Dr. Eldon R. Smith
Eldon Smith was born and educated in Nova Scotia, receiving his medical degree cum laude from Dalhousie in 1967. Following Internal Medicine and Cardiology training in Canada, UK, and the USA, Dr. Smith joined the Faculty at Dalhousie in 1973. In 1980, he moved to Calgary to become Professor and Head of the Cardiology Division at Foothills Hospital and the University of Calgary. He became Head of the Department of Medicine in 1985 and Associate Dean (Clinical Affairs) in 1990. From 1992 to 1997, Dr. Smith was Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Calgary. In 1997, he was appointed Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Journal of Cardiology.
Dr. Smith’s research interests include circulatory mechanics, exercise physiology and echocardiography. He has published more than 200 papers and book chapters and has been a contributor to many national and international organizations. He has also been President of the Canadian Cardiovascular Society and the Association of Canadian Medical Colleges and Vice President of the Inter-American Society of Cardiology. He currently serves on a number of public boards including the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research, the Alberta Health Professions Advisory Board, the Canadian Institute of Academic Medicine and has been a member of the Premier’s Advisory Council on Health in Alberta. He is currently President and Director of the Peter Lougheed Medical Research Foundation, a national initiative to support excellence in health research in Canada.
Dr. Smith also serves as a director of a number of publicly traded companies including Canadian Natural Resources Ltd, Vasogen Inc, and Pheromone Sciences Corp.
