City-Wide Medical Grand Rounds
University of Toronto, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Virtual City Wide Rounds.
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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)
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Virtual City Wide Medical Grand Rounds: Race, Ancestry and Kidney Disease – genetic epidemiology to clinical translation
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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:
- Summarize the risk of kidney disease in the U.S. among African Americans,
- Predict the genetic risk of kidney disease, and
- Consider the implications in the clinical management of kidney disease.
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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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Virtual City Wide Medical Grand Rounds: Patients Improved Cancer Outcomes – But Miles to Go Before We Sleep – Personal Reflections on 35 Years of Cancer Research
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Canada Gairdner Wightman Award 2021 laureate
Patients Improved Cancer Outcomes – But Miles to Go Before We Sleep
Personal Reflections on 35 Years of Cancer Research
Elizabeth Eisenhauer, OC, MD, FRCPC, FRSC
Professor Emerita, Department of Oncology, Queen’s University
Innovation Lead, Kingston Health Sciences Centre
Learning objectives:
At the end of the presentation, participants should be able to:
- Trace the history of new cancer drug investigation in Canada via the NCIC CTG/CCTG Investigational New Drug Program,
- Reflect on some stories of success and unexpected failures, and
- Summarize Dr. Eisenhauer’s personal evolution to believe that medical oncology must grow beyond a specialty focused on cancer treatment to influence Cancer Control more broadly.
Meeting connection information:
Meeting ID: 826 4472 5985
Passcode: 993505
Local dial-in numbers
Recording:
This event will be recorded and posted to YouTube for educational purposes. By participating, you agree to being included in this 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.
Evaluation & Attendance:
Attendance for Maintenance of Certification credit will only be tracked if evaluation and attendance surveys are completed.
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Division of GI Hep 2nd Annual Dr. Norman Marcon City Wide Endoscopy Rounds
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Event: The 2nd Annual Dr. Norman Marcon City Wide Endoscopy Rounds
Date: Wednesday, September 22, 2021
Time: 7:00- 8:30 PM EST
Topic: Diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy - a divergent trajectory in endoscopic practice
Speaker: Dr. Robert Hawes
Location: Video conference (Zoom)
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Department of Medicine Annual Day 2021 / Virtual City-Wide Medical Grand Rounds
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Department of Medicine Annual Day 2021
Year In Review: The Bad, the Good & the Great
Each year the Department of Medicine's Annual Day is a special event celebrating faculty members and learners who have made immense contributions to the generation and translation of new knowledge, and demonstrated innovation in scholarship, research, teaching or clinical care.
Under the current conditions we can't come together as we usually would for Annual Day, but I hope you will join us in celebrating our department’s immeasurable impact as clinicians, researchers, teachers, educators and quality innovators.
Reminder: Nomination and adjudication processes for the 2021 Department of Medicine awards have been delayed during the pandemic in an effort to ensure we, as a department, are focusing on our patients and ourselves. We hope to resume this year's awards nomination processes in the Fall.
Date: June 16, 2021
Time: 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Presenter: Dr. Gillian Hawker, Sir John and Lady Eaton Professor and Chair
Title: Year in Review: The Bad, the Good & the Great
Learning Objectives:
At the end of these rounds, attendees should:
- Understand their role as leaders whose voices & actions have the power to effect meaningful change to patients and populations
- Recall with pride the trials, tribulations and achievements of department members and learners through the 2020-21 academic year
- Understand the imperative of working together to accelerate efforts to advance academic excellence within a culture of caring, kindness, respect and inclusion of all people.
In the spirit of celebration:
Attendees will have an opportunity to enter a draw to receive fun swag/tokens of appreciation during the Annual Day presentation! Keep your eyes on our website and Twitter (@UofT_DoM) on June 16th for more virtual celebrations. We'll also be announcing our senior promotees—all 45 of them—plus celebrating this incredible department!
Recording:
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The Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology City Wide Virtual Rounds
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Event: The Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Virtual City Wide Rounds
Date: Monday, June 14, 2021
Time: 7:00-8:30 PM EST
Topic: Transformation of the Health Care System; Is Anything Really going to Change?
Speaker: Dr. Jim Wright, OMA Chief of Economics, Policy, and Research
Location: Video conference (Zoom)
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Virtual City Wide Medical Grand Rounds: How VITAL are Vitamin D and Omega-3s for Cardiometabolic Health?
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2021 Barnet Berris Lecture
How VITAL are Vitamin D and Omega-3s for Cardiometabolic Health?
JoAnn E. Manson, MD, MPH, DrPH
Professor of Medicine and the Michael and Lee Bell Professor of Women's Health, Harvard Medical School
Chief, Division of Preventive Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Professor, Harvard Chan School of Public Health
Learning objectives:
At the end of the presentation, participants should be able to:
- Describe the rationale and results of VITAL, a large-scale randomized trial of vitamin D and marine omega-3 fatty acids in the primary prevention of CVD and cancer.
- Interpret recent meta-analyses of vitamin D, omega-3s, and these outcomes.
- Assess which patients are more or less likely to benefit from supplementation.
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Virtual City Wide Medical Grand Rounds: Culture & Inclusion in the DOM: Supporting faculty wellness during the COVID-19 third wave
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Culture & Inclusion in the DoM: Supporting faculty wellness during the COVID-19 third wave
Presenters:
Simron Singh, Faculty Lead, Wellness
Lisa Richardson, Vice Chair, Culture & Inclusion, Department of Medicine
Isaac Bogoch, Associate Professor, Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine
Jerome Leis, Associate Professor, Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine
Roger McIntyre, Professor of Psychiatry and Pharmacology, Department of Psychiatry
Gillian Hawker, Sir John and Lady Eaton Professor and Chair of Medicine
Supported by:
Eric Cohen, Faculty Lead, Later Career Transition
Umberin Najeeb, Faculty Lead, Equity
Mireille Norris, Faculty Lead, Black and Indigenous Resident Application and Mentorship
Catherine Yu, Faculty Lead, Mentorship
Objectives:
- To update the department on the COVID19 Wave 3 and future outlook
- To share strategies for wellness during Wave 3 of the COVID-19 pandemic
- To discuss the role of the DOM in supporting faculty and learners during the pandemic
Recording:
This event is not accredited.
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Virtual City Wide Medical Grand Rounds: Reshaping research priorities to match the massive crises we face
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Reshaping research priorities to match the massive crises we face
Kaveh G. Shojania, MD
Professor and Vice-Chair, Quality & Innovation, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto
CQuIPS Senior Scholar
Learning objectives:
At the end of the presentation, participants should be able to:
- Appreciate the rarity with which biomedical research results in therapies that meaningfully improve health;
- Understand that the same applies to most efforts to improve the healthcare system; and,
- Recognize the importance of fundamentally reshaping research priorities to match the massive health crises we face.
Recording:
This event will be recorded and posted to YouTube for educational purposes. By participating, you agree to being included in this recording.
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The Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology City Wide Virtual Rounds
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The Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Virtual City Wide Rounds
Date: Monday, April 26th, 2021
Time: 6:30- 7:30 PM
Topic: NASH
Speaker: Dr. Phillip Newsome, Professor of Liver Medicine
Location: Video conference (Zoom)
More details will follow. . .
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