Rakesh Bhargava

OAC Annual Conference Chair, Oshawa

Dr. Rakesh Bhargava serves as OAC Conference Chair and helps lead webinars and outreach for cardiology trainees.

He is Director of the Heart Care Cardiac Prevention and Rehabilitation Program at the Cardiac Wellness Centre in Oshawa and a staff cardiologist at Lakeridge Health. From 1997 to 2000, he was Physician Leader of the Critical Care and Cardiopulmonary Program at Lakeridge Health.

He has served as an assessor in the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario’s cardiology peer assessment program since 1993. Actively involved in cardiac research, he was Research Chair of the Greater Toronto Area Community Cardiovascular Specialists organization (GTACC) in 2002–2003 and subsequently served as its Chair.

In 2004, he received the Annual Award for Outstanding Innovation in Patient Care, presented by the Research Institute in honour of the Auxiliary of Lakeridge Health Oshawa.