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“Cardiovascular problems are the primary cause of illness around the world and have a major impact
on society, families and health care systems. As an interventional cardiologist, my primary interest is
providing excellent care to my patients. I also believe the research we do helps develop and translate
research innovations into care and give us the tools to provide evidence-based therapies to our
patients"

Interventional cardiologist Kevin Bainey is a graduate of the University of Alberta’s medical school. After
completing his core internal medicine and clinical cardiology residencies in Edmonton (University of
Alberta), Dr. Bainey pursued an interventional cardiology fellowship at Harvard University, Boston and
subsequently became a Clinical Scholar in interventional cardiology at McMaster University, Hamilton,
Canada. He was the recipient of numerous awards during his undergraduate and residency medical
education. Dr. Bainey also completed a Masters of Science degree in Health Research Methodology at
McMaster University. In 2011, he was recruited to the University of Alberta’s Division of Cardiology and
works at the Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute.

Dr. Bainey is the Director of the Adult Cardiac Catheterization and Interventional Cardiology Program at
the Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute and the University of Alberta Director for the Royal College of
Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC) Area of Focused Competence (AFC) Interventional
Cardiology Fellowship Training Program. He also holds the ECG Core Lab Director position at the
Canadian Virtual Coordinating Centre for Global Collaborative Cardiovascular Research (VIGOUR)
research centre, University of Alberta.

Dr. Bainey is active in national leadership roles including as co-director of the Canadian Association of
Interventional Cardiology (CAIC) Fellows Device Course. He is also the Secretary for the CAIC committee.
He is currently the co-chair of the Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS) Anti-Platelet Guidelines
Committee.

In 2018, under Dr. Bainey’s leadership, the Division of Cardiology achieved the Royal College of
Physicians and Surgeons of Canada’s Area of Focused Competency (AFC) Accreditation in interventional
cardiology training, as well as a commendation and designation as a model training site for Canada. Dr.
Bainey is chair of the Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute Cardiology Update, a one-day course in
management of cardiac problems in primary care.

Research:
Dr. Bainey is faculty at the Canadian VIGOUR Centre (Academic Research Organization) at the University
of Alberta. He leads and collaborates on numerous clinical trials for therapies for cardiovascular
conditions. Among his research interests are reperfusion Injury in ST-elevation myocardial infarction,
ethnic-based clinical outcomes focusing primarily on South Asians with coronary artery disease,
myocardial infarction with non-obstructive coronary arteries and heart attacks in women, and optimal
pharmacotherapies for primary and secondary prevention. His research, funded by provincial and
national agencies including Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, Canadian Institutes of Health
Research and Alberta Health Services Quality Innovation Fund, has been published widely in peer-
reviewed journals. These include American Journal of Cardiology; American Heart Journal; International
Journal of Cardiology; Circulation, Cardiovascular Interventions; Journal of American College of
Cardiology; New England Journal of Medicine and Canadian Journal of Cardiology.