JGH Monday Medical Grand Rounds - APRIL

JEWISH GENERAL HOSPITAL
DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE
MONDAY MEDICAL GRAND ROUNDS
APRIL 2011
12:30 - 1:30 PM
BLOCK AMPHITHEATRE

APRIL 4
COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT IN TYPE 2 DIABETES: RELEVANT AND RELATED FINDINGS FROM THE ACCORD DIABETES TRIAL
Jeff Williamson, MD, MHS, FACP
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Kulynych Center for Memory and Cognition Research
J. Paul Sticht Center on Aging
Winston-Salem, NC
Educational Objectives:
1. Understand the evidence for diabetes-related cognitive dysfunction
2. Understand the results of intensive risk factor control on preserving brain function in type 2 diabetes
3. Understand the most recent implications of ACCORD for treating type 2 diabetes
Division of Geriatric Medicine
Contact Person: Dr. José Morais, Chief, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Tel. 514-340-7501.

APRIL 11
RHINITIS/SINUSITIS: HOW DO WE TREAT UPPER AIRWAY DISORDERS
Saul Frenkiel, MD
Professor and Chair of the Department of Otolaryngology, McGill University
Chief, Department of Otolaryngology, Jewish General Hospital
& Peter Small, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, McGill University
Chief, Division of Allergy & Immunology, Jewish General Hospital
Educational Objectives:
1. Understand importance and pathophysiology of upper airway diseases.
2. Review the treatment options for rhinitis and sinusitis
Contact Person: Dr. Peter Small, Chief, Division of Allergy & Immunology, Tel. 514-340-8222 ext. 5454.

APRIL 18
PULMONARY CLINICAL PATHOLOGICAL CONFERENCE
Guilherme Brandao, MD
Assistant Professor of Pathology, McGill University
Department of Pathology, Jewish General Hospital
Andrew Hirsch, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, McGill University
Division of Pulmonary, Jewish General Hospital
& Mark Palayew, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, McGill University
Division of pulmonary, Jewish General Hospital
Educational Objectives:
Contact Person: Dr. Mark Palayew, Division of Pulmonary, Tel. 514-340-8222 Ext. 7900.

APRIL 25
NO ROUNDS - EASTER MONDAY

The Medical Grand Rounds are an accredited group learning activity as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.