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Rob Beanlands

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Full ProfessorDepartment of MedicineUniversity of Ottawa

Rob Beanlands

Full Professor

Department of Medicine

Faculty of Medicine

University of Ottawa

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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28 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 4 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 10 research grants (10 CIHR), most recently in 2023.
Supervised 5 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2022.

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Research

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Biomarkers Coronary Artery Disease Inflammation Cardiac Imaging Cardiac Sarcoidosis Cohort Study Heart Failure Sudden Cardiac Death

Latest papers

Appraising the Quality of Patient Decision Aids for Brain and Heart Health: An Environmental Scan with a Health Equity Lens.
CJC open · 2026
Myocardial Edema, Blood Flow, and Contractility in Takotsubo Syndrome: Comparative Evaluation with CMR and PET.
Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology · 2026
Positron emission tomography myocardial perfusion imaging findings in patients with systemic vasculitis.
Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology · 2026

All 59 publications

Latest funding

Actionable Incidental Extracardiac Findings Detection via Interactive Artificial Intelligence
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$1,365,526
Role of Wnt5a in Arrhythmogenesis of Heart with Ischemic Cardiomyopathy
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$1,044,225
Artificial Intelligence Supported In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Prediction, Prevention, and Management
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$1,450,725

All 30 grants and awards

59 publications.

Appraising the Quality of Patient Decision Aids for Brain and Heart Health: An Environmental Scan with a Health Equity Lens.

Lewis KB, Goge S, Kiss A, Carley M, Julien AM, Higdon G, Fiedorowicz JG, Graham ID, Achim AM, Beanlands R, Gessese S, Straus S, Edwards J, Bujold M, Tobe S, Stacey D

CJC open2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjco.2026.03.012 PMID: 42483023

Myocardial Edema, Blood Flow, and Contractility in Takotsubo Syndrome: Comparative Evaluation with CMR and PET.

Kadoya Y, Alaqaili M, Chong AY, Small GR, deKemp RA, Chow BJW, Ruddy TD, Beanlands R, Paterson DI, Crean AM

Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclcard.2026.102960 PMID: 42668001

Positron emission tomography myocardial perfusion imaging findings in patients with systemic vasculitis.

Sarwar S, Kadoya Y, Small GR, Chow BJW, deKemp R, Crean AM, Beanlands R, Boczar KE

Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclcard.2025.102580 PMID: 41319750

The First 50 Years of the University of Ottawa Heart Institute: Toward Heart Health for All.

Davies RA, Kuss J, Rayner K, Birnie D, Voisine P, McDonald B, MacPhee E, Bowes B, Beanlands R

The Canadian journal of cardiology2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2026.03.014 PMID: 42161472

Targeting Vascular Inflammation In Patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia (TIN-CAP): protocol for a multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.

Stotts C, Corrales-Medina VF, deKemp RA, Wells GA, Beanlands R, Raggi P, Ferrara G, Sligl W, A Connelly K, Paul N, Brouwers M, Contreras-Dominguez V, Yadav K, Torres C, Tavoosi A, Wiefels C, Kirpalani A, Romsa JG, Grey B, Deva D, Rayner K, Boczar KE

BMJ open2026

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-114239 PMID: 41781043

Diagnostic utility of longitudinal flow gradient for diagnosis of obstructive coronary artery disease in Rubidium-82 positron emission tomography.

Kadoya Y, Boczar K, Tavoosi A, Small GR, Chow BJW, Beanlands R, deKemp R

Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclcard.2025.102586 PMID: 41325822

The Ottawa Mobile Screening Program-Concept and First 18 Months of Experience with a Community-Based Outreach Cardiovascular Prevention Program.

Kelemen-Dagg K, Wong S, Emmerson H, Coulton R, Milne R, Gauda R, Opapeju A, Swar D, Large A, Kolupanowicz S, Kirkpatrick M, Hill K, Mullen KA, Ferry C, Thavorn K, Small G, Chan V, Justus D, Oldland K, Macdonald K, Burwash IG, Macphee E, Birnie D, Beanlands R, Suc G, Mesana T, Cross C, Messika-Zeitoun D

CJC open2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjco.2025.07.002 PMID: 41180342

Validating Heart Rhythm Society diagnostic criteria for cardiac sarcoidosis.

De Bortoli A, Nery P, Paterson DI, Osorio O, Pena E, Boczar KE, Beanlands R, Tavoosi A, Birnie D

Heart rhythm2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2025.04.051 PMID: 40300739

FDA Approval of 18F-Flurpiridaz for PET: Stepping into a New Era of Myocardial Perfusion Imaging?

Schindler TH, Bateman TM, Berman DS, Chareonthaitawee P, De Blanche LE, Dilsizian V, Dorbala S, Gropler RJ, Shaw LL, Soman P, Winchester DE, Verberne HJ, Ahuja S, Beanlands R, Di Carli M, Murthy VL, Ruddy TD, Schwartz RG

Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine2025

DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.124.269154 PMID: 40246543

Quantification of metabolic activity in the evaluation of cardiac sarcoidosis.

Wiefels C, Boczar K, Birnie D, Beanlands R, Chareonthaitawee P

Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclcard.2024.102088 PMID: 39586490

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Rob Beanlands

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Appraising the Quality of Patient Decision Aids for Brain and Heart Health: An Environmental Scan with a Health Equity Lens.

Myocardial Edema, Blood Flow, and Contractility in Takotsubo Syndrome: Comparative Evaluation with CMR and PET.

Positron emission tomography myocardial perfusion imaging findings in patients with systemic vasculitis.

The First 50 Years of the University of Ottawa Heart Institute: Toward Heart Health for All.

Targeting Vascular Inflammation In Patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia (TIN-CAP): protocol for a multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.

Diagnostic utility of longitudinal flow gradient for diagnosis of obstructive coronary artery disease in Rubidium-82 positron emission tomography.

The Ottawa Mobile Screening Program-Concept and First 18 Months of Experience with a Community-Based Outreach Cardiovascular Prevention Program.

Validating Heart Rhythm Society diagnostic criteria for cardiac sarcoidosis.

FDA Approval of 18F-Flurpiridaz for PET: Stepping into a New Era of Myocardial Perfusion Imaging?

Quantification of metabolic activity in the evaluation of cardiac sarcoidosis.

Frequent collaborators

David Birnie

Robert deKemp

George Wells

Pablo Nery

Kevin Boczar

Katey Rayner

Kwan-Leung Chan

Lisa Mielniczuk

George Chandy

Lyall Higginson

Doug Coyle

Girish Nair

Dar Dowlatshahi

Peter Liu

Matthieu Pelletier-Galarneau

Ran Klein

Sheldon Tobe

Krishan Yadav

Debra Eagles

Judy Luu

David Messika-Zeitoun

Alomgir Hossain

Christopher Johnson

Lloyd Duchesne

Lynn Megeney

Dawn Stacey

Ruth McPherson

Mary-Ellen Harper

Frans Leenen

Steeve Provencher

Jeff Healey

Jacqueline Saw

Monica Taljaard

Justin Ezekowitz

Derek So