Judy Luu
Dr. Judy Luu, MD, PhD, FRCPC, is a cardiologist and clinician鈥搒cientist at the聽海角社区 Health Centre聽and a faculty member at 海角社区. She specializes in women鈥檚 heart health and serves as Director of the Women鈥檚 Cardiovascular Program and Director of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance (CMR) Research. She completed advanced fellowship training in women鈥檚 heart health at聽Cedars-Sinai Medical Center聽in Los Angeles, where she refined her clinical expertise in diagnosing and managing cardiovascular conditions that disproportionately affect women, including diverse and often under-recognized presentations.
Dr. Luu is an FRQS Clinician鈥揝cientist and a CIHR-funded investigator. Her research program focuses on identifying early, sex-specific mechanisms of cardiovascular disease by integrating advanced cardiac MRI, inflammation biology, and psychosocial health. Her work examines how stress, microvascular dysfunction, and female-specific risk factors contribute to cardiovascular and cognitive disease in women. She collaborates nationally, including with investigators from the聽Canadian Alliance for Healthy Hearts and Minds, to better understand the heart鈥揵rain connection and early disease pathways.
She is the Founder of the P.O.W.E.R. Women鈥檚 Health Program (Prevention, Outreach, Wellness, Education, and Research) -聽, a multidisciplinary initiative dedicated to equitable cardiovascular prevention and innovation in women鈥檚 health. Clinically, her interests include prevention cardiology, sex differences in cardiovascular disease, and advanced cardiac MRI. Dr. Luu is also an award-winning educator and mentor, committed to training the next generation of leaders in cardiovascular medicine.