The Queensway Carleton Hospital Heart Function Clinic is an outpatient clinic located on Level 1 in the James Beach Health Centre. The clinic sees more than 1200 patients every year and includes four cardiologists and a clinical nurse specialist. The clinic is part of the QCH Chronic Disease Prevention and Management Program. It focuses on the management and treatment of heart failure. This is done by adjusting and tailoring state-of-the-art therapies and teaching people how to alleviate their symptoms and live better with their disease.

Referrals and appointments:

Patients must be referred by a physician. Please have your doctor fax the referral, along with a recent echocardiogram, ECG, blood tests and clinic notes to: "The Heart Function Clinic" at 613-721-4763.

Contact the clinic:

Phone: 613-721-2000, extension 2961
Fax: 613-721-4763

Hours of operation:

Clinic hours of operation:

• Monday, 1 p.m.–4 p.m. (Dr. B. Banihashemi)
• Tuesday, 1 p.m.–4 p.m. (Dr. R. Grewal)
• Wednesday, 1 p.m.–4 p.m. (Dr. G. Tsimiklis)
• Thursday, 9 a.m.–12 p.m. (Dr. N. Ghosh)
• Friday to Sunday, No clinics.

Office hours of operation:

• Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m.–4 p.m.

• Monday to Friday, 8 a.m.–3 p.m.

More information:

• Heart Failure - A Patient Education Guide
• Heart Failure Warning Signs and Symptoms
• Self Check Plan for Heart Failure Management
• Keep It Pumping
• University of Ottawa Heart Institute - Heart Failure