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Marcel Ruzicka, MD, PhD, FRCP(C)

Assistant Professor

Dr. Ruzicka is Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Nephrology at the University of Ottawa. Dr. Ruzicka received his M.D. from the Charles University in Prague, The Czech Republic. He completed his training in Internal Medicine at the Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine in Prague and at the University of Ottawa.

He did his Nephrology training at the University of Ottawa, the University of Toronto, and the Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine in Prague. He is certified in both Internal Medicine and Nephrology by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, the American Board of Internal Medicine, and by the Czech Institute for Postgraduate Education of Physicians.

Dr. Ruzicka did his research training at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, where he completed his Ph.D. thesis titled " Renin Angiotensin System and Cardiac Volume Overload Induced Cardiac Hypertrophy". His postdoctoral research was supported by the Fellowship Awards from the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada and the Medical Research Council of Canada/Canadian Hypertension Society. Dr. Ruzicka joined the Division of Nephrology at The Ottawa Hospital in 2002 and has a cross-appointment at the Hypertension Unit of the University of Ottawa Heart Institute.

Clinical Interests
Arterial Hypertension • Cardiovascular Aspects of End Stage Renal Disease • Diabetic Nephropathy

Research Interests
Sympathetic nervous system in resistant hypertension of chronic renal insufficiency and end stage renal disease • Diabetic nephropathy

Educational Interests
Undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in Nephrology

Publications
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