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:

1. Describe the burden of kidney disease in the Black population,
2. Differentiate the impact of systemic racism and race-based medicine using clinical algorithms has on kidney disease care, and
3. Reflect on individual clinical practices to reduce implicit biases that lead to disparities in care.

Recording:

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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:

1. Describe the epidemiology of diabetes in women,
2. Demonstrate unique aspects of how diabetes affects women, and
3. Illustrate windows of opportunity to reduce diabetes-related risks.

Recording:

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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:

1. Cite the genetic architecture of Essential Tremor
2. Summarize the pathogenesis of Essential Tremor
3. Identify molecular approaches to better understand the Essential Tremor+

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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:

1. Explain the mechanisms of glucose-lowering, and kidney and heart protection from SGLTi,
2. Describe the rapidly-evolving impact of SGLTi clinical trials on diabetes, renal, and cardiovascular practice, and
3. 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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James Raphael Gavin III, MD, PhD

Chief Medical Officer, Healing Our Village, Inc.

Clinical Professor of Medicine, Emory University

2022 Barnet Berris Lecture

The Quest for Closing Disparity Gaps in Diabetes Care: Implications of Biology vs Racism

James Raphael Gavin III, MD, PhD

Chief Medical Officer, Healing Our Village, Inc.
Clinical Professor of Medicine, Emory University

Learning objectives:

At the end of the presentation, participants should be able to:

1. Recognize the differences in the diabetes burden and trends between indigenous Canadians and non-indigenous persons
2. Describe the spectrum of factors that account for these differences including biological, socioeconomic, and historically based biases
3. Summarize how wealth gaps have driven health gaps in marginalized populations
4. Indicate the key changes that are required to close the disparity gaps in diabetes care, including more intentional appreciation of the contributions of racism

Recording:

Evaluation & Attendance:

Attendance for Maintenance of Certification credit will only be tracked if evaluation and attendance surveys are completed.

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Marissa Joseph, MD, MScCH, FRCPC

Assistant Professor of Dermatology, Department of Medicine

Medical Director, RKS Dermatology Centre, Women’s College Hospital

2022 Lecture in Black Health

Dermatology and Black Skin: Diversity, Differences and Disparities in Care

Marissa Joseph, MD, MScCH, FRCPC, FRCPC

Assistant Professor of Dermatology, Department of Medicine
Medical Director, RKS Dermatology Centre, Women’s College Hospital

Learning objectives:

At the end of the presentation, participants should be able to:

1. Recognize how lack of representation impacts and creates inequities in the management of skin disease in patients with Black skin,
2. Describe differences in the clinical presentation and outcomes of selected dermatologic diseases in Black skin, and
3. Reflect on strategies to address the current unmet needs in Dermatologic treatment of Black Skin.

Recording:

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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Isaac Odame, MB ChB, MRCP (UK), FRCPath, FRCPC

2022 Levinson Lecture

Sickle Cell Disease: Combating both Disease and Disparity

Isaac Odame, MB ChB, MRCP (UK), FRCPath, FRCPC

Professor and Alexandra Yeo Chair in Haematology 
Director, Division of Haematology, Departments of Medicine and Paediatrics, University of Toronto
Haematology Section Head, Division of Haematology/Oncology
Medical Director, The Global Sickle Cell Disease Network, Centre for Global Child Health
The Hospital for Sick Children

Learning objectives:

At the end of the presentation, participants should be able to:

1. Describe the pathophysiology and clinical manifestations of sickle cell disease,
2. Summarize the progress made in the management of sickle cell disease,
3. Reflect on the disparities in disease outcomes around the world, and
4. Describe efforts being made bridge the implementation gaps in combating sickle cell disease.

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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Date: Wednesday, February 16, 2022

Time: 7:00-8:30 PM EST.

Speaker: Dr. Michael Camilleri, MD, Rochester , Minnesota

Location: TBD

Date: Wednesday, December 15, 2021

Time: 7:00 - 8:30 PM EST

Topic: A Journey to Improve Whole-Person Cirrhosis Care – From Knowledge to Practice

Speaker: Dr. Puneeta Tandon, Associate Professor of Medicine, Co-Director of the Cirrhosis Care Clinic and Transplant Hepatologist at the University of Alberta

Location: Video conference (Zoom)

2021 F.M. Hill Lecture

Race, Ancestry and Kidney Disease – genetic epidemiology to clinical translation

Rulan S. Parekh, MD, MS, FRCP(C), FASN

Vice President, Academics, Women’s College Hospital
Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology

Learning objectives:

At the end of the presentation, participants should be able to:

1. Summarize the risk of kidney disease in the U.S. among African Americans,
2. Predict the genetic risk of kidney disease, and
3. Consider the implications in the clinical management of kidney disease.

Recording:

Q&A:

Questions will be accepted via the Zoom chat.

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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