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Respirology Grand Rounds (RGR)
2007-2008

Chair of the Continuing Health Education: Dr Anna Day

Objectives of Rounds

Respirology Grand Rounds (RGR) should provide an opportunity for members of the Respirology Community to interact with recognized experts in order to explore the clinical relevance of current research in an environment that is conducive to learning through discussion and exchange of ideas.

Timing
RGR will take place generally on the third Friday of each month from 8:00-9:00 at Women’s College Hospital, 76 Grenville Street, Respirology Unit, 6th floor conference room. Breakfast will be available from 7:30-8:00. Rounds can be videoconferenced to other centers in the Toronto region and beyond, if you wish to have your centre video connected please contact Karen.Forai@wchospital.ca

Format
The rounds should generally provide an up-to-date overview on a specific area (40 minutes) and discussion (20 minutes). The format should follow the current principles of adult learning that include a case-based approach, audience participation and opportunities for discussion and debate.

Target Audience
Members of the Respirology Community including academic and community Respirologists, Respirology trainees, Allied Health Providers and other interested individuals.  Contact:  karen.forai@wchospital.ca

U of T,
Division of Medical Oncology
2007/8 Speaker Affiliation Title of Talk Additional Information
21-Sept-07
*Yom Kippur		 Art Slutsky St Michael’s Hospital Mechanical Ventilation:
From Barotrauma to Biotrauma
Oct 19

Heidi Roberts

WCH

Lung cancer screening using low dose computed tomography
– lessons learned from 4 years of screening in Toronto
Nov 16 Gillian Hawker WCH

Osteoporosis for the Respirologist:
who’s responsibility is it anyway?
Dec 14 Jae Yang St Michael's Hospital Tuberculosis: What’s an IGRA and how do I use it?

2008
Jan 18

Coleman Rotstein

New Canadian HAP/VAP guidelines

Feb 15 Praveen Mathur Indiana University The Role of the Respirologist in Lung Cancer (including EBUS

March 14

Penelope Bradbury

Division of Medical Oncology

, UofT

What’s New and Hopeful in Lung Cancer

April 18 Sanjay Mehta Division of Respirology, MSH Pulmonary Hypertension – Current Concepts in Diagnosis and Management
May 16
8am		 Steven Bencze Ottawa

The physiology and technique of exhaled nitric oxide measurement:
role of eNO in diagnosing eosinophilic airway inflammation, and monitoring

Videoconferenced to: Women’s College Hospital  room 640 (host site) Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre M001  The Scarborough Hospital, Grace & General Campuses  Ottawa Hospital, General & Civic Campuses  Hotel Dieu Grace Hospital, Windsor, St. Michael’s Hospital  Credit Valley Hospital , Bloorview MacMillan, Trillium    Bloorview Kids Rehab, York Central Peterborough Regional Health Centre

2006/7 Schedule | 2005/6 Schedule