Body Locations and Systems
Heart
Christina Luong
Head of Stress Echocardiography at Vancouver General Hospital
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Degrees / Designations
MD, MHSc, FRCPC, Cardiologist
Email Address
Phone
(604) 875-5759
Mailing Address
Diamond Health Care Centre – 9th Floor
2775 Laurel Street
Vancouver, BC
V5Z 1M9
Biography
Academic Appointment
Clinical Assistant Professor
Dr. Luong obtained her Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree at the University of Alberta and subsequently trained in Internal Medicine and Clinical Cardiology at the University of British Columbia. She is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
Dr. Luong completed an additional 2 years of subspeciality training in echocardiography at Vancouver General Hospital and at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. She specializes in Stress Echo and has trained with the world leaders in this modality.
Dr Luong is a UBC Friedman Scholar with a Master’s of Health Sciences in Clinical Research. Her primary focus is on Cardiac Imaging and Ultrasound with emphasis on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. She works in collaboration with UBC robotics and biomedical engineering.