Salim Yusuf Distinguished University Professor of Medicine McMaster University

Prof Salim Yusuf, D. Phil, FRCPC is a Distinguished University Professor of Medicine at McMaster University, and Executive Director of the Population Health Research Institute at McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences.

Salim Yusuf holds a Heart and Stroke Foundation Research Chair, was a Senior Scientist of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (1999-2004), and has received (among others) the Lifetime Research Achievement award of the Canadian Cardiovascular Society, the Paul Wood Silver Medal of the British Cardiac Society, the European Society of Cardiology gold medal, the American Heart Association Clinical Research Award, the Canada Gairdner award, and over 35 other international and national awards for research, induction into the Royal Society of Canada and Canadian Medical Hall of Fame, and appointment as an Officer of the Order of Canada.

He has led over 50 major international studies in over 100 countries and several of these have changed medical practice. He has published over 1000 articles in refereed journals, was the second most cited researcher in the world for 2011, is in the top 0.01% of scientists, and has the 15th highest H factor in history.  

Salim Yusuf is the Past President of the World Heart Federation, where he initiated the Emerging Leaders program of the WHF which has now trained about 150 people from all inhabited continents of the world.