With an enormous amount of compassion and hard work, the University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI) has become a recognized, international leader in cardiovascular treatment, ground-breaking research and exceptional patient care.
The University of Ottawa Heart Institute Foundation (UOHIF) is the bridge that connects the programs, facilities and people who save lives every day, with the individual and corporate philanthropists in our community.
With an enormous amount of compassion and hard work, the University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI) has become a recognized, international leader in cardiovascular treatment, ground-breaking research and exceptional patient care.
The University of Ottawa Heart Institute Foundation (UOHIF) is the bridge that connects the programs, facilities and people who save lives every day, with the individual and corporate philanthropists in our community.
OTTAWA The University of Ottawa Heart Institute has been mending broken hearts and changing the face of modern medicine for four-and-a-half decades. “When somebody comes in here, they are getting the very best the world has to offer,” said the late Dr. Wilbert Keon, in an interview in 2016. The world-renowned cardiac surgeon from Sheenboro, Que., and the founder of the University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI), returned to Canada’s capital from Harvard in 1969, excited by the promise of funding for a new institute. “I wanted to be a heart surgeon because it looked so exciting and we were discovering new things every month,” said Keon.