Salim Yusuf (born November 26, 1952) is an Indian-born Canadian physician, the Marion W. Burke Chair in Cardiovascular Disease at McMaster University Medical School and currently the President of the World Heart Federation, a world-renowned cardiologist and epidemiologist. In 2001, he published a landmark study that proved the benefits of clopidogrel in acute coronary syndrome without ST elevation.
Known for
- President of the World Heart Federation
Awards
- Rhodes Scholarship
- Canadian Medical Hall of Fame
- Canada Gairdner Wightman Award
Fields
- Medicine
- Cardiology
- Epidemiology
Institutions
- Population Health Research Institute
- McMaster University Medical School
- National Institutes of Health
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