Henry Duff

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.