 | Dr. Stafford W. Dobbin, a graduate of Queens
University Belfast, founded Heart Niagara in 1977. He established the
first Department of Emergency Services in Niagara at the Greater Niagara
General Hospital in 1976. Through Heart Niagara he initiated the
teaching of Citizen Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation in Niagara and of
Advanced Cardiac Life Support for Critical care personnel prior to the
establishment of the Regional Paramedic programme. His initial design
for Heart Niagara included a Cardiac Rehabilitation Programme for
survivors of Cardiac events staffed by qualified Physicians and Nurses
for which he was the Medical Director to 2002. And through Heart Niagara
he started the Niagara Schools' Healthy Heart Programme in 1987 and is
the Medical Director. His EMS system for coverage of Mass Participation
events was first used at the US Olympic Marathon trials in 1980 and he
served on the first Executive of the International Marathon Directors
Association. He is presently a partner in the Niagara Medical Group, a
Family Health Team, in Niagara Falls. |
Letters from Dr. Dobbin
September 28th 2006
Speech to Heart Niagara Cardiac Rehabilitation Programme Volunteer Physicians by Dr Stafford Dobbin on the 28th anniversary of the programme.
Interviews With Dr. Dobbin
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