Sean A. Virani

Dr. Virani is Chief of Cardiology at Providence Health Care and Physician Program Director for the Provincial Heart Centre at St. Paul’s Hospital.

A key opinion leader for heart failure in Canada, Dr. Virani is Provincial Medical Director for Cardiac Services BC, a Past-President of the Canadian Heart Failure Society as well as Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of British Columbia.

He completed his internal medicine and cardiology training at UBC before embarking on a sub-specialization in heart failure and cardiac transplantation at Stanford University.  He also has a Master’s degree in Public Health from Columbia University with a focus on healthcare management.  His professional interests include public policy related to health care delivery with specific reference to healthcare systems redesign and quality in the Canadian context.  

He is Co-Chair of the Canadian Cardiovascular Society Heart Failure Guidelines Panel and Co-Chair of BC’s Provincial Advisory Panel on Cardiac Health.  He also serves as Medical Director for HeartLife Foundation, Canada’s first and only patient-led national heart failure organization.