Pavel Hamet MD, PhD

Dr Hamet holds a Canada Research Chair in Predictive Genomics of hypertension and cardiovascular diseases. He is Professor of Medicine at University of Montreal, Adjunct Professor of Experimental Medicine at McGill University, and Visiting Professor at the First Faculty of Medicine at Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. He founded and directed the Centre Hospital de l'University de Montreal's Research Centre (CRCHUM) from 1996 to 2006. He is currently Chief of Gene Medicine and member of the Endocrinology Services, and Director of the Laboratory of Molecular Medicine at the CHUM.

Dr Hamet received his Doctorate in Medicine in 1967 from Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic, a PhD in Experimental Medicine from McGill University in 1972, and a CSPQ in Endocrinology from University of Montreal in 1974. He then completed two years of postdoctoral training at Vanderbilt University in the USA. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada since 1984, Fellow of the American Heart Association since 1985, Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine since 1986 and Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Science since 2005.