Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

The Ottawa Hospital’s Thrombosis Program is a centre of excellence in both clinical research and clinical care of thrombosis related illness. We are devoted to generating practice-changing knowledge in the areas of diagnosis, treatment and prevention of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism (venous thromboembolism).

Thrombosis Program’s Mission

The primary mission of the program is to energetically better the lives of patients with venous thromboembolic disease. This is accomplished through:

• the design, conduct and dissemination of practice-changing clinical research
• education of the next generation of leaders in Adult Thrombosis Medicine (expert clinicians, educators and researchers)
• the delivery of quality cost-effective care to patients with venous thromboembolic disease in the Ottawa region

Thrombosis Program’s Vision 

It is our vision to be world leaders in developing practice-changing knowledge generation in the areas of venous thromboembolism. Our group has a strongly established presence in the development of patient-oriented research on diagnostic algorithms for suspected deep vein thrombosis and suspected pulmonary embolism and cancer-associated thrombosis. We are growing an important research program on the management of anticoagulant-related bleeding complications. We also seek to be leaders in the next generation of experts in venous thromboembolism through our Area of Focussed Competency (AFC) Adult Thrombosis Medicine Fellowship (Clinical and Research Fellowship Programs). Finally, and importantly, we seek to deliver cost-effective quality care to patients with venous thromboembolism in the Ottawa region through the development of an Ottawa Regional Clinical Thrombosis Program with arms of the program including thromboembolism management, peri-operative anticoagulation and oral anticoagulation management.