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JEWISH GENERAL HOSPITAL
DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE
MONDAY MEDICAL GRAND ROUNDS
DECEMBER 2014
12:30 – 1:30 PM
BLOCK AMPHITHEATRE

* December 1
DIABETES 101
Tina Kader, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, McGill University

Division of Endocrinology, McGill University

Educational Objectives:

1. Understand current guidelines

2. Understand new pathophysiology

3. Understand new medications

Contact Person: Mark Trifiro, MD, Chief, Division of Endocrinology, Tel. 514-340-8222 ext. 3976.

* December 8
ECMO (EXTRA-CORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION) – WHO CAN BE SAVED?
Jed Lipes, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, McGill University

Division of General Internal Medicine

Department of Adult Critical Care

Jewish General Hospital

Educational Objectives:

1. Understand how to diagnose and manage pericarditis in 2014

2. Understand the role of percutaneous pericardial drainage

3. Overview of the JGH “pericardial service”

Contact Person: Paul Warshawsky, MD, Chief, Department of Adult Critical Care, Tel 514-340-7500.

* December 15
EMERGING INNOVATIONS IN CANCER RESEARCH AND TREATMENT; THE JGH ROLE IN THESE
Gerald Batist MD, FRCP(C), FACP, FCAHS

Professor of Oncology, McGill University

Director, Segal Cancer Centre, Jewish General Hospital

Educational Objectives:

The participants will learn about:

1. General new directions in cancer therapeutics

2. The role of the JGH-Segal Cancer Centre faculty in these rapidly evolving new themes and paradigms of care

3. New programs planned, which are particularly focused on integration with family practitioners in the hospital and the community

Contact Person: Lawrence Panasci, MD, Department of Oncology, Tel. 514-340-8248.

* A light lunch will be served at 12:10 PM.
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.