Henry Duff

Dr. Henry Joseph Duff

MD

Positions

Professor

Cumming School of Medicine, Department of Cardiac Sciences

Professor

Cumming School of Medicine, Department of Medicine

Cardiologist

Arrhythmia Clinic

Cardiac Electrophysiologist

CIED Clinic

Member

Libin Cardiovascular Institute

Contact information

Phone number

Office: 403.220.5500

Background

Educational Background

B.S. Chemistry, McGill University, 1971

Doctor of Medicine Medicine, McGill University, 1975

Biography

Dr. Henry Duff went to medical school at McGill, graduating in 1975. He took his specialty training in Adult Cardiology at the Toronto General Hospital. Dr. Duff then took further research training specific to the diagnosis and treatment of heart rhythm disturbances at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Tennessee. He returned to Calgary and joined the staff of the Foothills Hospital and University of Calgary in 1982. Dr. Duff continues an active practice and basic science research program related to the diagnosis and treatment of heart rhythm disturbances. He has completed sabbaticals in molecular medicine and ion channel physiology. Dr. Duff continues an active practice and basic science research program related to the diagnosis and treatment of heart rhythm disturbances. He studies the structure/function of the hERG potassium channel both in vitro and in vivo. He is developing new strategies to treat cardiac arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death.

Research

Areas of Research

Adult Cardiology, Cardiac Arrhythmia, Sudden Cardiac Death