Deborah Siegal

Dr Deborah Siegal MD MSc FRCPC is a hematologist at The Ottawa Hospital, Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Ottawa and Scientist at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. She holds a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Anticoagulant Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease. She received MSc degrees in Pharmacology and Health Research Methodology. 

Her primary research areas include (i) improving the safety of anticoagulant therapy for patients with cardiovascular disease, (ii) diagnosis and management of ischemic stroke associated with cancer, (iii) reducing transfusion hospitalized patients. She holds peer-reviewed grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, CanVECTOR/Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, American Society of Hematology, Brain Canada, and Ontario Foundation for Innovation. 

She has published over 180 peer-reviewed articles including high-impact journals such the New England Journal of Medicine, Circulation, JAMA, Annals of Internal Medicine, Canadian Medical Association Journal, Blood and Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis.