{"id":12826,"date":"2025-05-19T20:30:21","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T00:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icardio.ca\/jacques-genest-md\/"},"modified":"2025-05-19T20:34:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T00:34:10","slug":"jacques-genest-md","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/icardio.ca\/en\/jacques-genest-md\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacques Genest, MD"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"12826\" class=\"elementor elementor-12826 elementor-12820\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-875a25b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"875a25b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-108311f\" data-id=\"108311f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec82eaf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ec82eaf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Jacques Genest, MD<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52a4955 elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-breadcrumb\" data-id=\"52a4955\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-breadcrumb.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\" ><ol class=\"ekit-breadcrumb\"><li class=\"ekit_breadcrumbs_start\"><a href=\"https:\/\/icardio.ca\/en\/\">Home<\/a><\/li><\/ol><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-12ee9961 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"12ee9961\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-41f0e84b\" data-id=\"41f0e84b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59a97610 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"59a97610\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About Jacques Genest <\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16a41f25 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"16a41f25\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Jacques Genest received his medical degree from McGill University, where he also completed his residency in internal medicine. He then pursued postdoctoral training in cardiology at Tufts University in Boston, focusing on lipoprotein metabolism and molecular genetics.<\/p><p>Since 2000, he has been a Professor of Medicine at McGill University and holds the McGill\/Novartis Chair in Medicine. From 2000 to 2010, he served as Chief of Cardiology at McGill University, and from 2010 to 2014, he was the Scientific Director of the Centre for Innovative Medicine at the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC).<\/p><p>His research focuses primarily on lipid metabolism, the genetic basis of premature coronary artery disease, and the role of high-density lipoproteins (HDL) in atherosclerosis. His team has contributed to the identification of several genes involved in HDL metabolism. His research is funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada.<\/p><p>He has been actively involved in numerous national and international clinical studies. He serves on advisory boards for several pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies and is a reviewer for numerous scientific journals and granting agencies.<\/p><p>He has authored over 320 peer-reviewed articles in leading journals such as <em>Nature Genetics<\/em>, <em>Circulation<\/em>, <em>Circulation Research<\/em>, <em>New England Journal of Medicine<\/em>, <em>Journal of Biological Chemistry<\/em>, and <em>The Lancet<\/em>, and has written 18 book chapters.<\/p><p>For nearly two decades, he has contributed to the development of Canadian guidelines for cholesterol management. He currently leads Familial Hypercholesterolemia Canada, a clinical network dedicated to optimizing care for patients with this condition. 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He then pursued postdoctoral training in cardiology at Tufts University in Boston, focusing on lipoprotein metabolism and molecular genetics. Since 2000, he has been a Professor of Medicine at McGill University and holds [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":12827,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12826","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/icardio.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/icardio.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/icardio.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icardio.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icardio.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12826"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/icardio.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12832,"href":"https:\/\/icardio.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12826\/revisions\/12832"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icardio.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/icardio.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}