City-Wide Medical Grand Rounds
Virtual City-Wide Medical Grand Rounds: New Opportunities to Accelerate Gender Equity for Women in Medicine
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Julie Silver, MD
Associate Professor & Associate Chair, PM&R, Harvard Medical School
New Opportunities to Accelerate Gender Equity for Women in Medicine
Julie Silver, MD
Associate Professor & Associate Chair, PM&R, Harvard Medical School
Learning objectives:
At the conclusion of this lecture, participants will be able to:
- Describe how medicine, law, and social sciences research intersect to create opportunities to accelerate gender equity initiatives.
- Identify new research studies and concepts on gender equity for women in medicine.
- Describe interorganizational structure discrimination and how individuals and institutions may tackle workforce gender equity issues.
Registration required:
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing your personal link for joining the meeting.
Recording:
This event will be recorded and posted to YouTube for educational purposes. By participating, you agree to being included in this recording.
Q&A:
Questions will be accepted via the Zoom chat and by virtually raising your hand.
Accreditation:
City Wide Medical Grand Rounds is a self-approved group learning activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
Evaluation & Attendance:
Attendance for Maintenance of Certification credit will only be tracked if evaluation and attendance surveys are completed.
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Virtual City-Wide Medical Grand Rounds: Redefining Academic Medicine: From Bench to Bedside to Population to Society
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Victor J. Dzau, MD
President, National Academy of Medicine (US)
2023 Barnet Berris Lecture
Redefining Academic Medicine: From Bench to Bedside to Population to Society
Victor J. Dzau, MD
President, National Academy of Medicine (US)
Learning objectives:
Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:
- Describe the key challenges facing academic medicine today.
- Discuss ways in which academic medicine must redefine its mission of education, research, and clinical care.
- Review crucial changes academic medicine must make in embracing convergence science; data science, and digital technology; increasing community engagement and social awareness; and preparing its workforce for the future.
- Describe the importance of social determinants in influencing individual health outcomes, population health, and health equity.
Registration required:
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing your personal link for joining the meeting.
Recording:
This event will be recorded and posted to YouTube for educational purposes. By participating, you agree to being included in this recording.
Q&A:
Questions will be accepted via the Zoom chat and by virtually raising your hand.
Accreditation:
City Wide Medical Grand Rounds is a self-approved group learning activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
Evaluation & Attendance:
Attendance for Maintenance of Certification credit will only be tracked if evaluation and attendance surveys are completed.
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Virtual City Wide Medical Grand Rounds: Rise of the Clinician
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David K. H. Wong, MD, FRCPC
Clinician Hepatologist, Toronto
Clinician Teacher, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto
Clinician Investigator, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute (TGHRI) & Toronto Centre for Liver Disease, University Health Network
Rise of the Clinician – Reflections on what we should use as evidence in the era of electronic tools like EMRs, Connecting Ontario, and Artificial Intelligence
David K. H. Wong, MD, FRCPC
Clinician Hepatologist, Toronto
Clinician Teacher, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto
Clinician Investigator, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute (TGHRI) & Toronto Centre for Liver Disease, University Health Network
Learning objectives:
At the end of the presentation, participants should be able to:
- Describe better ways to integrate electronic resources such as Connecting Ontario and their EMR,
- Compare and contrast their personal medical experience with the published literature, and
- Reflect on how to use their EMR to explore their clinical experience for QI and research purposes.
Accreditation:
City Wide Medical Grand Rounds is a self-approved group learning activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
Evaluation & Attendance:
Attendance for Maintenance of Certification credit will only be tracked if evaluation and attendance surveys are completed.
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Virtual City Wide Medical Grand Rounds: Diagnostic Thinking
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Edward Etchells, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Staff Internist, Women’s College Hospital & Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto
2023 Levinson Lecture
Diagnostic Thinking
Edward Etchells, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Staff Internist, Women’s College Hospital & Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto
Learning objectives:
At the end of the presentation, participants should be able to:
- Describe the diagnostic thinking process,
- Review common pitfalls in diagnostic thinking, and
- Assess methods to improve our diagnostic thinking.
No recording:
This event was not recorded at the request of the presenter.
Accreditation:
City Wide Medical Grand Rounds is a self-approved group learning activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
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Virtual City Wide Medical Grand Rounds: What is our way forward?
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Gillian Hawker, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Sir John and Lady Eaton Professor and Chair of Medicine, University of Toronto
What is our way forward?
Gillian Hawker, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Sir John and Lady Eaton Professor and Chair of Medicine, University of Toronto
Learning objectives:
By actively participating in this event, participants will be able to:
- Reflect on our current state as demonstrated by the results of the 2022 Faculty Survey,
- Summarize actions taken by the DoM to address issues we are facing, and
- Contribute to shaping our health care system and our own future.
Recording:
This event will be recorded and posted to YouTube for educational purposes. By participating, you agree to being included in this recording.
Evaluation & Attendance:
Attendance for Maintenance of Certification credit will only be tracked if evaluation and attendance surveys are completed.
