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Susanna Mak

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Associate ProfessorDepartment of MedicineUniversity of Toronto

Susanna Mak

Associate Professor

Department of Medicine

Temerty Faculty of Medicine

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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42 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 10 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 3 research grants (2 ONTARIO, 1 HSF), most recently in 2024.
Supervisor on 4 trainee awards (4 CIHR), most recently in 2025.

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Publications

1,473

Citations

163

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Research

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Latest papers

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
Risk-Stratified Transitional Care and Cardiovascular Hospitalizations by Sex
JAMA Network Open · 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

All 91 publications

Latest funding

Assessing Right Ventricular-Pulmonary Arterial Coupling and Right Ventricular Reserve for the Prediction of Right Ventricular Failure and Treatment Outcomes in Advanced Heart Failure and Pulmonary Hypertension
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
$120,000
Cardiovascular Physiology of the Active Stand Test
HSF · 2024 · Principal investigator
Redefining the diagnosis and treatment of hypertension in pregnancy through the integration of placental growth factor (PlGF) testing.
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$123,234

All 14 grants and awards

91 publications.

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

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

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 Cardiology2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2026.07.005

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 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

Upfront Exercise Hemodynamic Phenotyping of Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension and Left Heart Disease Risk Factors: A Prospective Experience

Elizabeth Karvasarski, Joy Park, Simone Louise Savaris, Anna Louise Beale, Stephen P. Wright, Robert Francis Bentley, John T. Granton, Susanna Mak

CJC Open2026Senior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjco.2026.02.005 PMID: 42327431

Reflex Neurogenic Vasoconstriction When Patients With Heart Failure Exercise: Are Females More Sympathetic Than Males?

Badrov MB, Notarius CF, Mak S, Floras JS

JACC. Advances2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.jacadv.2026.102731 PMID: 41999365

Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction Is Associated With Early Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction Elicited by Exercise Hemodynamic Testing.

Park JS, Karvasarski E, Neuert M, Miner SES, Blair JEA, Mak S

Journal of cardiac failure2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2026.02.018 PMID: 41785957

"Advanced hemodynamics"-moving the field forward.

Mak S

The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation2026First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2025.11.006 PMID: 41238004

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

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Mak, 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 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]”" (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 HSF-funded project "Cardiovascular Physiology of the Active Stand Test" (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]

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Susanna Mak

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Risk-Stratified Transitional Care and Cardiovascular Hospitalizations by Sex

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 [Canadian Journal of Cardiology, Volume 40, Issue 4, Pages 500-523, DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2023.09.033]”

Upfront Exercise Hemodynamic Phenotyping of Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension and Left Heart Disease Risk Factors: A Prospective Experience

Reflex Neurogenic Vasoconstriction When Patients With Heart Failure Exercise: Are Females More Sympathetic Than Males?

Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction Is Associated With Early Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction Elicited by Exercise Hemodynamic Testing.

"Advanced hemodynamics"-moving the field forward.

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

Human Cardiovascular Integrative Physiology Laboratory: The Challenge of Medical Complexity

Frequent collaborators

John Granton

Harriette Van Spall

Jack Goodman

Robert Bentley

Douglas Lee

John Floras

Peter Austin

Michael Farkouh

Zion Sasson

Stephanie Poon

JoAnne Arcand

Michael Schull

Sharon Straus

Shelley Zieroth

Lisa Mielniczuk

Farid Foroutan

Colleen Norris

Abhinav Sharma

Laura Banks

Sabina Keen

Jakov Moric

Karen Mcrae

Micheal McInnis

Maral Ouzounian

Peter Mitoff

W. Reid

Kirsten Wentlandt

Yas Moayedi

Mitesh Badiwala

Andrew Pierre

Peter Slinger

Martin Ma