{"id":12833,"date":"2025-05-19T20:30:21","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T00:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icardio.ca\/jacques-genest-md\/"},"modified":"2025-05-19T20:45:25","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T00:45:25","slug":"jacques-genest-md","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/icardio.ca\/es\/jacques-genest-md\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacques Genest, MD"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"12833\" class=\"elementor elementor-12833 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\/es\/\">Bienvenido<\/a><\/li> <li class=\"brd_sep\"> &raquo; <\/li>  <li>Jacques Genest, MD<\/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\">Acerca de 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 obtuvo su t\u00edtulo de m\u00e9dico en la Universidad McGill, donde tambi\u00e9n complet\u00f3 su residencia en medicina interna. Posteriormente realiz\u00f3 una formaci\u00f3n postdoctoral en cardiolog\u00eda en la Universidad Tufts de Boston, especializ\u00e1ndose en el metabolismo de las lipoprote\u00ednas y la gen\u00e9tica molecular.<\/p><p>Desde el a\u00f1o 2000, es profesor de medicina en la Universidad McGill y titular de la C\u00e1tedra McGill\/Novartis en Medicina. Entre 2000 y 2010, fue jefe del Departamento de Cardiolog\u00eda de la Universidad McGill, y de 2010 a 2014, ocup\u00f3 el cargo de director cient\u00edfico del Centro de Medicina Innovadora del Centro Universitario de Salud McGill (CUSM).<\/p><p>Su labor investigadora se centra principalmente en el metabolismo lip\u00eddico, las bases gen\u00e9ticas de la enfermedad coronaria prematura y el papel de las lipoprote\u00ednas de alta densidad (HDL) en la aterosclerosis. Su equipo ha contribuido a identificar varios genes implicados en el metabolismo de las HDL. Su investigaci\u00f3n cuenta con el apoyo financiero de los Institutos Canadienses de Investigaci\u00f3n en Salud y de la Fundaci\u00f3n de Coraz\u00f3n y Derrame Cerebral de Canad\u00e1.<\/p><p>Participa activamente en numerosos estudios cl\u00ednicos a nivel nacional e internacional. Tambi\u00e9n forma parte de varios comit\u00e9s consultivos de empresas farmac\u00e9uticas y biotecnol\u00f3gicas, y colabora como revisor para diversas revistas cient\u00edficas y organismos de financiaci\u00f3n.<\/p><p>Es autor de m\u00e1s de 320 art\u00edculos revisados por pares publicados en revistas prestigiosas como <em>Nature Genetics<\/em>, <em>Circulation<\/em>, <em>Circulation Research<\/em>, <em>New England Journal of Medicine<\/em>, <em>Journal of Biological Chemistry<\/em> y <em>The Lancet<\/em>, adem\u00e1s de haber escrito 18 cap\u00edtulos de libros.<\/p><p>Desde hace casi dos d\u00e9cadas, participa en la elaboraci\u00f3n de las gu\u00edas canadienses para el manejo del colesterol. Actualmente dirige Hipercolesterolemia Familiar Canad\u00e1, una red cl\u00ednica que busca ofrecer una atenci\u00f3n \u00f3ptima a los pacientes que padecen esta enfermedad. 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Posteriormente realiz\u00f3 una formaci\u00f3n postdoctoral en cardiolog\u00eda en la Universidad Tufts de Boston, especializ\u00e1ndose en el metabolismo de las lipoprote\u00ednas y la gen\u00e9tica molecular. 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