CANADIAN VASCULAR QUALITY INITIATIVE

The Canadian Vascular Quality Initiative is a Canada-wide voluntary, cooperative group of clinicians, hospital administrators, and research personnel organized to improve the care of patients with vascular disease.
Our goal is to improve outcomes for our patients and to explore the factors that predict the best outcomes. We take advantage of the rapidly accumulating data that come from collaboration with other interested groups.
By collecting and exchanging information, our group strives to continuously improve the quality, safety, effectiveness and cost of caring for patients with vascular disease.
Canadian Vascular Quality Initiative Leaders
Join us in our efforts, and together we can reach these levels of quality for the care of our patients.
Medical Director
Yaasin Abdulrehman, MD
Covenant Health – Grey Nuns Hospital
Associate Medical Director
Open Position
Lead Data Manager
Naomi Eisenberg
Toronto General Hospital

BiANNUAL MEETING InFORMation
Fall 2023 Regional Group Meeting Slides and Minutes
Spring 2023 Regional Group Meeting Slides and Minutes
- Meeting Slides
- Meeting Minutes
Fall 2022 Regional Group Meeting Slides and Minutes
Spring 2022 Regional Group Meeting Slides and Minutes
Fall 2021 Regional Group Meeting Slides and Minutes
Spring 2021 Regional Meeting Group Slides and Minutes
PARTICIPATING SVS VQI CENTERS
Participating SVS VQI centers include academic medical centers, teaching hospitals, community hospitals, vein centers, office-based labs and individual physician’s practices.
Click below to download a complete list of VQI Participating Centers and their Regional Group Affiliation. Please note that this list is in excel format for ease of use.

CVQI BYLAWS
The Canadian Vascular Quality Initiative (CVQI) is a voluntary, cooperative group of clinicians, hospital administrators, and research personnel organized to improve the care of patients with vascular disease. By collecting and exchanging information, the CVQI strives to continuously improve the quality, safety, effectiveness, and cost of vascular healthcare.
Important INFORMATION
Call for VQI Poster Quality Improvement Poster Abstracts and Rapid Fire Research Abstracts for the 2023 Annual VQI Meeting (VQI@VAM)
Key Dates for both Quality Abstracts and Rapid Fire Abstracts
Abstract submissions begin – October 1, 2022
Abstract submission deadline – January 16, 2023
Quality Improvement Poster Session – Evening of June 13, 2023
Quality Improvement Podium Presentations – Morning of June 14, 2023
Rapid Fire Research Presentation – Afternoon of June 14, 2023