Dr Marc Ruel

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Dr. Marc Ruel

Dr Marc Ruel is Chief of Cardiac Surgery and the endowed chair of Cardiac Surgery Research at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Canada.

Born in Quebec City, Dr. Ruel obtained his medical degree from the University of Ottawa, where he also completed his cardiac training. He left Canada in 2000 to accept a post-graduate fellowship at the Harvard University School of Public Health. He was also a research fellow at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, a Harvard University hospital in Boston. In 2002, he returned to Ottawa to join the Heart Institute and is currently Director of Cardiac Surgery Laboratory Research.

He is the first cardiovascular surgeon to be awarded the gold Royal College Medal Award in Surgery, considered by many in the medical community to be one of the most prestigious prizes in Canadian medicine. In addition to his surgical skill, Dr. Ruel is an accomplished scientist, scholar and teacher. As a researcher, Dr. Ruel's interests lie in regenerative cardiovascular medicine where he is developing methods to transplant cells from the bloodstream to help mend a damaged heart. Using cell therapy to improve heart function may someday spare the need for heart transplantation and other invasive surgery.

Surgical & Clinical Specialties

MICS-CABG Mitral valve repair TAVI Heart transplant LVADs Thoracoscopic Surgical Ablation Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy (PTE) Aortic dissection repair

MICS CABG Ruel Proximal Technique

Aorta Preparation for Proximal Anastomosis

This technique is used in University of Ottawa Heart Institute. Distention of the heart is minimalized by decreased fluid administration; this keeps the patient dry and assists in avoidancy overfilling with CVP kept below 14 mm Hg. MICS Retractor is placed with #1 or #2 blades in the window incision. To expose the ascending aorta, the pericardium is opened anteriorly and retracted inferolaterally toward the thoracotomy by using several traction sutures. MICS retractor is positioned in a cephalomedial direction with the Rultract® Skyhook. A 6-mm incision is made in the left 7th intercostal space to allow introduction of an Octopus ® Nuvo tissue stabilizer. Octopus ® Nuvo is positioned over the pulmonary artery trunk or right ventricular outflow tract, to gently depress it in a left postero-inferior direction. An open gauze is packed against the right lateral aspect of the aorta, anterior to the superior vena cava. A Kay-Lambert is placed, side-biting clamp on the ascending aorta, and up to 3 hand-sewn proximal anastomoses can be performed by using 6-0 polypropylene sutures, under direct vision.

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Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "Dr Marc Ruel", may not meet Wikipedia's username policy because it is misleading, since you indicated in this talk page message that you are not Dr. Ruel. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. As an alternative, you may ask for a change of username by completing this form, or you may simply create a new account for editing. Thank you. —C.Fred (talk) 00:24, 9 June 2016 (UTC)Reply

Since this is my first time creating Wiki page, and that's for my Employer, Dr Marc Ruel, I might be having difficulty following the guidelines. (copied from User talk:C.Fred)

Yes, you are having some issues. First, you need to fix the username situation and pick a name that represents you. Second, you need to review WP:Conflict of interest: since you are employed by Ruel, you have an inherent conflict of interest with articles about Ruel or procedures he has worked on. Really, you should refrain from editing those articles; you can request changes on the articles' talk pages and let independent editors make the changes, if warranted and supported. —C.Fred (talk) 00:39, 9 June 2016 (UTC)Reply

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