Dr. Beth Abramson, MD
Not yet claimedCardiologist, Preventive cardiologist · Physician (MD)
Toronto, Ontario
Paul Albrechtsen Professor in Cardiac Prevention and Women's Health and Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto, practising in the Division of Cardiology at St. Michael's Hospital where she leads the Cardiometabolic Clinic and directs the preventive cardiology fellowship. Also sees patients at The Toronto Cardiac Clinic.
About Dr. Beth Abramson, MD
Updated Sep 20, 2026 · next review Dec 19, 2026Dr. Beth Abramson is a cardiologist in Toronto, Ontario. She practises at St. Michael's Hospital (Unity Health Toronto), where she holds the Paul Albrechtsen Professorship in Cardiac Prevention and Women's Health in the Division of Cardiology, and she is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto (https://unityhealth.to/physician-directory/dr-beth-abramson/). She also sees patients at The Toronto Cardiac Clinic at 829 St Clair Avenue West (https://torontocardiacclinic.ca/dr-beth-abramson-cardiologist-at-unity-health-st-michaels-hospital-and-the-toronto-cardiac-clinic/).
Her listed clinical and academic interests are preventive cardiology, women's cardiac health, and ambulatory care (https://unityhealth.to/physician-directory/dr-beth-abramson/). She is connected to the Cardiometabolic Prevention Clinic at St. Michael's Hospital, which sees people living with, or at risk for, heart and blood vessel disease (https://unityhealth.to/clinics-services/cardiac-prevention-clinic/). At The Toronto Cardiac Clinic she is listed under nuclear cardiology (https://torontocardiacclinic.ca/our-physicians/).
She trained at the University of Toronto medical school, did internal medicine training in Toronto, and completed a clinical cardiology fellowship at the Ottawa Heart Institute, followed by a research fellowship funded by the Heart and Stroke Foundation Research Corporation of Canada. Her research has focused on women and heart disease and on the role of female sex hormones in the cardiovascular system (https://deptmedicine.utoronto.ca/faculty/beth-abramson).
Public records show she has been an active member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario since June 1991, with an independent practice certificate since June 1992 (https://register.cpso.on.ca/physician-info/?cpsonum=63897). She has served on several national guideline panels, including Canadian Cardiovascular Society work on peripheral arterial disease and Canadian menopause guidelines (https://www.eventscribe.net/2023/vascular2023/fsPopup.asp?Mode=presenterInfo&PresenterID=1603063).
- Endowed professorship and hospital role
- She is the Paul Albrechtsen Professor in Cardiac Prevention and Women's Health in the Division of Cardiology at St. Michael's Hospital and an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto. unityhealth.to
- Focus on preventive cardiology
- Her stated clinical and academic interests are preventive cardiology, women's cardiac health, and ambulatory care. unityhealth.to
- Prevention clinic
- She is affiliated with the Cardiometabolic Prevention Clinic at St. Michael's Hospital, which cares for people living with or at risk for heart and vascular disease. unityhealth.to
- Certification and fellowships
- She holds fellowships in Internal Medicine from the American College of Physicians and from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in both Internal Medicine and Cardiology. deptmedicine.utoronto.ca
- Training background
- She graduated from the University of Toronto medical school, trained in internal medicine in Toronto, and completed a clinical cardiology fellowship at the Ottawa Heart Institute plus a Heart and Stroke Foundation research fellowship. deptmedicine.utoronto.ca
- Extra degrees in epidemiology and administration
- She has training in clinical epidemiology and a Master's of Health Administration from the University of Toronto. deptmedicine.utoronto.ca
- National guideline panels
- She served on the 2000 Canadian Cardiovascular Society panel on Women and Ischemic Heart Disease, co-chaired CCS guidelines on peripheral arterial disease, and sat on Canadian menopause guideline panels in 2009, 2013 and 2021. eventscribe.net
- US society committee work
- She has been co-chair of the American College of Cardiology's hypertension working group and of the American Society of Preventive Cardiology's women's working group. aspconline.org
- Ontario licence in good standing
- CPSO records list her as an Active Member since 17 June 1991, with an Independent Practice certificate since 19 June 1992. register.cpso.on.ca
- Research on women's heart health
- Her research began with human congestive heart failure and later focused on women and heart disease and the effect of female sex hormones on the cardiovascular system. deptmedicine.utoronto.ca
Worth knowing
- Public listings of her guideline work differ slightly: one source gives the second peripheral arterial disease co-chair role as 2022, while a society listing gives 2021. aspconline.org
- No personally operated social media accounts or newsletter were found in public searches, so there is little direct-from-clinician online content beyond her hospital, university, and clinic profiles. torontocardiacclinic.ca
Sources: unityhealth.to · deptmedicine.utoronto.ca · unityhealth.to · torontocardiacclinic.ca · torontocardiacclinic.ca · torontocardiacclinic.ca · register.cpso.on.ca · cpso.on.ca. Something wrong or out of date? Tell us and we will correct it.
Summary prepared with AI assistance from the public sources linked above, reviewed every three months. It is not a review, a rating, or an endorsement.
Practice location
The Toronto Cardiac Clinic
829 St Clair Avenue West
Toronto, Ontario M6C 1C2 · Canada
Open in maps