Dr. Jimmy McKinney is the Research Medical Director of SportsCardiologyBC and a clinical assistant professor in the Division of Cardiology at the University of British Columbia. His research areas include pre-participation screening of young and Masters athletes, improving the safety of exercise in individuals with cardiac disease, the long-term effects of different types of exercise and exercise intensities on the heart, and the treatment of active individuals with heart conditions.
Dr. McKinney obtained his undergraduate medical training at the University of Toronto and subsequently pursued fellowships in internal medicine and cardiology at the University of British Columbia. He completed additional subspecialty fellowships in cardiac rehabilitation at the University of Toronto and sports cardiology at the University of British Columbia and abroad in Rome, and London.
