Jason Andrade

Jason Andrade is a cardiac electrophysiologist at Vancouver General Hospital (VGH), with joint appointment at the Montreal Heart Institute. He is a professor of medicine at the University of British Columbia (UBC) and an assistant professor at the Université de Montréal. 

Dr. Andrade is the director of the Centre for Heart Rhythm Disorders at the Dilawri Cardiovascular Institute and director of electrophysiology at VGH. He has held multiple roles with Cardiac Services BC, the provincial agency responsible for delivering cardiac care in British Columbia, including the inaugural medical chair for heart rhythm disease for the BC Cardiovascular Disease Network. He has served as co-chair of the Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS) Atrial Fibrillation Guidelines from 2017 to 2025, and the CCS Device Therapy Guidelines (since 2022). He has served on the executive for the Canadian Heart Rhythm Society (CHRS) as chair of the Education Committee (2013–2016) and chair of the Device Advisory Committee (2021–2025). 

Dr. Andrade has authored over 350 scientific publications, predominantly in the domain of atrial fibrillation. His publications can be found in journals such as the New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet, Circulation, the European Heart Journal, Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC), and the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). As a result of these contributions, he has been recognized as a “Highly Ranked Scholar”, placing fifth worldwide for atrial fibrillation research and third for catheter ablation research.

Dr. Andrade has received numerous awards including the Canadian Institute of Health Research CIHR-ICRH/CCS Mid-Career Lecturer Award in Cardiovascular Sciences, the Vancouver Medical, Dental and Allied Staff Association Scientific Achievement award, the Canadian Heart Rhythm Society George Klein Award, the Clinical Faculty Award for Excellence in Research (UBC), the Donald M Whitelaw Award, the Alumni Achievement Award (Ottawa), the Robert E. Beamish Award, the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Clinical Investigator Scholar Award, the CCS Bayer Award, the Joseph J. Diamond Memorial Prize for Research, the Peter J Armanious Award and was recognized by the Vancouver Whitecaps as Frontline Hero of the Match.

Dr. Andrade is the author of several textbooks, book chapters and apps. He has delivered more than 560 national and international lectures, and has acted as a consultant to regulatory agencies, medicolegal matters and to the film and television industry.