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Salim Yusuf
Canadian physician (born 1952)
73 years oldSagittariusIndia
Biography
Salim Yusuf (born 26 November 1952) is an Indian-born Canadian physician, the Marion W. Burke Chair in Cardiovascular Disease at McMaster University Medical School. He is a cardiologist and epidemiologist, and is well known for his cardiology-related clinical trial research. He also formerly served as president of the World Heart Federation. Yusuf has criticized the Dietary Guidelines for Americans and disputes the scientific consensus on dietary sodium and saturated fat intake.
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Career highlights
Employers / organisations
- Hamilton Health Sciences
- McMaster University
Awards & honours (8)
- Officer of the Order of Canada
- Canadian Medical Hall of Fame
- Gairdner Foundation Wightman Award
- The Louis and Artur Lucian Award in Cardiovascular Diseases
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
- Rhodes Scholarship
- J. Allyn Taylor International Prize in Medicine
- Killam Prize
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