🎉 Congratulations to Dr. Richard Cook, who has been named President of @cscs_sccc! Dr. Cook is Head of the Division of Cardiac Surgery at Vancouver General Hospital and Director of Minimal Access and Robotically-Assisted Cardiac Surgery at VGH. He is also a Clinical Professor of Surgery at UBC and a lead at DCI’s Centre for Minimally Invasive Surgery. He previously served as Chair of the Cardiac Surgery Exam Board at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. His clinical and research work focuses on alternatives to sternotomy-based surgery. This includes mini-thoracotomy approaches for mitral and tricuspid valve repair and replacement, robotically-assisted coronary artery bypass, and transcatheter interventions for valvular heart disease. As President, he will help guide the national direction of cardiac surgery training, standards and practice. #DCI #CardiacSurgery #VGH #UBC