Jacqueline Saw

Dr. Jacqueline Saw is a clinical professor at University of British Columbia (UBC) and program director of the Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program at Vancouver General Hospital (VGH) She is an interventional cardiologist at VGH, with joint appointment at St Paul’s Hospital. 

Dr. Saw was awarded Canada Scholar and the Dean’s Entrance Scholarship for Natural Sciences at Simon Fraser University, where she did her undergraduate degree. She then obtained her medical doctorate at the University of Ottawa, where she graduated summa cum laude. She did her residency training in internal medicine and cardiology at the UBC and served as Chief Cardiology Fellow. She then proceeded to interventional cardiology fellowship training at the Cleveland Clinic, which encompassed carotid, peripheral and structural interventional training. She has been an active staff with the Division of Cardiology at VGH and joint appointment at St Paul’s Hospital since 2004. She is also a physician proctor/preceptor for left atrial appendage (LAA) closure with the Amplatzer Cardiac Plug/Amulet and WATCHMAN devices.

Dr. Saw’s research interests include spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD), antiplatelet therapy, percutaneous coronary intervention, carotid artery stenting, peripheral intervention, LAA closure and non-atherosclerotic coronary artery. She is the principal investigator of the Canadian SCAD Study, PRYME, NACAD, SAFER-SCAD, Canadian WATCHMAN Registry, TAP-CABG, ELAPSE, and ASAP-TOO studies. She has authored or co-authored over 300 publications, including scientific research studies, review articles and book chapters. She is also the editor of two textbooks on carotid artery stenting and a textbook on LAA closure.