JGH Monday Medical Grand Rounds - Month of June

JEWISH GENERAL HOSPITAL
DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE
MONDAY MEDICAL GRAND ROUNDS
JUNE 2011
12:30 - 1:30 P.M.
BLOCK AMPHITHEATRE

JUNE 6
OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS: EARLY PHYSIOTHERAPY AND SPONTANEOUS AWAKENING TRIALS IN CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS
Presenter: Amjad Al-Rajhi
Third Year Internal Medicine Resident
McGill University & Jewish General Hospital
Supervisor: Denny Laporta, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
McGill University
Adult Critical Care Unit
Pulmonary Division
Jewish General Hospital
Educational Objectives:
1. To describe a practice profile combining sedation, analgesia, and mobility surrogates in a cohort of critically ill ICU patients
2. Identify opportunities and barriers to patient recovery from critical illness in the ICU
Contact Person: Dr. M. Elizov, Director, Postgraduate Teaching, Tel. 514-340-8222 x 4974.

JUNE 13
ERYTHROPOIETIN USE IN KIDNEY DISEASE:  INTENT TO TREAT
Gershon Frisch, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, McGill University
Division of Nephrology, Jewish General Hospital
Educational Objectives:
1. Clinical use of Erythropoietin in patients with Kidney disease
2. Review of the key Erythropoietin clinical outcome trials and their impact on current clinical practice
3. Safety issues regarding Erythropoietin use in patients with Kidney disease
Contact Person: Dr. Mark Lipman, Chief, Division of Nephrology, Tel. 514-340-8229.

JUNE 20
ADVANCES IN THE TREATMENT OF PERITONEAL CARCINOMATOSIS: HYPERTHERMIC INTRAPERITONEAL CHEMOTHERAPY (HIPEC)
Tsafrir Vanounou, MD, MBA, FRCSC
Assistant Professor of Surgery
McGill University
Surgical Oncology, HepatoBiliary Surgery
Jewish General Hospital
Educational Objectives:
1.  Understand the indications and contra-indications for HIPEC
2.  Understand the clinical advantage of HIPEC relative to other treatment options
3.  Understand the technique as well as its associated morbidity and mortality
Contact Person: Dr. L. Panasci, Department of Oncology, Tel. 514-340-8222 x 4915.

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.