Dr. Beth Abramson
Paul Albrechtsen Professor in Cardiac Prevention and Women's Health, Division of Cardiology, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto,
About Dr. Beth Abramson
Beth Abramson, MD, is currently the Paul Albrechtsen Professor in Cardiac Prevention and Women’s Health in the Division of Cardiology at St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto. As of July 2026, she will hold the Paul Albrechtsen Chair in Cardiology at the University of Toronto, focusing on preventive cardiology and women’s cardiovascular health.
Her interest is in knowledge translation, including writing guidelines to educate physicians on preventive cardiology and women’s health issues. She has co-chaired Canadian guidelines on peripheral artery disease, as well as menopause and cardiovascular disease.
She is on the executive of an international women’s health academy, and an invited author for the North American Menopause Society’s Clinician’s Guide, 7th edition.
Dr. Abramson has served as a member of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) Prevention Council, is on the ACC Hypertension Working Group, and volunteers as a spokesperson for ACC media relations.
She is a founding member of the Canadian Society of Vascular Medicine and was a founding member and inaugural Chair (2018–2020) of the Canadian Women's Heart Health Alliance Education Working Group.
In 2015, she was awarded the prestigious Dr. Harold N. Segall Award of Merit in recognition of her many contributions to preventing heart disease among Canadians.
Her 2013 book, Heart Health for Canadians, was written to help people prevent and understand heart disease.
She developed and has directed a fellowship in preventive cardiology at the University of Toronto for over a decade and has established a cardiometabolic clinic at St. Michael’s Hospital to close care gaps.