Dr Ignaszewski is head of the Division of Cardiology and medical director of the Healthy Heart Program at St. Paul's Hospital, and is affiliated with the hospital's Heart Transplantation Program and Heart Failure Program. He is also a clinical associate professor in the Division of Cardiology at the University of British Columbia.
Dr Ignaszewski studied medicine in Poland, and enjoys fishing in his spare time.
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Andrew Ignaszewski, MD, FRCPC
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