Ken Quadros

MBBS, MSc, FRCPC.
Asst Clinical Professor, Cardiac Electrophysiology @UAlberta.
MUHS(IND)/Univ of Toronto/Univ of Alberta/Harvard-Brigham & Women's EP, 🇮🇳🇨🇦

[Ken Quadros @kenquadros]

Wonderful evening @UAlberta_DoM celebration, recognizing the accomplishments of Dr Harald Becher, @iheart_Rx, EP extraordinaire and clinical researcher Soori Sivakumaran and academic promotions for @anoop_alberta and myself to Asst Clinical Professor, 1/2

[Matt Burke @MattBurkeMD]

It is so painful to share the news of @FralickMike sudden and unexpected passing 💔

Mike was an amazing, inspiring and generous person who touched the lives of many.

As we mourn, please share and consider supporting his wife and 2-year-old daughter. https://t.co/uErWWCFPde

[Dr. Raj Sherman @RajSherman]

Premier @ABDanielleSmith ,please declare a State of Emergency for the Edmonton Zone as recommended by the AMA.

You appointed me as Chair of the Health Quality Council of Alberta. We faced a major access crisis in February 2025, and the system has been operating at >100% capacity continuously, before flu season began.

The emergency departments are the safety valves of the hospitals and the community and we are not able to deliver the excellent care we are capable of in a timely fashion for the hundreds of critically ill patients we see everyday.

THE REALITY:
• Acute care in Edmonton is in crisis
• Hospitals are full of acutely ill and ALC patients
• Emergency departments are boarded with admitted patients. Yesterday there were 255 admitted patient in 275 #YEG hospital ER beds
• Basic emergency-care standards are not being met
• Two, maybe three potentially preventable deaths occurred in one hospital, on one shift on Dec 22nd.

WHERE THE SYSTEM IS BROKEN:
• The bottleneck is at the exit, not the entrance
• In Edmonton about 650 ALC patients are stranded in hospital beds (that is almost two hospitals, GNH & Mis)
• This blocks ER access, ambulance offload, and timely care for new emergencies

WHY THIS MEETS THE THRESHOLD FOR A STATE OF EMERGENCY:
• Demand exceeds safe clinical capacity
• Normal operational rules are causing predictable harm
• This meets the medical definition of a disaster

WHAT EMERGENCY POWERS ENABLE:
• Rapid ALC decant within 24–48 hours
• Incident-command hospital flow management
• 7-day and after-hours discharges
• Transitional care
• Real-time, transparent data reporting

Edmonton serves a massively underserved northern catchment, accepts approximately 4X more out-of-town transfers than Calgary, and is absorbing pressure from surrounding communities with intermittent ER closures, all amid population growth.

This is not political. It is for the safety of Albertans that you have been entrusted to lead.

You have full political and bureaucratic control of the health system and with that comes great responsibility and duty of care and possibly blame for failure to act.

Below is the data as of August, 2025.

Emergency powers can prevent further avoidable delays in care, suffering and deaths.

@MattJonesYYC @JasonNixonAB @nenshi @AdrianaLaGrange @PfParks @NightShiftMD @charlesadler @ryanjespersen @globalnews @CBCNews @CTVNews @Albertadoctors @UnitedNurses @Alberta_UCP

[Daniel Alyesh @DanielAlyeshmer]

Big news in the world of VT ablation #EPeeps:

[Heart Rhythm Society @HRSonline]

NEW EPISODE OF THE LEAD!

[Ep. 90] A Discussion of Catheter Ablation or Antiarrhythmic Drugs for Ventricular Tachycardia

🎙️ Host: @True_EP

🎤 Guests: @UTedrow and @IsabellaAlviz

Listen on your preferred podcast platform
➡️ https://t.co/6DbtqVnGh0

#EPeeps #medpod #podcast #CardioTwitter #EPTwitter #PodcastAndChill #HRS365

[Cardiology Today @CardiologyToday]

Usha Tedrow: “We give a defibrillator to save a patient’s life and then spend the rest of the patient’s life trying to save them from their defibrillator” which makes VANISH2 important
@American_Heart #AHA24 @HeartNews #CardioTwitter #epeeps

[Jason Andrade @DrJasonAndrade]

Congratulations to @johnlsapp on the presentation and publication of VANISH-2.

