Employees

Dr. Paul Khairy received his medical degree from McGill University and went on to complete internal medicine, cardiology, and adult electrophysiology training at Université de Montréal.  He received scholarships to pursue specialized fellowships at Harvard University in Adult Congenital Heart Disease and Congenital and Pediatric Electrophysiology.  In parallel, he obtained Master’s and PhD degrees in epidemiology and biostatistics.  In 2004, Dr. Khairy was recruited to the Montreal Heart Institute and awarded a Canada Research Chair in Adult Congenital Heart Disease and Electrophysiology.  He has since been appointed tenured Associate Professor, Director of Clinical Epidemiology and Outcomes Research at the Montreal Heart Institute Coordinating Center, and Director of the Montreal Heart Institute Adult Congenital Center.  He maintained a secondary appointment at Harvard University.

Dr. Khairy is specialized in the care of adults with congenital heart disease who suffer from arrhythmias.  He has extensive experience in complex catheter ablation procedures and pacemaker/defibrillator surgery.  He co-founded and is a past president of the North American Alliance for Adult Research in Congenital Cardiology (AARCC) and is currently President-Elect of the International Society for Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ISACHD).  He has coauthored over 175 articles, >150 abstracts, >25 book chapters, and has edited two textbooks.  He received major research grants to advance the care of patients with congenital heart disease.  He serves as faculty for national/international societies, on editorial boards for Canadian, American, and international journals, and on committees for grant-funding agencies.