Cardiovascular Grand Rounds - 2022


Attendance requested only for those who will be claiming CME credits. A Survey Monkey link will be sent to you for each round separately which will expire after 7 days.


December 15, 2022

Dr. David Langleben, MD
Senior Investigator, Lady Davis Institute
Professor of Medicine, McGill University
Director, Cardiology Division, Jewish General Hospital
Director, Centre for Pulmonary Vascular Disease

The relevance or irrelevance of improvement in pulmonary vascular resistance, in the era of novel antiproliferative therapies for pulmonary arterial hypertension. 


December 8, 2022

Dr Stavroula Christopoulos, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, McGill University
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism
McGill University Health Centre

Dr Thao Huynh, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Faculty of
Medicine and Health Sciences
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology

Updates on management of patients with DM and CVD: review of guidelines and practical tips

Program Objectives:
• Review of current management guidelines.
• Practical tips for the cardiologist to manage uncomplicated diabetes mellitus.
• When to refer patients to endocrinology.


December 1, 2022

Michael Chetrit MD, FRCPC, FACC
Assistant Professor of Medicine, McGill University,
Cardiologist, McGill University Health Centre
Director, McGill Amyloidosis Project
Clinical Director, Courtois Cardiac MRI Program
Vice President, Canadian Society of Cardiac MRI

Myocardial strain imaging in clinical practice


November 24, 2022

2021 Dr. George Fraser Award Recipient

Mathieu Walker, MD
Director, Division of Cardiology
St. Mary's Hospital

INDS-113: An overview of undergraduate teaching in cardiology
My 16-year journey as course director


November 17, 2022

Peter Noseworthy, MD
Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic
Director, Mayo Clinic Heart Rhythm and Physiologic Monitoring Laboratory

Artificial Intelligence ECG: From retrospective analysis to prospective trials


November 10, 2022

Ms. Loredana Talos
Nurse Practitioner, MUHC

Dr. Michael Tsoukas, MD, FRCPC
Endocrinologist
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, MUHC

Beyond glucose control: Demystifying GLP-1 receptor agonists for cardiologists

Program objectives:
•Describe the mode of action and use of GLP-1 receptor agonists
•Incorporate strategies and practical prescribing habits for cardiovascular protection when
managing patients with ASCVD and type 2 diabetes in clinical practice
•Introduce recently approved GLP-1 treatment algorithm for cardiology


November 3, 2022

Atul Verma, MD FRCPC FHRS
Director, Division of Cardiology
McGill University Health Centre
Isadore Rosenfeld Chair in Cardiology
Associate Professor, McGill University

Physiologic Pacing Through the Left Bundle


October 27, 2022 - CANCELLED


October 20, 2022

Susan Cheng, MD, MPH, MMSc
Erika J. Glazer Chair in Cardiovascular Women’s Health and Population Science
Director, Institute for Research on Healthy Aging
Director, Public Health Research
Director, Cardiovascular Population Sciences
Professor, Department of Cardiology
Smidt Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Sex Differences in Blood Pressure and Related Outcomes


October 13, 2022

Michael E. Farkouh, MD, MSc, FRCPC, FACC, FAHA 
Peter Munk Chair in Multinational Clinical Trials 
Director, Heart and Stroke Richard Lewar Centre of Excellence, University of Toronto 
Vice-Chair Research & Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto 

Optimal Medical and Revascularization Strategies in Patients with Stable Coronary Artery Disease

Objectives

  • Understand the evidence supporting medical therapy alone versus coronary revascularization in patients with coronary artery disease
  • Understand what constitutes optimal medical therapy and how often clinicians achieve targets for risk factors
  • Understand the decision-making in deciding on which coronary revascularization strategy, if any, to undertake for a given patient with coronary artery disease

October 6, 2022

Allan D. Sniderman, MD, FRSC
Edwards Professor of Cardiology
Professor of Medicine
McGill University

Why do patients with Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction/Disease die?


