Robert Murray Hamilton MD, FRCPC

Dr. Robert Murray Hamilton is a Children’s Cardiologist, Heart Rhythm Specialist, and Senior Associate Scientist at The Hospital for Sick Children and Research Institute, Toronto, Canada. His research is focused on expanding the understanding of these inherited arrhythmia conditions and improving their diagnosis.

Dr. Hamilton has particular interests and expertise in ARVC, Brugada Syndrome, Congenital Heart Block, and CPVT. In 2017. Dr. Hamilton identified a novel biomarker and target for ARVC and presented this work as late-breaking science at the European Society of Cardiology, published in the European Heart Journal, and is translating/commercializing this test to clinical laboratories.

Last year, Dr. Hamilton identified a biomarker for Brugada Syndrome, a heritable condition that causes sudden death at night in young individuals, particularly males. He has presented this work as late-breaking science at the American Heart Association and published in the European Heart Journal. He is also translating this test to clinical laboratories. He recently received the Sustained Research Award from the SickKids Department of Pediatrics.