Affiliation: University of Montreal, Montreal Heart Institute

Dr. Roddy Hiram is a Professor in the Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medicine at the University of Montreal, and a Principal Investigotor at the Montreal Heart Institute. Dr. Hiram obtained his doctorate in Physiology and Pharmacology in 2016, from the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences of the University of Sherbrooke in Canada. His doctoral investigations focused on elucidating and characterizing the role of inflammation and its resolution in lung diseases including pulmonary hypertension and asthma, using animal and human models of induced cardiopulmonary dysfunction.

He completed a Post-Doctoral specialization in cardiac arrhythmias, particularly Atrial Fibrillation (AF) in Dr. Stanley Nattel laboratory at the Montreal Heart Institute (MHI), affiliated to the University of Montreal in Canada. As a researcher at the MHI, Dr. Hiram's translational investigations focus on understanding the underlying mechanisms of inflammation and fibrosis in the development and persistence of AF, especially in right heart disease.