi YM, Alhazzani W

BMJ. 2022 December; 7 (379):e071966 10.1136/bmj-2022-071966


Weatherald J, Boucly A, Peters A, Montani D, Prasad K, Psotka MA, Zannad F, Gomberg-Maitland M, McLaughlin V, Simonneau G, Humbert M

Lancet. 2022 November; 400 (10366):1884-1894 10.1016/S0140-6736(22)01601-4


Saleh D., Fisher J.H., Provencher S., Liang Z., Ryerson C.J., Weatherald J.

Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 2022 August; 19 (8):1404-1413 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202103-325OC


Provencher S., Potus F., Blais-Lecours P., Bernard S., Martineau S., Breuils-Bonnet S., Weatherald J., Sweeney M., Kulikowski E., Boucherat O., Bonnet S.

Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2022 June; 205 (11):1357-1360 10.1164/rccm.202109-2182LE


Alhazzani W., Parhar K.K.S., Weatherald J., Al Duhailib Z., Alshahrani M., Al-Fares A., Buabbas S., Cherian S.V., Munshi L., Fan E., Al-Hameed F., Chalabi J., Rahmatullah A.A., Duan E., Tsang J.L.Y., Lewis K., Lauzier F., Centofanti J., Rochwerg B., Culgin S., Nelson K., Abdukahil S.A., Fiest K.M., Stelfox H.T., Tlayjeh H., Meade M.O., Perri D., Solverson K., Niven D.J., Lim R., Møller M.H., Belley-Cote E., Thabane L., Tamim H., Cook D.J., Arabi Y.M.

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association. 2022 June; 327 (21):2104-2113 10.1001/jama.2022.7993


Boucly A., Weatherald J., Savale L., de Groote P., Cottin V., Prévot G., Chaouat A., Picard F., Horeau-Langlard D., Bourdin A., Jutant E.M., Beurnier A., Jevnikar M., Jaïs X., Simonneau G., Montani D., Sitbon O., Humbert M.

EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL. 2022 June; 59 (6) 10.1183/13993003.02419-2021


Zelt J.G.E., Sugarman J., Weatherald J., Partridge A.C.R., Liang J., Swiston J., Brunner N., Chandy G., Stewart D.J., Contreras-Dominguez V., Thakrar M., Helmersen D., Varughese R., Hirani N., Umar F., Dunne R., Doyle-Cox C., Foxall J., Mielniczuk L.

EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL. 2022 June; 59 (6) 10.1183/13993003.01552-2021


Montani D, Certain MC, Weatherald J, Jaïs X, Bulifon S, Noel-Savina E, Nieves A, Renard S, Traclet J, Bouvaist H, Riou M, de Groote P, Moceri P, Bertoletti L, Favrolt N, Guillaumot A, Jutant EM, Beurnier A, Boucly A, Ebstein N, Jevnikar M, Pichon J, Keddache S, Preda M, Roche A, Solinas S, Seferian A, Reynaud-Gaubert M, Cottin V, Savale L, Humbert M, Sitbon O.

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2022 May; doi: 10.1164/rccm.202112-2761OC


Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2022 May; https://doi.org/10.1164/ajrccm-conference.2022.205


Weatherald J., Thakrar M.V., Varughese R.A., Kularatne M., Liu J., Harper L., Kiamanesh O., Fine N., Orlikow E., Nwaroh C., Thornton C., Swiston J., Kolkman L., Brunner N.W., Helmersen D., Hirani N.

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2022 May; 41 (5):563-567 10.1016/j.healun.2022.01.002


Twomey R., Demars J., Franklin K., Nicole Culos-Reed S., Weatherald J., Wrightson J.G.

Physical Therapy. 2022 April; 102 (4) 10.1093/ptj/pzac005


Soril L.J.J., Damant R.W., Lam G.Y., Smith M.P., Weatherald J., Bourbeau J., Hernandez P., Stickland M.K.

