Dr. Davinder S. Jassal
Professor
Department of Internal Medicine
Canada
Biography
Dr. Jassal was born in Thompson, Manitoba, Canada, obtained an International Baccalaureate Degree at Sisler High School in Winnipeg, and graduated from the University of Manitoba with an MD in 1998. He completed a residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Manitoba from 1998-2001 and a residency in Adult Cardiology at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Subsequently, he completed a clinical and research fellowship in Cardiac Imaging specializing in echocardiography, CT, and MRI at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.Dr. Jassal joined the Section of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Manitoba in 2006 as an Academic Clinician Scientist, where half of his time is devoted to patient care in CCU and cardiac imaging and the other half devoted to translational research in the field of Cardio-Oncology. He is currently Full Professor of Medicine, Radiology, and Physiology and Pathophysiology. As Head of the Section of Cardiology, Dr. Jassal is also the Principal Investigator of the Cardiovascular Imaging Laboratory as a member of the Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences.
Research Interest
Medicine
Publications
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Pituskin E, Mackey JR, Koshman S, Jassal DS, Pitz M, Haykowsky MJ, Pagano JJ, Chow K, Thompson RB, Vos LJ, Ghosh S, Oudit GY, Ezekowitz JA, Paterson DI. Multidisciplinary Approach to Novel Therapies in Cardio-Oncology Research (MANTICORE 101-Breast): A Randomized Trial for the Prevention of Trastuzumab-Associated Cardiotoxicity. J Clin Oncol. 2017 Mar 10;35(8):870-877.
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Akolkar G, Bagchi A, Ayyappan P, Jassal DS, Singal PS. Doxorubicin induced nitrosative stress is mitigated by Vitamin C via the modulation of nitric oxide synthases. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2017 Apr 1;312(4):C418-C427.
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Lau L, Mozolevska V, Kirkpatrick IDC, Jassal DS, Kansara R, Diffuse large b-cell lymphoma mimicking cardiac amyloidosis. Clin Case Rep. 2017 Apr 17;5(6):1034-1035
