Gary Small MB, BCh, BSc, PhD, MRCP

Dr. Gary Robert Small, MB, BCh, BSc, PhD, MRCP, is a Cardiologist at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ontario, Canada. Dr. Small received his medical degree from the University of Wales College of Medicine and his doctorate from the University of Edinburgh. He was then awarded a clinical lectureship in cardiology at the University of Aberdeen, where he completed his residency. In 2010, Dr. Small came to the Ottawa Heart Institute for a two-year fellowship in cardiac imaging and stayed in Canada to become an associate professor and cardiologist at Thunder Bay Regional Hospital and the Northern Ontario School of Medicine. He specialized in interventional cardiology and cardio-oncology. He joined the Division of Cardiology at the Ottawa Heart Institute in 2017. In addition to his clinical and research pursuits, he is an active clinical educator.

Dr. Small’s research and clinical interests include the use of cardiac imaging to support clinical decision-making, in particular, imaging strategies to identify oncology patients at risk of cardiovascular disease and cardiac toxicity from chemotherapy. He is also interested in the predictive value of imaging and plasma biomarkers for cardiovascular outcomes in chemotherapy-induced heart failure.