Respiratory Medicine. 2022 March; 195 10.1016/j.rmed.2022.106782


Ali K., Azher T., Baqi M., Binnie A., Borgia S., Carrier F.M., Cavayas Y.A., Chagnon N., Cheng M.P., Conly J., Costiniuk C., Daley P., Daneman N., Douglas J., Downey C., Duan E., Duceppe E., Durand M., English S., Farjou G., Fera E., Fontela P., Fowler R., Fralick M., Geagea A., Grant J., Harrison L.B., Havey T., Hoang H., Kelly L.E., Keynan Y., Khwaja K., Klein G., Klein M., Kolan C., Kronfli N., Lamontagne F., Lau M., Lee T.C., Lee N., Lim R., Longo S., Lostun A., MacIntyre E., Malhamé I., Mangof K., McGuinty M., Mergler S., Munan M.P., Murthy S., O’Neil C., Ovakim D., Papenburg J., Parhar K., Parvathy S.N., Patel C., Perez-Patrigeon S., Pinto R., Rajakumaran S., Rishu A., Roba-Oshin M., Rushton M., Saleem M., Salvadori M., Scherr K., Schwartz K., Semret M., Silverman M., Singh A., Sligl W., Smith S., Somayaji R., Tan D.H.S., Tobin S., Todd M., Tran T.V., Tremblay A., Tsang J., Turgeon A., Vakil E., Weatherald J., Yansouni C., Zarychanski R., Antuna-Puente B., Arhanchiague E., Arlotto P., Aslam Z., Auld F., Bellemare D., Bogoch I., Chaubey V., Cloutier È., Connora W., Costerousse O., DiDiodato G., Fell C., Gamble G., Giilck S., Ginocchio G., Go S., Graham C., Gupta K., Guy B., Heendeniya A., John S., Kandel C., Ladelfa A., Lellouche F., Mah A., Mandelzweig K., Manocha S., Marek C., Marticonrena R.M., Matte S., Messier-Peet M., Mitchell P., Owen E., Parfitt E., Patterson L., Peermohamed S., Poirier G., Poutanen S.M., Powis J., Press N., Sales V., Taylor M.

CMAJ. 2022 February; 194 (7):E242-E251 10.1503/CMAJ.211698


Beauchamp M.K., Janaudis-Ferreira T., Wald J., Aceron R., Bhutani M., Bourbeau J., Brooks D., Dechman G., Goldstein R., Goodridge D., Hernandez P., Marciniuk D., Penz E., J. Ryerson C., Saey D., Stickland M.K., Weatherald J.

Canadian Journal of Respiratory, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine. 2022 January; 6 (1):9-13 10.1080/24745332.2021.1992939


Weatherald J., Riha R.L., Humbert M.

European Respiratory Review. 2021 December; 30 (162) 10.1183/16000617.0217-2021


Cheron C., McBride S.A., Antigny F., Girerd B., Chouchana M., Chaumais M.C., Jaïs X., Bertoletti L., Sitbon O., Weatherald J., Humbert M., Montani D.

European Respiratory Review. 2021 December; 30 (162) 10.1183/16000617.0330-2020


Vis D., Michaud A., Szabo L., Kelly M.M., Martin L., Weatherald J.

Canadian Journal of Respiratory, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine. 2021 December; 10.1080/24745332.2021.1997127


Weatherald J., Norrie J., Parhar K.K.S.

The Lancet Respiratory Medicine. 2021 December; 9 (12):1347-1349 10.1016/S2213-2600(21)00368-4


Boucly A, Savale L, Jaïs X, Bauer F, Bergot E, Bertoletti L, Beurnier A, Bourdin A, Bouvaist H, Bulifon S, Chabanne C, Chaouat A, Cottin V, Dauphin C, Degano B, De Groote P, Favrolt N, Feng Y, Horeau-Langlard D, Jevnikar M, Jutant EM, Liang Z, Magro P, Mauran P, Moceri P, Mornex JF, Palat S, Parent F, Picard F, Pichon J, Poubeau P, Prévot G, Renard S, Reynaud-Gaubert M, Riou M, Roblot P, Sanchez O, Seferian A, Tromeur C, Weatherald J, Simonneau G, Montani D, Humbert M, Sitbon O.

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2021 October; 204 (7):842-854 https://doi.org/10.1164/rccm.202009-3698OC


Weatherald J., Philipenko B., Montani D., Laveneziana P.

European Respiratory Review. 2021 September; 30 (161) 10.1183/16000617.0214-2020


Palasset T.L., Chaumais M.C., Weatherald J., Savale L., Jaïs X., Price L.C., Khouri C., Bulifon S., Seferian A., Jevnikar M., Boucly A., Manaud G., Pancic S., Chabanne C., Ahmad K., Volpato M., Favrolt N., Guillaumot A., Horeau-Langlard D., Prevot G., Fesler P., Bertoletti L., Reynaud-Gaubert M., Lamblin N., Launay D., Simonneau G., Sitbon O., Perros F., Humbert M., Montani D.

Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 2021 August; 18 (8):1306-1315 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202008-913OC


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