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CANADA-ISRAEL CARDIOVASCULAR INNOVATION FORUM

Innovation Is Where the Heart Is

ATTENTION:
CICI FORUM EVENT IS
ON MAY 15

Canada-Israel Cardiovascular Innovation (CICI) Forum aims to encourage collaboration and early and mid-stage innovations in cardiovascular devices and digital heart health in Canada and Israel.

We invite you to attend the Canada-Israel Cardiovascular Forum Forum on Sunday, May 15, 2022 at 12 pm EDT (7 pm IDT). The event will feature a keynote address from Dr. Peter Fitzgerald, and presentations from the top 6 finalists from the CICI competition. 

Keynote Address from Peter J. Fitzgerald, MD, PhD

Talk title: "Digital Health Innovation: Advice for Early Stage Start-ups

Dr. Fitzgerald is Professor Emeritus Medicine & Engineering at Stanford University Medical Center; and Co-founder and Managing partner at Triventures. He has been principle/founder of twenty-four medical device companies in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has transitioned eighteen of these start-ups to large medical device companies. Read Dr. Fitzgerald bio

 

See list of presenting companies.

 

Investors interested in cardiovascular innovations are invited to attend the virtual event and to contact the companies of interest after the presentation. There will be breakout rooms for interested parties to connect with the presenters.

PURPOSE OF THE CANADA-ISRAEL CARDIOVASCULAR INNOVATION FORUM

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TO INNOVATE

Encourage early stage innovations in cardiovascular devices and digital heart health in Canada and Israel.

OUR NATIONAL PARTNERS

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OUR CANADIAN INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS

Health Innovation Hub (H2i)
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OUR ISRAELI INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS

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OUR INDUSTRY PARTNERS

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ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Canada

Dr. Olivier Bertrand, Dr. Brian Courtney, Dr. Michael Farkouh, Dr. Joseph Ferenbok, Dr. Rafi Hofstein, 
Dr. Sanjit Jolly, Dr. Alan Rabinowitz, Ms. Cheryl Reicin, Dr. Paul Santerre, Dr. Bradley Strauss, Dr. Graham Wright

Israel

Dr. Offer Amir, Dr. Rafi Beyar, Dr. Danny Dvir, Dr. Yair Feld, Dr. Moshe Flugelman, Dr. Ran Kornowski, Dr. Chaim Lotan,  Dr. Ehud Raanani, Dr. Amit Segev, Ms. Liz Thuo, MBA

USA

Dr. Gary Gershony

Founding Members
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Victor Hugo

“There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is an idea whose time has come.”

INAUGURAL CICI EVENT (2021)

On April 25, 2021, the CICI held its inaugural Forum event featuring a Keynote Address from Dr. Gary Gershony, and nine top rated Canadian and Israeli innovations from the CICI competition. You can choose to watch the whole event below, or individual presentations. If you want to contact any of the presenters, contact Liz at hsrl.centre@utoronto.ca

CONTACT CANADA-ISRAEL CARDIOVASCULAR INNOVATION

IN CANADA CONTACT: Bradley Strauss, MD, PhD,  Bradley.Strauss@sunnybrook.ca

IN ISRAEL CONTACT: Yair Feld, MD, PhD,  y_feld@rmc.gov.il

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