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Candice Silversides

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ProfessorDepartment of MedicineUniversity of Toronto

Candice Silversides

Professor

Department of Medicine

Temerty Faculty of Medicine

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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20 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 3 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 4 research grants (4 CIHR), most recently in 2024.

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1,142

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Latest papers

Author Corrections to: “Canadian Cardiovascular Society 2023 Guidelines on the Fitness to Drive [Canadian Journal of Cardiology, Volume 40, Issue 4, Pages 500-523, DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2023.09.033]”
Canadian Journal of Cardiology · 2026
Author Corrections to: "Canadian Cardiovascular Society 2022 Guidelines for Cardiovascular Interventions in Adults With Congenital Heart Disease [Canadian Journal of Cardiology Volume 38, Issue, 7, Pages 862-896. DOI:10.1016/j.cjca.2022.03.021]".
The Canadian journal of cardiology · 2026
Erratum to Author Corrections to: “Canadian Cardiovascular Society 2023 Guidelines on the Fitness to Drive [Canadian Journal of Cardiology, Volume 40, Issue 4 500-523, DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2023.09.033]”
Canadian Journal of Cardiology · 2026 · senior author

All 41 publications

Latest funding

A Canada-wide Collaboration Aimed at Reducing Deaths and Serious Illness from Heart Conditions During and Between Pregnancies.
CIHR · 2024 · Principal investigator
$500,000
Feasibility Study of the Adult Congenital Heart Disease - Coping And Resilience (ACHD-CARE) Trial
CIHR · 2012 · Co-investigator
$171,180
The CORRELATE Study: Canadian Outcomes REgistry Late After TEtralogy of Fallot Repair
CIHR · 2011 · Co-investigator
$621,931

All 7 grants and awards

41 publications.

Author Corrections to: “Canadian Cardiovascular Society 2023 Guidelines on the Fitness to Drive [Canadian Journal of Cardiology, Volume 40, Issue 4, Pages 500-523, DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2023.09.033]”

Guerra PG, Simpson CS, Van Spall HGC, Asgar AW, Billia P, Cadrin-Tourigny J, Chakrabarti S, Cheung CC, Dore A, Fordyce CB

Canadian Journal of Cardiology2026Open Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2026.02.045

Author Corrections to: "Canadian Cardiovascular Society 2022 Guidelines for Cardiovascular Interventions in Adults With Congenital Heart Disease [Canadian Journal of Cardiology Volume 38, Issue, 7, Pages 862-896. DOI:10.1016/j.cjca.2022.03.021]".

Marelli A, Bauchesne L, Colman J, Ducas R, Grewal J, Keir M, Khairy P, Oechslin E, Therrien J, Vonder Muhll IF, Wald RM, Silversides C, Barron DJ, Benson L, Bernier PL, Horlick E, Ibrahim R, Martucci G, Nair K, Poirier NC, Ross HJ, Baumgartner H, Daniels CJ, Gurvitz M, Roos-Hesselink JW, Kovacs AH, McLeod CJ, Mulder BJ, Warnes CA, Webb GD

The Canadian journal of cardiology2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2026.08.014 PMID: 42727929

Erratum to Author Corrections to: “Canadian Cardiovascular Society 2023 Guidelines on the Fitness to Drive [Canadian Journal of Cardiology, Volume 40, Issue 4 500-523, DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2023.09.033]”

Co-chairs:, Guerra PG, Simpson CS, Van Spall HGC, Panel: W, Asgar AW, Billia P, Cadrin-Tourigny J, Chakrabarti S, Cheung CC

Canadian Journal of Cardiology2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2026.07.005

Author Corrections to “Canadian Cardiovascular Society 2023 Guidelines on the Fitness to Drive” [Can J Cardiol 40 (2024):500-523]

Co-chairs:, Guerra PG, Simpson CS, Van Spall HGC, Panel: W, Asgar AW, Billia P, Cadrin-Tourigny J, Chakrabarti S, Cheung CC

Canadian Journal of Cardiology2025Senior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2024.07.032

Canadian Cardiovascular Society 2023 Guidelines on the Fitness to Drive

Co-chairs:, Guerra PG, Simpson CS, Van Spall HGC, Panel: W, Asgar AW, Billia P, Cadrin-Tourigny J, Chakrabarti S, Cheung CC

Canadian Journal of Cardiology202415 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2023.09.033

Adult Congenital Heart Disease Care in Canada: Has Quality of Care Improved in the Last Decade?

