Ruth Collins-Nakai

Dr. Collins-Nakai, an internationally respected pediatric and adult congenital cardiologist, divides her time between clinical practice and health care consulting. She spent over 30 years at the University of Alberta in various roles, including Full Professor and Associate Dean of the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, and has served as Commissioner of the Premier’s Commission on Future Health Care for Albertans, President of the Alberta Medical Association, Chair of the Board of Governors of the American College of Cardiology, President of the Canadian Cardiovascular Society, President of the InterAmerican Society of Cardiology, as one of the founding members of the Governing Council of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and as President of the Canadian Medical Association.