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Virtual City Wide Medical Grand Rounds: Addressing Racial Disparities in Kidney Disease: Challenges and Possible Solutions
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Bourne Auguste, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Staff Nephrologist, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto
2023 Lecture in Black Health honouring Dr. Miriam Rossi
Addressing Racial Disparities in Kidney Disease: Challenges and Possible Solutions
Bourne Auguste, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Staff Nephrologist, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto
Learning objectives:
At the end of the presentation, participants should be able to:
- Describe the burden of kidney disease in the Black population,
- Differentiate the impact of systemic racism and race-based medicine using clinical algorithms has on kidney disease care, and
- Reflect on individual clinical practices to reduce implicit biases that lead to disparities in care.
Recording:
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Virtual City Wide Medical Grand Rounds: Sugar and Spice: Issues and Challenges for Diabetes in Women
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Lorraine Lipscombe, MDCM, MSc, FRCPC
Professor, Department of Medicine
Temerty Faculty of Medicine and IHPME, Dalla Lana School of Public Health
Staff Physician, Women’s College Hospital
Director, Novo Nordisk Network for Healthy Populations
University of Toronto
2022 F.M. Hill Lecture
Sugar and Spice: Issues and Challenges for Diabetes in Women
Lorraine Lipscombe, MDCM, MSc, FRCPC
Professor, Department of Medicine
Temerty Faculty of Medicine and IHPME, Dalla Lana School of Public Health
Staff Physician, Women’s College Hospital
Director, Novo Nordisk Network for Healthy Populations
University of Toronto
Learning objectives:
At the end of the presentation, participants should be able to:
- Describe the epidemiology of diabetes in women,
- Demonstrate unique aspects of how diabetes affects women, and
- Illustrate windows of opportunity to reduce diabetes-related risks.
Recording:
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Virtual City Wide Medical Grand Rounds: Molecular Genetics of Essential Tremor
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Guy Rouleau, OC, OQ, MD, PhD, FRCPC, FRSC
Director, Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital
Chair, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University
Director, Department of Neuroscience, McGill University Health Center
Canada Gairdner Wightman Award 2020 laureate
Molecular Genetics of Essential Tremor
Guy Rouleau, OC, OQ, MD, PhD, FRCPC, FRSC
Director, Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital
Chair, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University
Director, Department of Neuroscience, McGill University Health Center
Learning objectives:
At the end of the presentation, participants should be able to:
- Cite the genetic architecture of Essential Tremor
- Summarize the pathogenesis of Essential Tremor
- Identify molecular approaches to better understand the Essential Tremor+
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Virtual City Wide Medical Grand Rounds: Climate Change and Other Ecosystem Stressors, Understanding the Impacts on Respiratory Health and Infectious Diseases
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Chung-Wai Chow, MD, PhD, FRCPC
Transplant Respirologist, University Health Network
Director, Respirology, Department of Medicine
Associate Professor, Departments of Medicine & Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, and Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto
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Samira Mubareka, MD, FRCPC
Medical Microbiologist & Scientist, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Associate Professor, Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology and Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine
Climate Change and Other Ecosystem Stressors, Understanding the Impacts on Respiratory Health and Infectious Diseases
Chung-Wai Chow, MD, PhD, FRCPC
Transplant Respirologist, University Health Network
Director, Respirology, Department of Medicine
Associate Professor, Departments of Medicine & Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, and Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto
Samira Mubareka, MD, FRCPC
Medical Microbiologist & Scientist, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Associate Professor, Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology and Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine
Learning objectives:
At the end of the presentation, participants should be able to:
- Summarize the impact of climate change on lung health,
- Recognize the impact of climate change and other anthropogenic drivers on zoonoses at the human-animal interface, and the importance of a One Health approach, and
- Describe potential solutions and how communities of practice can effect change.
Registration required:
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing your personal link for joining the meeting.
Recording:
This event will be recorded and posted to YouTube for educational purposes. By participating, you agree to being included in this recording.
Q&A:
Questions will be accepted via the Zoom chat and by virtually raising your hand.
Accreditation:
City Wide Medical Grand Rounds is a self-approved group learning activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
Evaluation & Attendance:
Attendance for Maintenance of Certification credit will only be tracked if evaluation and attendance surveys are completed.
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Virtual City Wide Medical Grand Rounds: The Expanding Multiverse of Sodium-Glucose Linked Transporter Inhibition (SGLTi) In and Beyond Diabetes
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Bruce A. Perkins MD, MPH
Professor, Division of Endocrinology
Director, Leadership Sinai Centre for Diabetes, Sinai Health
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Susanna Mak MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Department Division Director, Cardiology
Director, Anna Prosserman Heart Function Clinic, Sinai Health
The Expanding Multiverse of Sodium-Glucose Linked Transporter Inhibition (SGLTi) In and Beyond Diabetes
Bruce A. Perkins MD, MPH
Professor, Division of Endocrinology
Director, Leadership Sinai Centre for Diabetes, Sinai Health
Susanna Mak MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Department Division Director, Cardiology
Director, Anna Prosserman Heart Function Clinic, Sinai Health
Learning objectives:
At the end of the presentation, participants should be able to:
- Explain the mechanisms of glucose-lowering, and kidney and heart protection from SGLTi,
- Describe the rapidly-evolving impact of SGLTi clinical trials on diabetes, renal, and cardiovascular practice, and
- Identify key findings from SGLTi trials meant to overcome limitations in type 1 diabetes care.
Accreditation:
City Wide Medical Grand Rounds is a self-approved group learning activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
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