Erick Schampaert received his M.D. in 1989. He completed his residency in Cardiology in 1994 at the University of Montreal, and a fellowship in Interventional Cardiology in 1996.

Dr. Schampeaert is currently an Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Montreal and an Interventional Cardiologist at Hopital du Sacré-Cœur de Montreal (HSCM). Since 1997, serving as Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories, Head of Clinical Cardiovascular Research since 2001 and Head of the Division of Cardiology since 2006.

His research interests are BMS and DES, ACS, coronary physiology (FFR) and imaging (IVUS), more recently platelet function studies with clopidogrel and aspirin. His current research interest is focused on the mechanisms of stent thrombosis, to be studied into a Prospective Canadian Multicenter Stent Thrombosis Registry, under the CAIC hospice in 2008.