Glen Sumner

Clinical Associate Professor

Cardiac Sciences, Medicine

Cardiac Electrophysiologist

CIED Clinic

Cardiologist

Arrhythmia Clinic

BSc. (Honours) Life Sciences

Queen's University at Kingston (1988)

MD

Queen's University at Kingston (1990)

Cardiology and Internal Medicine

Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Canada (2005)

MSc. Health Economics, Management and Cardiovascular Outcomes

London School of Economics and Political Science (2018)

Contact information

Phone

Office: 403.944.5063

Research and teaching

Research areas

  • Collaborative clinical research as local principal investigator for multi-centre cardiac device
  • Arrhythmia clinical trials
  • Emerging focus on health policy: physician remuneration strategies and health care financing

Biography

I am Calgary-born and attended high school here.   I did my undergraduate and medical school training at Queen's University at Kingston. After 7 years in rural family medicine, I returned to training as a cardiologist and cardiac electrophysiologist at Dartmouth College and McMaster University.  Upon completion of my training, I began work here at the Libin Cardiovascular Institute in June, 2008. In 2016, I expanded my interest and training in health policy with an MSc. in health economics from the London School of Economics.

Publications

Tan VH, Wilton SB, Kuriachan V, Sumner GL, Exner DV. Impact of programming   strategies aimed at reducing non-essential implantable cardioverter defibrillator    therapies on mortality: a systematic review and metaanalysis. Circ.Arrhythm    Electrophysiol 2014;7(1):164-170.

Kuriachan V, Sumner G, Mitchell LB. Sudden cardiac death: a review. Curr Prob   Cardiol 2014 (40): 133-200.
Thiruganasambandamoorthy V, Kwong K, Stiell I, Swampillai J, Toarta C, Sumner   GL, Kuriachan VP, Mukkaram M, Taljaard M, Hazra S, Wells GA, Sheldon RS.    Short-term risk of arrhythmias among emergency department syncope patients with   non-sinus rhythm. Int J Cardiol 2015; 189 (1)

Hsen Tan, V, Duff H, Gerull B, Sumner GL. Early repolarization syndrome: a case   report focusing on dynamic ECG changes prior to ventricular arrhythmias and    genetic analysis. Heart Rhythm Case Reports 2015; 15(4).

Rizkallah J, Sumner GL, Sheldon RS. Central vascular catheter fracture during    pacemaker lead extraction. Heart Rhythm Case Reports 2015; (10). 

Birnie DH, Healey JS, Wells GA, Ayala-Paredes F, Coutu B, Sumner GL, Becker G,   Verma A, Philippon F, Kalfon E, Eikelboom J, Sandhu RK, Nery PB, Lellouche N,   Connolly SJ, Sapp J, and Essebag V for the BRUISE CONTROL-2 Investigators.    Continued vs. interrupted direct oral anticoagulants at the time of device surgery in   patients with moderate to high risk of arterial thrombo-embolic events (BRUISE    CONTROL-2). Eur Heart J 2018; (1):1-8.