Lipids, Nutrition and Cardiovascular Prevention Clinic

 

Lipids, Nutrition and Cardiovascular Prevention Clinic under the direction of Dr. Sophie Bernard

The Lipids, Nutrition and Cardiovascular Prevention Clinic of the Montreal Clinical Research Institute (IRCM) assesses and treats the elevated blood cholesterol cases and other fats in the blood, as well as the risks of cardiovascular or metabolic diseases. To better understand the origin of these lipid disorders and their complications, the Institute's research team is studying the nutritional, biochemical, genetic, molecular and pharmacological aspects of these issues to offer new and more effective treatments and to reduce complications.

Sophie Bernard

Clinic Director - Head of the Rare Disease Clinic

Phone:
514 987-5582

Physician and researcher, Sophie Bernard is a specialist in endocrinology and metabolic diseases. Dr. Sophie Bernard also practices medicine at the Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM) and she is an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine of Université de Montréal. Dr. Bernard is the author and co-author of several scientific publications. She completed her medical degree at the University Claude Bernard-Lyon 1, in France, and obtained a specialization in endocrinology metabolism and nutrition as well as a PhD in biology of vascular diseases and a sub-specialization in lipid metabolism at the same university.

Other(s) function(s)

Alexis Baass
Associate Director
Phone:
514 987-5650
Catherine Beauregard
Physician
Chantal Blais
Nutritionist
Phone:
514 987-5648
Lucienne Bourque
Nurse
Phone:
514 987-5652
Patrick du Souich
Physician
Phone:
514 987-3258
Andréanne Fortin
Nutritionist
Phone:
514 987-5589
Martine Gauthier
Head Nurse
Phone:
514 987-5552
Sylvain L'Abbé
Clerk
Khiem Nguyen
Administrative Technician
Phone:
514 987-5666
Sylvie Ott-Braschi
Physician
Martine Paquette
Research Assistant
Ghislaine Roederer
Physician
Nathalie St-Pierre
Nurse
Phone:
514 987-5653
Ewa Wesolowska
Physician
Anita Massicotte
Administrative Assistant
Phone:
514 987-5637

Publications

Brunham LR, Ruel I, Aljenedil S, Rivière JB, Baass A, Tu JV, Mancini GBJ, Raggi P, Gupta M, Couture P, Pearson GJ, Bergeron J, Francis GA, McCrindle BW, Morrison K, St-Pierre J, Henderson M, Hegele RA, Genest J, Goguen J, Gaudet D, Paré G, Romney J, Ransom T, Bernard S, Katz P, Joy TR, Bewick D, Brophy J. Canadian Cardiovascular Society Position Statement on Familial Hypercholesterolemia: Update 2018. Can J Cardiol. 2018;34(12):1553-1563. 

Paquette M, Bernard S, Blank D, Paré G, Baass A. A simplified diagnosis algorithm for dysbetalipoproteinemia. J Clin Lipidol. 2020;14(4):431-37.

Paquette M, Bernard S, Baass A. SLC22A3 is associated with lipoprotein (a) concentration and cardiovascular disease in familial hypercholesterolemia. Clin Biochem. 2019;66:44-8.

Baass A, Paquette M, Bernard S, Hegele RA. Familial chylomicronemia syndrome: an under-recognized cause of severe hypertriglyceridaemia. J Intern Med. 2020;287(4):340-8.

Paquette M, Bernard S, Hegele RA, Baass A. Chylomicronemia: Differences between familial chylomicronemia syndrome and multifactorial chylomicronemia. Atherosclerosis. 2019;283:137-42.  

Paquette M, Gauthier D, Chamberland A, Prat A, De Lucia Rolfe E, Rasmussen JJ, Kaduka L, Seidah NG, Bernard S, Christensen DL, Baass A. Circulating PCSK9 is associated with liver biomarkers and hepatic steatosis. Clin Biochem. 2020;77:20-5. 

Paquette M, Bernard S, Ruel I, Blank DW, Genest J, Baass A. Diabetes is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease in patients with familial hypercholesterolemia. J Clin Lipidol. 2019;13(1):123-8.

1. Béland-Bonenfant S, Paquette M, Fantino M, et al. Montreal-FH-SCORE Predicts Coronary Artery
Calcium Score in Patients withFamilial Hypercholesterolemia. CJC Open. 2020.

Paquette M, Bernard S, Paré G, Baass A. Triglycerides, hypertension, and smoking predict cardiovascular disease in dysbetalipoproteinemia. J Clin Lipidol. 2020;14(1):46-52. 

Gaudet D, Stevenson M, Komari N, Trentin G, Crowson C, Hadlker N, Bernard S. The burden of familial chylomicronemia syndrome in Canadian patients. Lipids Health Dis. 2020;19(1):120.
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Contact information

To contact the Lipids, Nutrition and Cardiovascular Prevention Clinic, please contact:

Anita Massicotte, Administrative Assistant
514 987-5550 | anita.massicotte@ircm.qc.ca

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