Stephanie Poon, University of Toronto

Research

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Latest papers

Palliative care integration into outpatient heart failure management: pilot study.
BMJ supportive & palliative care · 2026
Author Correction to “Canadian Cardiovascular Society/Canadian Heart Failure Society 2025 Guideline Update for Pharmacologic Management of Heart Failure With Nonreduced Ejection Fraction (LVEF > 40%) [Canadian Journal of Cardiology, Volume 41, Issue 10, Pages 1857-1874. DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2025.07.027]”
Canadian Journal of Cardiology · 2026
Author Correction to Canadian Cardiovascular Society/Canadian Heart Failure Society 2025 Guideline Update for Pharmacologic Management of Heart Failure With Nonreduced Ejection Fraction (LVEF > 40%) [Canadian Journal of Cardiology. Volume 41, Issue 10, Pages 1857-1874. DOI:10.1016/j.cjca.2025.07.027]
Canadian Journal of Cardiology · 2026

All 27 publications

Latest funding

Planning meeting for SODIUM-HF-2
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$20,000
Cardiac DOC: the predictive validity of a simple screen for Depression, Obstructive sleep apnea and Cognitive impairment (DOC) to identify heart failure patients at risk of adverse outcomes in a prospective, multicenter cohort.
CIHR · 2020 · Co-investigator
$100,000
CardiacDOC: Prospective multi-centre feasibility and validation of a unified screening tool for Depression, Obstructive sleep apnea and Cognition (DOC) in heart failure patients
CIHR · 2019 · Co-investigator
$100,000

All 4 grants and awards

27 publications.

01

Palliative care integration into outpatient heart failure management: pilot study.

Nadarajah S, Sirianni G, Poon S, Bonares M

BMJ supportive & palliative care20263 citations

DOI: 10.1136/spcare-2024-005193 PMID: 39472029

02

Author Correction to “Canadian Cardiovascular Society/Canadian Heart Failure Society 2025 Guideline Update for Pharmacologic Management of Heart Failure With Nonreduced Ejection Fraction (LVEF > 40%) [Canadian Journal of Cardiology, Volume 41, Issue 10, Pages 1857-1874. DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2025.07.027]”

Panel: P, Virani S, Zieroth S, Aleksova N, Anderson K, Clarke B, Ducharme A, Ezekowitz JA, Foroutan F, Giannetti N

Canadian Journal of Cardiology20261 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2026.03.026

03

Author Correction to Canadian Cardiovascular Society/Canadian Heart Failure Society 2025 Guideline Update for Pharmacologic Management of Heart Failure With Nonreduced Ejection Fraction (LVEF > 40%) [Canadian Journal of Cardiology. Volume 41, Issue 10, Pages 1857-1874. DOI:10.1016/j.cjca.2025.07.027]

Virani S, Zieroth S, Aleksova N, Anderson K, Clarke B, Ducharme A, Ezekowitz JA, Foroutan F, Giannetti N, Jain R

Canadian Journal of Cardiology2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2025.12.030

04

Time-to-Diuretics in Acute Heart Failure Management: Striking the Balance Between Speed and Accuracy

Alam-Shoushtari S, Hawkins NM, McKelvie R, Poon S, Honos G, Zieroth S, Ezekowitz J, Virani SA, Moghaddam N

Journal of Cardiac Failure2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2025.07.011

05

Risk-Stratified Transitional Care and Cardiovascular Hospitalizations by Sex

Lee DS, Wang C, Austin PC, Straus SE, Farkouh ME, Chong A, Taljaard M, Poon S, Smith S, McKelvie RS

JAMA Network Open2026Open Access

DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.11892

06

Canadian Cardiovascular Society/Canadian Heart Failure Society 2025 Guideline Update for Pharmacologic Management of Heart Failure With Nonreduced Ejection Fraction (LVEF > 40%)

Virani S, Zieroth S, Aleksova N, Anderson K, Clarke B, Ducharme A, Ezekowitz JA, Foroutan F, Giannetti N, Jain R

Canadian Journal of Cardiology202523 citationsRetractedOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2025.07.027

07

The Canadian Heart Failure (CAN-HF) Registry: A Canadian Multicentre, Retrospective Study of Outpatients with Heart Failure

Saveski D, Kok M, Poon S, Rojas-Fernandez C, Virani SA, Honos G, McKelvie R

CJC Open202512 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjco.2024.09.014

08

Corrigendum to Canadian Cardiovascular Society/Canadian Heart Failure Society 2025 Guideline Update for Pharmacologic Management of Heart Failure With Nonreduced Ejection Fraction (LVEF > 40%). Volume 41, Issue 10, October 2025, Pages 1857-74

Virani S, Zieroth S, Aleksova N, Anderson K, Clarke B, Ducharme A, Ezekowitz JA, Foroutan F, Giannetti N, Jain R

Canadian Journal of Cardiology20251 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2025.12.001

09

Prescription Drug Coverage of Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy for People Living with Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction in Canada

Cowan SS, Kosar L, Poon S, Bains M, Costigan J, Ducharme A, Gewarges M, Groulx S, MacFarlane K, Nagpal S

CJC Open20251 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjco.2025.05.018

10

Molecular correlates for HPV-negative head and neck cancer engraftment prognosticate patient outcomes.

