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.
2025 Annual Achievement Award Recipient
Shelley Zieroth, MD, FRCPC, FACC, FCCS
Dr. Shelley Zieroth is a professor of internal medicine at the University of Manitoba. She is also the director of the heart failure and heart transplant clinics and head of the medical heart failure program for Cardiac Sciences Manitoba.
Dr. Zieroth earned her medical degree at the University of Manitoba, where she also completed her training in internal medicine and cardiology. She completed her postdoctoral clinical fellowship in advanced heart failure and cardiac transplant at Toronto General Hospital.
She has been involved in numerous heart failure clinical trials and is a past president of the Canadian Heart Failure Society. She contributes to the Canadian Cardiovascular Society Primary Panels for both heart failure and heart transplant guidelines. Dr. Zieroth co-chairs Canada’s largest annual heart failure meeting, HF Update, and serves as the Scientific Planning Committee Chair for the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress.
Dr. Zieroth is an advocate for the use of social media to access clinical trial data and medical education, promoting the #cardiotwitter hashtag. She is also a global supporter and sponsor of women in medicine and cardiology, working with national and provincial patient advocacy groups to improve heart failure care.
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)