​GLOBAL SURGERY  |  CARDIAC SURGERY  |  HEALTH EQUITY

Dominique Vervoort, MD, MPH, CPH, MBA

PhD Student in Health Services Research
IHPME, University of Toronto

Dominique Vervoort is a PhD in Health Services Research student and Vanier Scholar at the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto, studying disparities in cardiac surgery. He completed his MD at the KU Leuven and his MPH/MBA dual degree at the Johns Hopkins University. Previously, Dominique completed the Paul Farmer Global Surgery Fellowship at the Program in Global Surgery and Social Change at Harvard Medical School. 

Dominique introduced the concept of global cardiac surgery to literature. He advocates for the six billion people without access to cardiac surgical care as Founding President of the Global Cardiac Surgery Initiative and a 'World Heart Federation Emerging Leader. An aspiring cardiac surgeon, his interests lie in aortic and congenital heart surgery and disparities in accessing cardiac care.