Salim Yusuf | |
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| Born | 26 November 1952 |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Alma mater | |
| Known for | President of the World Heart Federation |
| Awards | Rhodes Scholarship Canadian Medical Hall of Fame Canada Gairdner Wightman Award McLaughlin medal of the Royal Society of Canada |
| Scientific career | |
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| Institutions | |
| Thesis | Beta adrenergic blokade in myocardial infarction (1980) |
| Doctoral advisor | Peter Sleight |
Salim Yusuf OC FRSC (born 26 November 1952) is an Indian-born Canadian physician, the Marion W. Burke Chair in Cardiovascular Disease at McMaster University Medical School. He is a cardiologist and epidemiologist.[1] Yusuf has criticized the Dietary Guidelines for Americans and disputes the scientific consensus on dietary sodium and saturated fat intake.