Debra  Isaac

Debra Lynne Isaac

Positions

Clinical Professor

Cumming School of Medicine, Department of Cardiac Sciences

Medical Director

Southern Alberta Transplant Program

Cardiologist

Cardiac Function Clinic

Member

Libin Cardiovascular Institute

Contact information

Phone number

Office: +1 (403) 944-2124

Background

Educational Background

Bachelor of Nursing Nursing, University of Calgary, 1984

Doctor of Medicine Medicine, University of Calgary, 1987

Biography

Dr. Isaac was a staff nurse and clinical educator before completing medical school and Internal Medicine residency at the University of Calgary, cardiology/echocardiography fellowship at Northwestern University (Chicago), and a subsequent research fellowship in heart failure. She is a Clinical Professor of Medicine (University of Calgary), Section Head of the Division of Transplant Medicine, Medical Director of the Southern Alberta Transplant Program, Clinical Heart Failure research program collaborator, and is active in medical education. As past-president of the Canadian Cardiac Transplant Network, she remains active in transplantation / organ donation at a national level. She is active in Global Health Care Education and Research with a focus on program development / evaluation and outcomes assessment, and is the founder and co-director of the Guyana Program to Advance Cardiac Care, Guyana, South America.

Awards

  • commendation, Ministry of Health, Government of Guyana. 2017
  • award, 2014
  • award, 2013
  • commendation, 2008
  • commendation, 2007
  • Fellowship, 1997
  • Fellowship, 1996
  • award, 1992
  • scholarship, 1992
  • award, 1986
  • scholarship, 1984
  • award, 1982
  • scholarship, 1982