September 29, 2022

Nowell Fine MD, SM, FRCPC, FACC, FCCS, FASE, FHFSA
Clinical Assistant Professor of Cardiac Sciences and Community Health Sciences
Clinical Director, Libin Cardiovascular Institute
Director of Echocardiography, Heart Failure Cardiologist
Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary

Multidisciplinary management of a multisystem disease: A collaborative approach to hATTR Amyloidosis

Learning Objectives:

  • Recognize hATTR amyloidosis presentation and diagnosis
  • Establish a care pathway for hATTR patients
  • Understand the challenges patients and physicians face in tailoring a treatment approach through patient cases

 


September 22, 2022

Jean Buithieu, MD
Division of Cardiology
MUHC

Evolving role of echocardiography in structural heart diseases. The MUHC experience


September 15, 2022

Eileen O’Meara, MD, FRCPC
Cardiologist, Montreal Heart Institute. Professor of Medicine, Université de Montréal

Highlights from ESC 2022 - Part 2


September 8, 2022

Magdi Sami, MD
Division of Cardiology
MUHC

Highlights from ESC 2022


June 23, 2022 - CANCELLED


June 16, 2022

Yvonne Yin Fong Yeung, Pharm.D., M.Sc. 
Pharmacist - Coordinator
Medication reconciliation
MUHC

Introducing Medication Reconciliation to the MUHC: an important tool for patient safety


June 9, 2022 - Presentation of Servier Award Recipients

Cardiology Residents' Presentations

Maria Fadous, MD
Sim One, Do One, Teach One

Sanela Music, MD
The Intersection Between Cardiovascular Disease and Mental Health


June 2, 2022

Cardiology Residents' Presentations

Samer Jammoul, MD
Merging clinical, imaging and RAMQ databases: The MUHC heart failure registry
PDF icon samer_jammoul.pdf

Brahim Redouane, MD
Role of Catheter Ablation in Atrial Fibrillation


May 26, 2022

Cardiology Residents' Presentations

Nikolas Gobeil, MD
Mechanical Ventilation for Cardiologist

Amna Al-Busaidi, MD
A Silent Disease


May 19, 2022

Cardiology Residents' Presentations

Umair Iftikhar, MD
COVID and the Achy Breaky Heart

Guillaume Lepage-Mireault, MD
Cardiac Sarcoidosis


May 12, 2022 - CANCELLED


May 5, 2022

Sanjit S. Jolly, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Population Health Research Institute,
Interventional Cardiologist, Hamilton Health Sciences
Professor of Medicine, McMaster University

Recent Trials in Interventional Cardiology and the CLEAR OASIS 9 Trial

  • Thrombus management in STEMI
  • Radiation Management in cath lab
  • COMPLETE trial
  • Rational for CLEAR OASIS 9 trial

April 28, 2022

Matthias G. Friedrich, MD FESC FACC FSCMR
Cardiologist
Chief, Cardiovascular Imaging, McGill University Health Centre
Scientific Director, Courtois Cardiovascular Signature Program

How Our Breathing Affects the Cardiovascular System - Knowns and Unknowns


April 21, 2022

Natalie Bottega, MD, CM, FRCPC
Associate Professor of Medicine, McGill University

The Future Generation(s) of Fontan Patient


April 14, 2022

Nadia Giannetti, MD
Medical Director Heart Failure and Heart Transplant Program

Renzo Cecere, MD
Surgical Director Heart Failure and Heart Transplant Program
Director of Myocardial Regeneration Lab MUHC

Terry Hebert, PhD
McGill Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Director, McGill Regeneration Network

Disease Modelling: The Heart-in-a-Dish Project


April 7, 2022 - CANCELLED


March 31, 2022

Kevin Lachapelle, MDCM, FACS, FRCP(SC)
Associate Professor of Surgery, McGill University

