Photograph of Dr. Damian Redfearn

Damian Redfearn

MB, ChB, MD, MRCPI, FRCPC
Roles
  • Clinician Scientist, Kingston General Hospital Research Institute
  • Clinical lead, arrhythmia, Kingston Health Sciences Centre 
  • Director, Cardiac Arrhythmia Signal Analysis (CASA) Laboratory, Queen's University
  • Professor, Department of Medicine and School of Computing, Queen’s University
Interests
  • Atrial fibrillation
  • Arrhythmia
  • Signal processing
Bio

Damian Redfearn was born and educated in the UK. He graduated from the University of Leicester Medical School and specialised in Internal Medicine with subspecialty training in Cardiology at the Birmingham University teaching hospitals. He came to Canada in 2004 to pursue research and clinical training within the field of cardiac electrophysiology.

He was recruited to Queen’s University in 2006 and was appointed Director of the Arrhythmia Service in 2007. He has overseen the growth of the electrophysiology program at Kingston General Hospital with the addition of complex ablation and the delivery of a full spectrum of electrophysiology services and procedures to the eastern Ontario region. 
 

 

Education and Honours
  • MB,ChB University of Leicester
  • MD University of Leicester
  • MRCPI
  • FRCPC
Research

Dr Redfearn is a cardiologist specialising in electrophysiology, the treatment of arrhythmia. His has particular expertise in catheter ablation of complex arrhythmia. He holds a doctorate degree in applied signal processing and is an Associate Professor cross-appointed with the School of Computing and the Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences. He holds several peer reviewed research grants and investigates the mechanisms of atrial fibrillation and ventricular arrhythmia through detailed analysis of ECG signals. 

 

Dr. Damian Redfern with patient Andrea Moore:

Clinical Work