First line VT ablation is associated with significant reduction in composite of death, VT, storm for patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy.

https://t.co/STIy0J708f

[Jacqueline Joza @Dr_JozaEP]

Pace and ablate therapy may no longer be considered a bail-out procedure. See our review in EHJ where we discuss concepts of irregulopathy, competing pacing modalities, and future research needs. @kvernooy @HaranBurri @DrJasonAndrade @KennethEllenbo1 @Dominik_Linz @atulverma_md https://t.co/sq5ni3Upyg

[Ken Quadros @kenquadros]

@MayoClinicCV @TheRhythmDoc @MayoClinic @anthonykashoumd The link does not work

[Roderick Tung @DrRoderickTung]

Thanks to our grateful patient family for sharing their success story and journey @BSCCardiology
"Ablation has been tested against drug therapy and wins every day- and twice on Sunday."
https://t.co/lvGZY6Y3Dp via @YouTube

[Heart Rhythm Society @HRSonline]

Do your patients know about the various strategies for managing their #AFib? Share this #UpBeat patient education video with them, which highlights the 4 Pillars of AFib Care — #ratecontrol, #rhythmcontrol, #strokeprevention, and #riskfactor management.

More UpBeat AFib Videos 📺 https://t.co/1hZ6wtJ9zw

#AFibAwarenessMonth #atrialfibrillation #EPeeps #CardioTwitter #patienteducation

[Ken Quadros @kenquadros]

@peterkistler3 @drsunnyprabhu @drlouisesegan @AlfHeartCentre What do you recommend for anticoagulation in pts with reduced lvef (<40%) and tachycardia induced CM, with subsequent normalization of Lvef post Ablation? Specifically for the young patients, age < 65.
Thanks

[UAlberta Medicine @UAlberta_DoM]

Congratulations to our DoM clinical faculty members on their recent promotion to Assistant Clinical Professor! @UAlberta_FoMD https://t.co/dIRkYFM9jr

[Ken Quadros @kenquadros]

All under the direction and mentorship of @Cardio_Girl , while the are @EdmontonOilers winning ! Stanley Cup worthy teams all around! #TeamEdmonton #MazCardiology

[Ken Quadros @kenquadros]

Wonderful evening @UAlberta_DoM celebration, recognizing the accomplishments of Dr Harald Becher, @iheart_Rx, EP extraordinaire and clinical researcher Soori Sivakumaran and academic promotions for @anoop_alberta and myself to Asst Clinical Professor, 1/2

[Ken Quadros @kenquadros]

It was a pleasure @ALFIEEP1 !

[ALBERTO ALFIE @ALFIEEP1]

#HRS2024
Another great pleasure to meet @kenquadros, an outstanding EP, working in U of Alberta Hospital in Edmonton, 🇨🇦, where I performed my EP fellowship too many years ago. Great memories.

Ken, I admire your passion for EP and the cases you perform. Regards to all the team

[Ken Quadros @kenquadros]

@deansabayon @AnandShah_MD @BSCCardiology @utmbhealth @docHJ @utmbcardiology Are the patients under conscious sedation or GA with paralysis? Any muscle twitching with PF application?

[Ken Quadros @kenquadros]

@True_EP If this is recorded, would love to watch it.

[Ken Quadros @kenquadros]

@MRazminia @TRMuralidharan1 The septal leaflet insertion of the TV appears displaced below the AV. ACHD pt, repaired TET?

[Ken Quadros @kenquadros]

@sumitvermaep 1, basal anterior LV, exiting lateral edge of scar

[Ken Quadros @kenquadros]

with our world class Mechanical circulatory support, advanced HF, cardiac transplant, cardiac anesthesia and CV surgical programs.We look forward to helping more patients in Alberta and Canada #VTAblation #Epeeps @UAlberta_FoMD @Cardio_Girl @MartowMartow @Brigham_EP @CHRS_SCR

[Ken Quadros @kenquadros]

Privileged to be featured on @UAlberta_DoM annual report highlighting our work on developing and expanding the complex ablation program, specifically for Ventricular Tachycardia management in Northern Alberta. We have an incredible and growing EP team and strong collaboration 1/2