Ducas RA, Mao T, Beauchesne L, Silversides C, Dore A, Ganame J, Alonso-Gonzalez R, Keir M, Muhll IV, Grewal J

Canadian Journal of Cardiology202410 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2023.08.004

Arrhythmias in adult patients after Rastelli surgery: a single-centre experience.

Patloori SCS, Kawada S, Chakraborty P, Saeed Y, Denham N, Joens C, Oechslin EN, Roche SL, Silversides C, Wald RM, Alonso-Gonzalez R, Thorne S, Mondesert B, Khairy P, Selvaraj R, Nair K

Cardiology in the young20241 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1017/s1047951124026623 PMID: 39422134

Intracardiac Echocardiography to Assist Anatomical Isthmus Ablation in Repaired Tetralogy of Fallot Patients With Ventricular Tachycardia: Technique and Outcomes.

Denham NC, Selvaraj R, Kakarla J, Patloori SCS, Roche SL, Thorne S, Oechslin E, Massarella D, Wald R, Alonso-Gonzalez R, Silversides C, Downar E, Nair K

JACC. Advances20241 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.jacadv.2024.101329 PMID: 39493314

Improving Stroke Risk Factor Management Focusing on Health Disparities and Knowledge Gaps.

Sur NB, Kozberg M, Desvigne-Nickens P, Silversides C, Bushnell C

Stroke2024

DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.122.040449 PMID: 38134258

Updated clinical practice recommendations for managing adults with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome.

Boot E, Óskarsdóttir S, Loo JCY, Crowley TB, Orchanian-Cheff A, Andrade DM, Arganbright JM, Castelein RM, Cserti-Gazdewich C, de Reuver S, Fiksinski AM, Klingberg G, Lang AE, Mascarenhas MR, Moss EM, Nowakowska BA, Oechslin E, Palmer L, Repetto GM, Reyes NGD, Schneider M, Silversides C, Sullivan KE, Swillen A, van Amelsvoort TAMJ, Van Batavia JP, Vingerhoets C, McDonald-McGinn DM, Bassett AS

Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics202396 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.gim.2022.11.012 PMID: 36729052

A Canada-wide Collaboration Aimed at Reducing Deaths and Serious Illness from Heart Conditions During and Between Pregnancies.

Principal investigatorCIHR2024Operating Grant:H&S Res Netwo. Excellence Women Heart/Brain Health- Risk Factors

Principal investigators: D'Souza, Rohan D; Grewal, Jasmine; Malhamé, Isabelle; Silversides, Candice

Keywords: Cardiovascular Health In Pregnancy; Economic And Societal Impact; Enhanced Obstetric Survey Systems; Equitable Access For Marginalized; Indigenous Populations; Interdisciplinary Collaboration; Network Of Networks; Patient-Centered Care; Postpartum Cardiovascular Health; Pregnancy-Related Morbidity And Mortality; Racialized; Valvular Heart Disease

$500,000

Feasibility Study of the Adult Congenital Heart Disease - Coping And Resilience (ACHD-CARE) Trial

Co-investigatorCIHR2012Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Kovacs, Adrienne H; Irvine, Marilyn J

Keywords: Adult Congenital Heart Disease; Anxiety; Depression; Psychosocial Intervention; Quality Of Life; Resilience

$171,180

The CORRELATE Study: Canadian Outcomes REgistry Late After TEtralogy of Fallot Repair

Co-investigatorCIHR2011Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Wald, Rachel M; Farkouh, Michael E

Keywords: Cohort; Congenital Heart Disease; Exercise Testing; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Outcome; Pulmonary Valve Replacement; Quality Of Life; Registry; Tetralogy Of Fallot

$621,931

Discovering new genes for tetralogy of Fallot and cardiac development

Nominated PICIHR2011Operating Grant - PA: Institute of Genetics (Bridge Funding)

Principal investigators: Silversides, Candice; Bassett, Anne S

Keywords: Adult Congenital Heart Disease; Behavioral Science; Genetics

$100,000

Placental Basis of Long-Term Maternal Health

Co-investigatorCIHR2010Team Grant - Maternal Health: From Pre-conception to the Empty Nest-LOI

