Ross T. Tsuyuki, BSc(Pharm), PharmD, MSc, FCSHP, FACC, FCAHS

President

Dr. Ross Tsuyuki is Professor and Chair, Department of Pharmacology in the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta. He is also a Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) and Director of EPICORE Centre (a health research coordinating centre) and the Editor- in-Chief of the Canadian Pharmacists Journal. His clinical practice is in the Heart Function Clinic at the Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute. Having previously served on Hypertension Canada’s Board of Directors, Dr. Tsuyuki was elected in 2019 and appointed Vice- President. He also serves as a Co-Chair of the Education & Implementation Committee and is a member of the Hypertension Canada Guidelines Committee.

Dr. Tsuyuki’s interests are in clinical trials design and execution, hypertension, heart failure, community practice-based research, cardiovascular risk factors, and in the provision of support for clinical researchers through the EPICORE Centre. Dr. Tsuyuki has received several awards for teaching, as well as an appointment as a Fellow of the Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists, the American College of Cardiology and the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. In 2005, he was recognized as the Canadian Pharmacist of the Year by the Canadian Pharmacists Association.