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Alexis Baass

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Adjunct ProfessorDepartment of MedicineUniversité de Montréal

Alexis Baass

Adjunct Professor

Department of Medicine

Université de Montréal

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Adjunct, part-time and visiting faculty usually co-supervise alongside a core faculty member.
48 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 29 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.

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Research

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Latest papers

Aortic Stenosis in Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia: The Canadian HoFH Registry.
JACC. Advances · 2026
Poor Performance of LDL-Cholesterol Equations versus Beta Quantification in a Very Large Cohort of Patients with Dyslipidemia.
Clinical chemistry · 2026 · senior author
Homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HoFH) in Canada.
Atherosclerosis · 2026

All 82 publications

Latest funding

Familial Hypercholesterolemia in Canada: Precision and Personalized Approaches to Increase Identification and Improve Clinical outcomes
CIHR · 2019 · Co-investigator
$734,400
Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia (HoFH) in Canada
CIHR · 2019 · Co-investigator
$99,617

All 2 grants and awards

82 publications.

Aortic Stenosis in Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia: The Canadian HoFH Registry.

Erzingatzian A, Al-Baldawi Z, Ruel I, Brown L, Sherman MH, Laflamme N, Bergeron J, Couture P, Paquette M, Baass A, Brisson D, Larouche M, Gaudet D, Cermakova L, Wan D, Brunham LR, Francis GA, Mancini GBJ, Kennedy BA, Hegele RA, Lewis GF, McCrindle BW, Ransom T, McPherson R, Piazza N, de Varennes B, Genest J, Iatan I

JACC. Advances20263 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.jacadv.2025.102505 PMID: 41579830

Poor Performance of LDL-Cholesterol Equations versus Beta Quantification in a Very Large Cohort of Patients with Dyslipidemia.

Paquette M, Thanassoulis G, Sherman MH, Blank DW, Baass A

Clinical chemistry20261 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/hvag038 PMID: 42047357

Homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HoFH) in Canada.

Al-Baldawi Z, Erzingatzian A, Ruel I, Brown L, Sherman MH, Laflamme N, Bergeron J, Couture P, Paquette M, Baass A, Brisson D, Larouche M, Gaudet D, Cermakova L, Wan D, Moulson N, Francis GA, Mancini GBJ, Kennedy BA, Hegele RA, Lewis GF, McCrindle BW, Cifra B, Ransom T, McPherson R, Genest J, Brunham LR, Iatan I

Atherosclerosis2026Open Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2026.120792 PMID: 42229223

Integration of a polygenic score into clinical risk prediction of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in familial hypercholesterolemia.

Paquette M, Trinder M, Ruel I, Guay SP, Hegele RA, Genest J, Brunham LR, Baass A

European journal of preventive cardiology2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1093/eurjpc/zwag203 PMID: 41983333

Predictors of aortic stenosis in homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia: A study from the Canadian HoFH registry.

Paquette M, Erzingatzian A, Ruel I, Al-Baldawi Z, Brown L, Sherman MH, Laflamme N, Bergeron J, Couture P, Brisson D, Larouche M, Gaudet D, Cermakova L, Wan D, Moulson N, Francis GA, Mancini GBJ, Kennedy BA, Hegele RA, Lewis GF, McCrindle BW, Cifra B, Ransom T, McPherson R, Genest J, Brunham LR, Iatan I, Baass A

Journal of clinical lipidology2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.jacl.2026.08.023 PMID: 42754461

Novel MFN2 compound heterozygote genotype in a patient with multiple symmetric lipomatosis and metabolic dysfunction.

Lefebvre FA, Paquette M, Baass A

Journal of clinical lipidology2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.jacl.2026.03.020 PMID: 41991472

Validation of two familial chylomicronemia syndrome clinical diagnosis scores in a cohort of molecularly defined patients.

Paquette M, Guay SP, Baass A

Journal of clinical lipidology2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.jacl.2026.08.002 PMID: 42637648

Polygenic risk scores in familial hypercholesterolemia. Do they have a role?

Paquette M, Guay SP, Baass A

Current opinion in lipidology2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1097/mol.0000000000001029 PMID: 41762748

Lp(a): A Clinical Review.

Anchouche K, Baass A, Thanassoulis G

Clinical biochemistry202510 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2025.110929 PMID: 40258460

DNA methylation levels may contribute to severe hypertriglyceridemia in multifactorial chylomicronemia syndrome.

Guay SP, Paquette M, Taschereau A, Desgagné V, Bouchard L, Bernard S, Baass A

Clinical biochemistry20257 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2025.110873 PMID: 39756670

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Alexis Baass

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Aortic Stenosis in Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia: The Canadian HoFH Registry.

Poor Performance of LDL-Cholesterol Equations versus Beta Quantification in a Very Large Cohort of Patients with Dyslipidemia.

Homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HoFH) in Canada.

Integration of a polygenic score into clinical risk prediction of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in familial hypercholesterolemia.

Predictors of aortic stenosis in homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia: A study from the Canadian HoFH registry.

Novel MFN2 compound heterozygote genotype in a patient with multiple symmetric lipomatosis and metabolic dysfunction.

Validation of two familial chylomicronemia syndrome clinical diagnosis scores in a cohort of molecularly defined patients.

Polygenic risk scores in familial hypercholesterolemia. Do they have a role?

Lp(a): A Clinical Review.

DNA methylation levels may contribute to severe hypertriglyceridemia in multifactorial chylomicronemia syndrome.

Familial Hypercholesterolemia in Canada: Precision and Personalized Approaches to Increase Identification and Improve Clinical outcomes

Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia (HoFH) in Canada

Frequent collaborators

Sophie Bernard

Robert Hegele

Liam Brunham

Jacques Genest

Richard Hegele

Gordon Francis

Ruth McPherson

Luigi Bouchard

Patrick Couture

Nabil Seidah

Guillaume Pare

George Thanassoulis

Michel Tremblay

Valérie Poulin

May Faraj

Annik Prat

Michel Tremblay

Héloïse Cardinal

Marie-Ève Piché

Armand Soldera