Principal investigators: Kingdom, John C; Hladunewich, Michelle A; Ray, Joel G

Keywords: Cardiometabolic; Hypertension; Mental Health; Nested Case-Control Study; Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease; Placental Pathology; Pregnancy Cohort Study; Renal Function; Vascular Function; Visceral Adiposity

$1,433

Pregnancy and Subsequent Cardiovascular Risk in Women with Heart Disease

Principal investigatorCIHR2010Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Siu, Samuel C; Silversides, Candice

Keywords: Atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular Risk Factors; Pregnancy

$405,600

Determining genomic subytpes of tetralogy of Fallot

Nominated PICIHR2008Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Silversides, Candice; Bassett, Anne S

Keywords: Adult Congenital Heart Disease; Behavioral Science; Genetics

$337,062

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Silversides, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Author Corrections to: “Canadian Cardiovascular Society 2023 Guidelines on the Fitness to Drive [Canadian Journal of Cardiology, Volume 40, Issue 4, Pages 500-523, DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2023.09.033]”" (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "A Canada-wide Collaboration Aimed at Reducing Deaths and Serious Illness from Heart Conditions During and Between Pregnancies." (2024), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]

Profile data last refreshed on September 29, 2026 from the university directory, publication records and public research funding records.

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Candice Silversides

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Author Corrections to: “Canadian Cardiovascular Society 2023 Guidelines on the Fitness to Drive [Canadian Journal of Cardiology, Volume 40, Issue 4, Pages 500-523, DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2023.09.033]”

Author Corrections to: "Canadian Cardiovascular Society 2022 Guidelines for Cardiovascular Interventions in Adults With Congenital Heart Disease [Canadian Journal of Cardiology Volume 38, Issue, 7, Pages 862-896. DOI:10.1016/j.cjca.2022.03.021]".

Erratum to Author Corrections to: “Canadian Cardiovascular Society 2023 Guidelines on the Fitness to Drive [Canadian Journal of Cardiology, Volume 40, Issue 4 500-523, DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2023.09.033]”

Author Corrections to “Canadian Cardiovascular Society 2023 Guidelines on the Fitness to Drive” [Can J Cardiol 40 (2024):500-523]

Canadian Cardiovascular Society 2023 Guidelines on the Fitness to Drive

Adult Congenital Heart Disease Care in Canada: Has Quality of Care Improved in the Last Decade?

Arrhythmias in adult patients after Rastelli surgery: a single-centre experience.

Intracardiac Echocardiography to Assist Anatomical Isthmus Ablation in Repaired Tetralogy of Fallot Patients With Ventricular Tachycardia: Technique and Outcomes.

Improving Stroke Risk Factor Management Focusing on Health Disparities and Knowledge Gaps.

Updated clinical practice recommendations for managing adults with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome.

A Canada-wide Collaboration Aimed at Reducing Deaths and Serious Illness from Heart Conditions During and Between Pregnancies.

Feasibility Study of the Adult Congenital Heart Disease - Coping And Resilience (ACHD-CARE) Trial

The CORRELATE Study: Canadian Outcomes REgistry Late After TEtralogy of Fallot Repair

Discovering new genes for tetralogy of Fallot and cardiac development

Placental Basis of Long-Term Maternal Health

Pregnancy and Subsequent Cardiovascular Risk in Women with Heart Disease

Determining genomic subytpes of tetralogy of Fallot

Frequent collaborators

Erwin Oechslin

Krishnakumar Nair

Rafael Alonso-Gonzalez

Rachel Wald

Paul Khairy

Jasmine Grewal

Sara Thorne

Eugene Downar

Jack Colman

Mathew Sermer

Samuel Siu

Sam Siu

Kumaraswamy Nanthakumar

Ariane Marelli

Susanna Mak

Louise Harris

Colleen Norris

Adrienne Kovacs

John Sapp

Robert Sheldon

Praloy Chakraborty

Harriette Van Spall

Andrew Krahn

Pishoy Gouda

Christopher Feindel

Lee Benson

Cristian Arzola

Annette Vegas

Rebecca Moga

Nimrah Abbasi

Marie Czikk

Wendy Whittle

Shira Gold

Johannes Keunen

Greg Ryan

Amanda Selk

Cynthia Maxwell

Michael Corrin

Prakesh Shah

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