Associate Professor
Dr. John Swiston
Biography
Dr. John Swiston is the director of the Centre for Pulmonary Vascular Disease at DCI. He is an associate professor in UBC’s Faculty of Medicine and a member of the respiratory division at Vancouver General Hospital. He directs the UBC Pulmonary Hypertension Program at VGH and serves as medical director of the Pulmonary Hypertension Association of Canada. His clinical and research work focuses on pulmonary hypertension and diseases of the pulmonary circulation.
Research Studies
Clinical Study to Compare the Efficacy and Safety of Macitentan and Tadalafil Monotherapies With the Corresponding Fixed-dose Combination Therapy in Subjects With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Pulmonary Hypertension
Extended Access Program to Assess Long-term Safety of Bardoxolone Methyl in Patients With Pulmonary Hypertension RANGER (RANGER)
Pulmonary Hypertension
Riociguat rEplacing PDE-5i Therapy evaLuated Against Continued PDE-5i thErapy (REPLACE)
Pulmonary Hypertension
Bardoxolone Methyl in Patients With Connective Tissue Disease-associated Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension - CATALYST
Pulmonary Hypertension
The Efficacy and Safety of Initial Triple Versus Initial Dual Oral Combination Therapy in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (TRITON)
Pulmonary Hypertension
Publications
Canadian respiratory journal
Diagnostic evaluation and management of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: a clinical practice guideline.
Mehta S, Helmersen D, Provencher S, Hirani N, Rubens FD, De Perrot M, Blostein M, Boutet K, Chandy G, Dennie C, Granton J, Hernandez P, Hirsch AM, Laframboise K, Levy RD, Lien D, Martel S, Shoemaker G, Swiston J, Weinkauf J, ,
Chest
Triaging Access to Critical Care Resources in Patients With Chronic Respiratory Diseases in the Event of a Major COVID-19 Surge: Key Highlights From the Canadian Thoracic Society (CTS) Position Statement.
Gupta S, Batt J, Bourbeau J, Chapman KR, Gershon A, Granton J, Hambly N, Hernandez P, Kolb M, Mehta S, Mielniczuk L, Provencher S, Stephenson AL, Swiston J, Tullis DE, Vozoris NT, Wald J, Weatherald J, Bhutani M
American heart journal
Impact of targeted pulmonary arterial hypertension therapy in patients with combined post- and precapillary pulmonary hypertension.
Moghaddam N, Swiston JR, Tsang MYC, Levy R, Lee L, Brunner NW
International journal of cardiology
Does community size or commute time affect severity of illness at diagnosis or quality of care in a centralized care model of pulmonary hypertension?
Brunner NW, Legkaia L, Al-Ahmadi F, Lee L, Norena M, Lam CSM, Yim JJ, Luong C, Weatherald J, Nador RG, Levy RD, Swiston JR
