François Lespérance

Preventive Cardiology

Université de Montréal

About

François Lespérance works in Preventive Cardiology affiliated with Université de Montréal.

François Lespérance is a full professor and director of the Department of Psychiatry and Addictology at the Université de Montréal. He practices first-line psychiatry at CIUSSS Centre-Sud and provides outpatient follow-ups. He has conducted numerous clinical studies on the impact of mental health on patients with cardiac problems.

Research focus

Depression in coronary artery diseasePsychosocial interventions for myocardial infarction recoveryImpact of anxiety on cardiac eventsTreatment of depression in heart failure patientsGender differences in depression and cardiac prognosis

Impact

124 pubs · 14,169 cites · h-index 47

Training

Executive MBA
HEC Montréal and McGill University
2015
Specialization in Psychiatry
Université de Montréal
1989

Affiliations

Work Experience

Université de Montréal

1989 - Present

Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal

2001 - Present

Columbia University Irving Medical Center