Dr. Teresa Tsang is a Canadian and American board-certified cardiologist and internal medicine specialist, as well as the Director of Echocardiography at Vancouver General Hospital and University of British Columbia Hospital. As the leader of the VGH-UBC AI Echo Core Lab and Director of the Centre for AI, Data Science, and Imaging, Dr. Tsang is passionate about using AI to democratize, and enhance access to echo imaging across B.C., particularly for those in underserved regions.
In addition to echocardiography, Dr. Tsang’s other research areas include the prediction and prevention of atrial fibrillation, heart failure, atrial remodelling and reversal, diastolic dysfunction, and stroke. She is a Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute (VCHRI) funded investigator. Dr. Tsang received her medical training at the University of Alberta, where she also completed fellowships in internal medicine, and cardiology. She completed additional fellowships in clinical epidemiology at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and advanced echocardiography at the Mayo Clinic. She holds the distinction of being a Mayo Foundation Scholar.
She currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Canadian Society of Echocardiography and is a member of the British Columbia Law Institute Artificial Intelligence and Civil Liability Committee.