Decision Making Process in Patients with Aortopathy

Dr. Masaki Kodaira: Clinical Experience and Patient Assessment in a Multidisciplinary Aortopathy Clinic

Dr. Yoni Grossman: Genetic and Biomechanical Properties of Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms

Lauren Kennedy MSc Candidate , McGill Engineering: A Machine Learning Approach to Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Risk Assessment


March 24, 2022

Jacqueline Joza, MD
Assistant Professor
Division of Cardiology
McGill University Health Centre

Cardioneural Ablation: Challenging the Status Quo


March 17, 2022

Viviany R. Taqueti, MD, MPH, FACC
Director, Cardiac Stress Laboratory
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Harvard Medical School

Emerging Role of Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction in Chronic Coronary Disease


March 10, 2022

Jacques Genest, MD FRCP(C) Professor of Medicine

Negareh Mousavi, MD MHSc Assistant Professor of Medicine

Kevin Lachapelle, MDCM FACS FRCP(SC) Associate Professor of Surgery

Thierry Alcindor, MD MSc Assistant Professor, Medicine/Oncology

Badia Issa-Chergui, MD Pathologist

Case Presentation: Aortic valve tumors    PDF icon aortic_sarcoma_10mar2021_genest_.pdf

Learning objectives
- Review rare cases of cardiac valve tumors
- Review of current literature
- Management of patients with cardiac tumors in a multi-disciplinary setting
- Anti-cancer drugs and cardiovascular system


March 3, 2022 - CANCELLED


February 24, 2022

Manesh R Patel, MD
Professor of Medicine
Richard Sean Stack, M.D. Distinguished Professor
Chief, Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Chief, Division of Cardiology
Member in the Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA

Managing Your High Risk AF Patients in Clinical Practice: Insights from Clinical Trials and Real-World Experience


February 17, 2022 - CANCELLED


February 10, 2022

Rhian M Touyz MBBCh, PhD, FRCP, FRSE, FMedSci
Executive Director and Chief Scientific Officer
Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) 
Dr. Phil Gold Chair in Medicine, McGill University

Cardiovascular Oncology: Molecular Mechanisms of VEGF Inhibitor-Induced Hypertension


February 3, 2022

Hao Yu Chen, MSc
PhD Candidate
Engert-Thanassoulis Laboratories

George Thanassoulis, MD MSc FRCP(C)
Director, Preventive and Genomic Cardiology
FRQ-S Clinician-Scientist/Chercheur-Boursier Clinicien
Associate Professor of Medicine, McGill University
McGill University Health Centre

Preventing Aortic Stenosis: From Genomics to Randomized Trials


January 27, 2022

Kim Connelly, MD, MBBS, FRACP, PhD 
Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto
Cardiologist, St. Michael's Hospital

Straight from the Heart: Insights on Optimal Cardio-Protection


January 20, 2022

Michael Chetrit MD, FRCPC
Assistant Professor of Medicine, McGill university,
Cardiologist, McGill University Health Centre
Co-Director, McGill Amyloidosis Project

Inflammatory Pericardial Disease in 2022: An Imagers Perspective


January 13, 2022

Abhinav Sharma, MD PhD
Assistant Professor, Divisions of Cardiology and Experimental Medicine
McGill University
Director, Heart Failure Fellowship Program
Director, DREAM-CV Lab
McGill University Health Centre

Amale Ghandour, MSc
Adult Nurse Practitioner (cardiology and cardiac surgery) 
Division of cardiology and cardiac surgery, MUHC 

Barriers to Utilization of Guideline Directed Medical Therapies in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes


January 6, 2022

Jennifer Cogan, MD
Anesthesiologist, Department of Anesthesiology
Director, Postoperative Analgesia Service, Institut de Cardiologie de Montreal
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Université de Montréal

Martine Lacroix, BPharm, MSc
Pharmacist, Institut de Cardiologie de Montreal

Palliative Care in Cardiology: A Simplified Approach


 

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