Jason Andrade

Dr. Jason Andrade is a cardiac electrophysiologist at Vancouver General Hospital (VGH) with joint appointment at the Montreal Heart Institute. He is an associate professor of medicine at the University of British Columbia (UBC), and an assistant professor at the Université de Montréal. 

Dr. Andrade is the director of electrophysiology at VGH. He is co-chair of the Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS) Atrial Fibrillation Guidelines and the CCS Device Therapy Guidelines, chair of the Canadian Heart Rhythm Society (CHRS) Device Committee, and has served as medical chair for Heart Rhythm Disease for the Cardiovascular Disease Network in British Columbia.

Dr. Andrade has authored over 320 scientific publications, predominantly in the domain of atrial fibrillation. His publications can be found in journals such as the New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet, Circulation, the European Heart Journal, Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC), and the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). He has been recognized as a Highly Ranked Scholar, placing 15th worldwide for atrial fibrillation and 27th for catheter ablation.

Dr. Andrade has received numerous awards including the Canadian Institute of Health Research CIHR-ICRH/CCS Mid-Career Lecturer Award in Cardiovascular Sciences, the Vancouver Medical, Dental and Allied Staff Association Scientific Achievement Award, the Canadian Heart Rhythm Society George Klein Award, the Clinical Faculty Award for Excellence in Research (UBC), the Donald M. Whitelaw Award, the Alumni Achievement Award (Ottawa), the Robert E. Beamish Award, the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Clinical Investigator Scholar Award, the Canadian Cardiovascular Society Bayer Award, the Joseph J. Diamond Memorial Prize for Research, the Peter J. Armanious Award and was recognized by the Vancouver Whitecaps as Frontline Hero of the Match.

Dr. Andrade has delivered more than 500 lectures and is the author of several textbooks, book chapters and medical apps, and has acted as a consultant to the film and television industry and in regulatory and medicolegal matters.