Waas M, Karamboulas C, Wu BZ, Khan S, Poon S, Meens J, Govindarajan M, Khoo A, Mejia-Guerrero S, Ha A, Liu LY, Nixon KCJ, Walton J, Bratman SV, Huang SH, Goldstein D, Gaiti F, Ailles L, Kislinger T

Nature communications202412 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-55203-z PMID: 39738080

Planning meeting for SODIUM-HF-2

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Ezekowitz, Justin A; Ross, Heather J

Keywords: Clinical Trial; Diet; Heart Failure; Randomized; Sodium; Statistics

$20,000

Cardiac DOC: the predictive validity of a simple screen for Depression, Obstructive sleep apnea and Cognitive impairment (DOC) to identify heart failure patients at risk of adverse outcomes in a prospective, multicenter cohort.

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Project Grant - Priority Announcement: Patient-Oriented Research

Principal investigators: Swartz, Richard; Edwards, Jodi D; Ross, Heather J

Keywords: Cognitive Impairment; Comorbidity; Death; Depression; Diagnostic Testing; Heart Failure; Myocardial Infarction; Obstructive Sleep Apnea; Outcome Study; Screening

$100,000

CardiacDOC: Prospective multi-centre feasibility and validation of a unified screening tool for Depression, Obstructive sleep apnea and Cognition (DOC) in heart failure patients

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Project Grant - Priority Announcement: Patient-Oriented Research

Principal investigators: Swartz, Richard; Edwards, Jodi D

Keywords: Cognitive Impairment; Comorbidity; Depression; Diagnostic Testing; Heart Failure; Obstructive Sleep Apnea; Screening; Sensitivity/Specificity; Validation

$100,000

BaSIS Risk Score for Primary Prevention Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators

Co-investigatorCIHR2016Project Grant

Principal investigators: Lee, Douglas S

Keywords: Health Services Research; Heart Failure; Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator; Left Ventricular Dysfunction; Outcomes Research; Risk Benefit; Risk Prediction; Sudden Cardiac Death; Survival

$592,488

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, Brain Canada and the New Frontiers in Research Fund.

Ted Rogers Understanding of Exacerbations in Heart Failure 2: Monitor
Site principal investigator · Recruiting · started 2026 · NCT07447908

From ClinicalTrials.gov: trials with a site in Canada that they lead overall or at a Canadian site.

