Jane Heggie

The University Health Network (UHN), Toronto General Hospital (TGH) has the largest Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD) programs in the world. Dr. Heggie has been a key member and anesthesia lead of a dedicated multi-disciplinary team that manages the care of this complex patient population since 2000. She has developed a professional collaborative relationship with the Hospital for Sick Children to transition congenital patients from a pediatric to an adult center.

Through her leadership from 2005-2014 in professional innovation and exemplary professional practice, Dr. Heggie has built a sustainable infrastructure for the Toronto General Hospital Department of Anesthesia fellowship programs. This is now the largest anesthesia fellowship program in Canada that has set a national standard in terms of program size and caliber of training.

Under Dr. Heggie’s leadership, the Toronto General Hospital (TGH) cardiac and intensive care fellowship program is now one of the five largest cardiac anesthesia fellowship programs in North America, recruiting a minimum of seven to eight cardiac fellows per year. She developed and introduced the Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiograpy (TEE) reading series for the cardiac and intensive care fellowship program at the Toronto General Hospital. This is now a major component of the fellowship education curriculum.

Dr. Heggie has also introduced three new fellowship programs liver and major surgical oncology, airway and advanced clinical practice. She designed and implemented new curriculum for each specialty, introduced a formal structure to include selection committees, mentoring, daily evaluation and formal feedback sessions.

Recent Publications

1. Beattie WS, Heggie J, Tait G. Chapter: Training Requirements for Cardiac and Thoracic Anesthesia. Cardiothoracic Anesthesia. In: Alston P, Myles P, Ranucci M (Eds.). editor(s). Cardiac Anesthesia. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. (CPA); 2015. Co-Principal Author.
2. Heggie, J, Ashes, C. Chapter:. Approach to the Adult Patient, Chapter 16. Congenital Cardiac Anaesthesia. In: Andropolous D, Hance-Miller W et al. Wiley (CPA), editor(s). Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia. 3. 2014. In Press. Co-Principal Author.
3. Heggie J, Mondino M. Case 96: Pulmonary Valve. In: Perrino  AC, Reeves ST, Glas KE, editor(s). Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins; 2011. p. 325-328. Co-Principal Author.
4. Heggie J. Chapter 11: Adult Congenital Heart Disease. In: Toppin J, Vegas A, editor(s). Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit Manual. 7th edition. 2011. p. 124-141. Principal Author.
5. Heggie J. Chapter 23; Arrhythmias and Pacemakers. In: Toppin J, Vegas A, editor(s). Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit Manual. 7th edition. 2011. p. 278-295. Principal Author.
6. Cote JM, Heggie J, Vegas A. Chapter 26: Congenital Heart Disease. In: Denault A, Couture P, Vegas A, Beuthiu J, Tardiff JC, editor(s). Transesophageal Echocardiography Multimedia Manual. 2nd edition; A Perioperative Transdisciplinary Approach. Informa Health Care; 2010. p. 633-666. Co-Principal Author.

Honours and Awards

Name: Dr. John Bradley Award for Excellence in Teaching
Description:

2015 - University Health Network

Name: Individual Teaching Award for Excellence in Postgraduate Teaching
Description:

2012 - Faculty of Medicine, Wightman-Berris Academy, Nominated by TGH Fellows

Courses

Course Number: TEE Reading Rounds
Course Name: University Health Network
Course Number: TEE
Course Name: Annual Wet Lab