Researchers
Venkatesh Thiruganasambandamoorthy

Venkatesh Thiruganasambandamoorthy

MBBS, CCFP-EM, MSc

Senior Scientist, Acute Care Research

Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Chief Research Information Officer

Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine

University of Ottawa

Emergency Physician, Emergency Department

The Ottawa Hospital

Tier-1 Clinical Research Chair in Cardiovascular Emergencies

University of Ottawa

Mid-Career Clinical KT Fellow

Physicians’ Services Incorporated Foundation

Contact

vthirug@ohri.ca

613-998-5555 x17023

Iris Nguyen, Clinical Research Program Manager, Tel: 613-798-5555 x17766, Email: pnguyen@ohri.ca

ORCID 0000-0003-4373-3688
@TeamVenk

Research Groups

Research Group
Venk Group
The strategic vision of our program is to improve care of patients with cardiovascular emergencies specifically syncope, presyncope, and chest pain...

Bio

Dr. Venkatesh Thiruganasambandamoorthy is a Professor in the Departments of Emergency Medicine and Epidemiology at the University of Ottawa as well a Senior Scientist and a Chief Research Information Officer (CRIO) at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. He completed his Master's in Epidemiology in addition to a Research Fellowship, and mentors Master's and postdoctoral students. He has established one of the largest programs on ED syncope and presyncope. 

His research focuses on cardiovascular emergencies research (syncope and chest pain) and is internationally recognized for emergency department syncope research. He is the recipient of several peer-reviewed grants from Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada (HSFC) and National Institutes of Health (NIH). He has won several excellence awards - National New Investigator Award from the Heart and Stroke; CIHR mid-career award; PSI Foundation mid-career award, PSI Foundation Mid-career KT Fellow, Tier-1 Research Chair award, Publication of the Year award and Mentorship award.

He is a co-author in several national and international guidelines and consensus/position statements for syncope. His other research interests include emergency department chest pain management, health systems research and machine learning.

 

News

Publications

The hope and the hype of artificial intelligence for syncope management

2025-09-22 Go to publication

A research grid to support clinician scientists in your emergency department

2025-05-01 Go to publication

Comparing the Canadian Syncope Risk Score to the Final Emergency Department Diagnosis and the Model Without It: A Secondary Analysis

2025-05-01 Go to publication

A scholarship points program to encourage academic productivity in your emergency department

2025-04-01 Go to publication

Role of Artificial Intelligence in Improving Syncope Management

2024-10-01 Go to publication
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External Research Funding:

Title: Multi-Center Cluster-Randomized Implementation of Practice Recommendations using the Canadian Syncope Risk Score for Emergency Department Syncope Management
Support Period: 2022 - 2025
Organization: Canadian Institute of Health Research

Title: Semi-Automation of Emergency Department care for patients with Syncope using Artificial Intelligence
Support Period: 2023 - 2025
Organization: The Ottawa Hospital Academic Medical Organization (TOHAMO)

Title: Automation of Emergency Care of Patients with Chest Pain
Support Period: 2022 - 2024
Organization: Ontario Centres of Innovation (OCI)

Title: Evaluating the effectiveness of implementation strategies to improve the uptake of a clinical decision tool in emergency departments
Support period: 2022 - 2024
Organization: PSI Foundation

Title: REmote cardiac MOnitoring of at-risk SYNCope patients after Emergency Department discharge – A Randomized Controlled Trial: REMOSYNCED
Support period: 2022 - 2024
Organization: The Ottawa Hospital Academic Medical Organization (TOHAMO)

Title: Validation of the Canadian Prehospital Syncope Risk Score
Support period: 2021 - 2024
Organization: Canadian Institution of Health Research

Title: Tier-1 Clinical Research Chair in Cardiovascular Emergencies
Support Period: 2020-2025
Organization: Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa

Title: Implementation of the Canadian Syncope Risk Score: Phase -1
Support Period: 2018-2022
Organization: The Ottawa Hospital Academic Medical Organization (TOHAMO)

Title: Optimal Management of Low-Risk Syncope Patients: Development of Practice Recommendations
Support Period: 2018-2021
Organization: Network for Centres of Excellence & Cardiac Arrhythmia Network of Canada

Title: Remote Cardiac Monitoring of Higher-Risk Emergency Department Syncope Patients after Discharge: REMOSYNC Study 
Support Period: 2017-2020`
Organization: Network for Centres of Excellence & Cardiac Arrhythmia Network of Canada

Title: Risk Stratification of Adult Emergency Department Syncope Patients to Predict Short-term Serious Adverse Events after Discharge (RiSEDS study) Phase II
Support Period: 2015 – 2018
Organization: Heart and Stroke Foundation

Title: Optimal Management of Low-Risk Syncope Patients
Support Period: 2015 – 2018
Organization: Network for Centres of Excellence (NCE) & Cardiac Arrhythmia Network of Canada (CANet)

Title: Networks of Centers of Excellence (NCE) Program 9 - Optimal Management of Low-Risk Syncope Patients 
Support Period: 2014 – 2019
Organization: NCE, NSERC, SSHRC, CIHR
http://www.nce-rce.gc.ca/NetworksCentres-CentresReseaux/NCE-RCE/CANet_eng.asp

Title: Early Disposition of Chest Pain Patients Using the New Troponin Assay to Improve Emergency Department Crowding - Phase II
Support Period: 2015 – 2016
Organization: The Ottawa Hospital Academic Medical Organization

Title: Out of Hospital Live Cardiac Monitoring of Syncope Patients at Risk for Serious Arrhythmias after Emergency Department Discharge: A pilot Randomized Study
Support Period: 2015 – 2016
Organization: TOHAMO

Title: Strategy to Decrease Disposition Time for ED Chest Pain Patients
Support Period: March 2013 – February 2014
Organization: TOHAMO

Title: Syncope Clinic for Identification of Arrhythmias and those at risk of Death among Emergency Department Syncope Patients
Support Period: 2012 – 2013
Organization: TOHAMO

Title: Risk Stratification of Adult Emergency Department Syncope Patients to Predict Short-term Serious Adverse Events after Discharge (RiSEDS study)
Support Period: October 2011 – September 2013
Organization: CIHR

Title: A Study to Derive a Clinical Decision Rule for Predicting Serious Outcomes in Emergency Department Syncope Patients occurring within 30-days after Discharge from the Emergency Department – Phase 1 Derivation
Support Period: March 2010 – Feb 2012
Organization: Physicians Services Inc.

Title: Study to Derive a Preliminary Clinical Decision Rule for ED Non-Traumatic Low Back Pain Patients to Identify Serious Underlying Pathology
Support Period: June 2010 – May 2011
Organization: Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians
 

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