Dr. Vivian Rambihar was born in 1951 at Beterverwagting, East Coast Demerara, attended Queen's College, then came to Canada in 1970 as a Guyana Scholar after a year teaching mathematics at Q.C. He completed a B.Sc. at the University of Toronto in two years and graduated at the age of 23 from the innovative McMaster Medical School in 1975 where he completed Internal Medicine and Cardiology training, followed by sub specialist training at Toronto General Hospital.

With more than 25 years of cardiology practice in Toronto, Dr. Rambihar has been actively involved in research and community health promotion throughout his career. His research suggests that as immigrants we are at increased risk for health problems and need to be proactive now. Recognized around the world for his pioneering health and health promotion ideas and practice, and a dedicated activist for the health rights of ethnic communities, Dr. Rambihar created an innovative grassroots community program to reduce health risks in ethnic communities. In 1993, he implemented a multicultural cardiology project to address the excess risk of heart disease in South Asians, Native peoples, Hispanics and people of African origin. He has also pioneered the concept of ethnicity and health, particularly heart disease and diabetes.

Returning to his roots in Mathematics and the developing world, Dr. Rambihar introduced the new ideas of chaos and complexity science to medicine, peace, health and development, the first in the world to do so, and initiated a global heart project. His innovative ideas are contained in his book Tsunami, Chaos and Global Heart - Using chaos and complexity science to make a better world, the full text of which is available free of charge on the Internet, with a section on Heart Health starting on page 117.

Dr. Rambihar has served as an executive member of community organizations including OSSICC (Ontario Society for Services to Indo-Caribbean Canadians) and the Indo-Caribbean World newspaper. He supports several Guyanese community organizations and events including Last Lap Lime, Queen's College, University of Guyana and other alumni groups, tirelessly advocating the use of social occasions for health promotion.