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Dr. Stéphane Rinfret

Academic title(s): 

Associate professor 

Dr. Stéphane Rinfret
Contact Information
Email address: 
stephane.rinfret [at] mcgill.ca
Division: 
Surgical and Interventional Sciences
Degree(s): 

MD, SM, FRCPC 

Location: 
McGill University Health Centre (MUHC - Glen) - Royal Victoria Hospital
Graduate supervision: 

Currently supervising students

Group: 
Currently Recruiting
M.Sc. Students
M.Sc. Non-Thesis projects
Ph.D. Students
Research areas: 
Surgical Outcomes and Quality
Translation and Innovation
Areas of interest: 
  • Interventional Cardiology 
  • Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO) 
  • Complex Higher-risk but Indicated Procedures 
Biography: 

Dr. Stéphane Rinfret is a renowned cardiologist and the Chief of Interventional Cardiology at the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC), where he also serves as an Associate Professor of Medicine at McGill University. He completed his cardiology fellowship at the University of Montreal in 1997 and pursued further training in interventional cardiology at the Montreal Heart Institute and the Central Hospital of the University of Montreal (CHUM) in 1998-1999. Dr. Rinfret went on to complete a postgraduate fellowship in Interventional Cardiology, Health Services, and Economic Research at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Clinical Research Institute in 2001, also earning a master's degree in clinical epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health. 

Dr. Rinfret’s early career included seven years at CHUM before moving to the Institute University of Cardiology and Pneumology of Quebec (IUCPQ) in 2008, where he worked for another seven years. Since joining McGill in 2016, he has become a leader in coronary interventions, performing over 300 percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) annually. He is also responsible for the MUHC’s Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO) and Complex Higher-Risk but Indicated Procedures (CHIP) program. A researcher and educator, Dr. Rinfret has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles and has been invited to lecture internationally more than 200 times. 

Selected publications: 

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