The Canadian Heart Failure Society (CHFS) Annual Achievement Award was created in 2016 to recognize a member who has made significant contributions to the academic, research, or clinical scopes of heart failure.
A call for nominations will go out to all CHFS members annually with a closing date of early-May.
Eligibility Criteria
- Although the recipient is usually expected to be a member of the CHFS, if nominated, exceptions can be considered at the discretion of the Nominations and Awards Committee.
- Particular consideration will be given to contributions towards advancement of heart failure issues in Canada.
Selection Criteria
Nominations must include (and will be judged by) the following:
- two letters of recommendation from CHFS members in good standing to support each nomination; and
- a 1-2-page Biography of the nominee.
Award Prize
The award will be presented at the CHFS Annual General Meeting. The winner will receive an honorary crystal award.
2024 Annual Achievement Award Recipient
Lisa Mielniczuk, MD, FRCPC
Dr. Mielniczuk completed her medical degree at McMaster University and subsequently went on to complete a residency in Internal Medicine from Queen's University and a Cardiology Fellowship at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute. She also completed a fellowship in advanced heart failure/cardiac transplantation at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston - where she also concurrently completed a Master's Degree in Clinical Science and Epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health. Dr. Mielniczuk is currently a Professor of Medicine at the University of Ottawa and the Director of the Advanced Heart Diseases Program at the Ottawa Heart Institute.
She is also cross-appointed to the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine. Her commitment to leadership and program development is evident in her multiple accomplishments at the Heart Institute, including being the coFounder and Director of the Pulmonary Hypertension Program, developing a Rapid Intervention Clinic for HF patients, and a Regional HF program for the Ottawa/Champlain region. She is a translational scientist and currently holds a University of Ottawa Chair in Heart Function Research, has more than 100 peer reviewed papers, and has built a multi-disciplinary right heart failure research program at the University of Ottawa. Read more.
Annual Achievement Award Recipients
2021 Karen Harkness (Toronto, ON)
2020 Estrellita Estrella-Holder (Winnipeg, MB)
2019 Heather Ross (Toronto, ON
2018 Jean Rouleau (Montréal, QC
2017 Peter Liu (Ottawa, ON)
2016 J. Malcolm O. Arnold (London, ON)