Frequent collaborators

Justin Ezekowitz and Shelley Zieroth: 33 shared papers
Douglas Lee and Michael Schull: 32 shared papers
Douglas Lee and Michael Farkouh: 31 shared papers
Nadia Giannetti and Shelley Zieroth: 23 shared papers
Robert McKelvie and Justin Ezekowitz: 21 shared papers
Robert McKelvie and Shelley Zieroth: 21 shared papers
Justin Ezekowitz and Nadia Giannetti: 20 shared papers
Justin Ezekowitz and Nathaniel Hawkins: 17 shared papers
Abhinav Sharma and Nadia Giannetti: 16 shared papers
Lisa Mielniczuk and Shelley Zieroth: 16 shared papers
Robert McKelvie and Nadia Giannetti: 14 shared papers
Justin Ezekowitz and Abhinav Sharma: 13 shared papers
Justin Ezekowitz and Lisa Mielniczuk: 13 shared papers
Shelley Zieroth and Anique Ducharme: 13 shared papers
Harriette Van Spall and Susanna Mak: 12 shared papers
Douglas Lee and Justin Ezekowitz: 12 shared papers
Harriette Van Spall and Shelley Zieroth: 11 shared papers
Robert McKelvie and Stephanie Poon: 11 shared papers
Michael Farkouh and Michael Schull: 10 shared papers
Nadia Giannetti and Lisa Mielniczuk: 10 shared papers
Shelley Zieroth and Stephanie Poon: 10 shared papers
Robert McKelvie and Adam Grzeslo: 9 shared papers
Adam Grzeslo and Justin Ezekowitz: 9 shared papers
Adam Grzeslo and Shelley Zieroth: 9 shared papers
Nadia Giannetti and Anique Ducharme: 9 shared papers
Robert McKelvie and Nathaniel Hawkins: 8 shared papers
Robert McKelvie and Anique Ducharme: 8 shared papers
Abhinav Sharma and Shelley Zieroth: 8 shared papers
Douglas Lee and Susanna Mak: 7 shared papers
Nathaniel Hawkins and Shelley Zieroth: 7 shared papers
Stephanie Poon and Susanna Mak: 7 shared papers
Harriette Van Spall and Justin Ezekowitz: 6 shared papers
Harriette Van Spall and Stephanie Poon: 6 shared papers
Michael Farkouh and Susanna Mak: 6 shared papers
Lisa Mielniczuk and Stephanie Poon: 6 shared papers
Harriette Van Spall and Sabina Keen: 5 shared papers
Harriette Van Spall and Amelia Yip: 5 shared papers
Farid Foroutan and Shelley Zieroth: 5 shared papers
Farid Foroutan and Susanna Mak: 5 shared papers
Robert McKelvie and Monica Taljaard: 5 shared papers
Sabina Keen and Amelia Yip: 5 shared papers
Sabina Keen and Abhinav Sharma: 5 shared papers
Sabina Keen and Stephanie Poon: 5 shared papers
Amelia Yip and Abhinav Sharma: 5 shared papers
Amelia Yip and Stephanie Poon: 5 shared papers
Monica Taljaard and Lisa Mielniczuk: 5 shared papers
Douglas Lee and Stephanie Poon: 5 shared papers
Justin Ezekowitz and Stephanie Poon: 5 shared papers
Abhinav Sharma and Stephanie Poon: 5 shared papers
Nadia Giannetti and Stephanie Poon: 5 shared papers
Michael Schull and Susanna Mak: 5 shared papers
Harriette Van Spall and Farid Foroutan: 4 shared papers
Harriette Van Spall and Alexandra King: 4 shared papers
Farid Foroutan and Alexandra King: 4 shared papers
Farid Foroutan and Stephanie Poon: 4 shared papers
Robert McKelvie and George Honos: 4 shared papers
Sabina Keen and Alexandra King: 4 shared papers
Monica Taljaard and Michael Farkouh: 4 shared papers
Laurie Ailles and Stephanie Poon: 4 shared papers
Alexandra King and Stephanie Poon: 4 shared papers
Nathaniel Hawkins and Stephanie Poon: 4 shared papers
Stephanie Poon and George Honos: 4 shared papers
Douglas Lee and Amol Verma: 3 shared papers
Monica Taljaard and Stephanie Poon: 2 shared papers
Michael Farkouh and Stephanie Poon: 2 shared papers
Amol Verma and Michael Schull: 2 shared papers
Nathaniel Hawkins and George Honos: 2 shared papers
Michael Schull and Stephanie Poon: 2 shared papers
Edward Etchells and Stephanie Poon: 2 shared papers
Stephanie Poon and Anique Ducharme: 2 shared papers
Harriette Van Spall and Amol Verma: 1 shared paper
Harriette Van Spall and Edward Etchells: 1 shared paper
Robert McKelvie and Benjamin Leis: 1 shared paper
Adam Grzeslo and Stephanie Poon: 1 shared paper
Douglas Lee and Benjamin Leis: 1 shared paper
Justin Ezekowitz and Benjamin Leis: 1 shared paper
Amol Verma and Edward Etchells: 1 shared paper
Amol Verma and Stephanie Poon: 1 shared paper
Stephanie Poon and Benjamin Leis: 1 shared paper

Department of Medicine
Medicine/Cardiology
Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact
Department of Medical Biophysics
Cardiology
Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation
School of Epidemiology and Public Health
Other

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Sean Virani

Faculty

13 shared papers, latest 2026

Robert McKelvie

Department of Medicine

11 shared papers, latest 2026

Shelley Zieroth

Faculty

10 shared papers, latest 2026

Susanna Mak

Department of Medicine

7 shared papers, latest 2026

Lisa Mielniczuk

Department of Medicine

6 shared papers, latest 2026

Harriette Van Spall

Department of Medicine

6 shared papers, latest 2026

Sabina Keen

Department of Medicine

5 shared papers, latest 2026

Amelia Yip

Department of Medicine

5 shared papers, latest 2026

Abhinav Sharma

Department of Medicine

5 shared papers, latest 2026

Douglas Lee

Department of Medicine

5 shared papers, latest 2025

Justin Ezekowitz

Department of Medicine

5 shared papers, latest 2026

Nadia Giannetti

Medicine/Cardiology

5 shared papers, latest 2026

George Honos

Department of Medicine

4 shared papers, latest 2026

Farid Foroutan

Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact

4 shared papers, latest 2026

Alexandra King

Department of Medicine

4 shared papers, latest 2026

Laurie Ailles

Department of Medical Biophysics

4 shared papers, latest 2024

Nathaniel Hawkins

Cardiology

4 shared papers, latest 2026

Anique Ducharme

Department of Medicine

2 shared papers, latest 2025

Edward Etchells

Department of Medicine

2 shared papers, latest 2024

Michael Farkouh

Department of Medicine

2 shared papers, latest 2026

Monica Taljaard

School of Epidemiology and Public Health

2 shared papers, latest 2026

Michael Schull

Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation

2 shared papers, latest 2026

Jason Andrade

Department of Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2023

Michel White

Department of Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2020

Liane Porepa

Department of Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2023

Benjamin Leis

Department of Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2022

Peter Mitoff

Department of Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2023

David Goldstein

Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Alexander Singer

Community Health Sciences

1 shared papers, latest 2025

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Poon, 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 "Palliative care integration into outpatient heart failure management: pilot study." (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.] 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]