JEWISH GENERAL HOSPITAL
DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE
MONDAY MEDICAL GRAND ROUNDS
NOVEMBER 2014
12:30 – 1:30 PM
BLOCK AMPHITHEATRE
*November 3
FIRST ARTHUR ROSENBERG CLINICAL LECTURE
MYELOPROLERATIVE NEOPLASMS AND JAK2 ACTIVATION
William Vainchencker, MD, PhD
Director of Exceptional Class Research at INSERM
Head of Combined Research Unit U790, “Hematopoiesis and Stem Cells”
INSERM/the Gustave Roussy Oncology Institute (GR)
Université Paris Sud
1. To understand the molecular biology of JAK-STAT signaling.
2. New treatment options
Contact Person: Hans Knecht, MD, Chief, Division of Hematology, Tel 514-340-8222 ext. 8799.
CARE PATHWAY AND OLD INPATIENTS: ISSUES, SOLUTIONS & PERSPECTIVES
Olivier Beauchet, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Division of Geriatric Medicine, Angers University Hospital, France
1. To understand the main issues of care in older inpatients.
2. To examine the different possibilities to improve the in-hospital care pathway for older patients.
3. To present new perspectives in terms of care among elderly
Contact Person: José Morais, MD, Chief, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Tel. 514-340-7501.
CUTANEOUS LYMPHOMA: WHAT WE DO, HOW WE DIAGNOSE AND HOW WE TREAT IT
Kevin Pehr, MD
Associate Professor, Division of Dermatology, McGill University and Jewish General Hospital
Director of Undergraduate Medical Education
Chief of Multidisciplinary Cutaneous Lymphoma Clinic
Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology
Residency Program Director
McGill University and Jewish General Hospital
President, Quebec Association of Radiation Oncologists
Associate Professor of Pathology, McGill University
Department of Pathology and Division of Hematology, Jewish General Hospital
1. Overview of Cutaneous Lymphoma, with emphasis on what the McGill Multidisciplinary Cutaneous Lymphoma Clinic does.
2. Cutaneous Lymphoma – what your Pathologist can do for you (usually lots!)
3. Cutaneous Lymphoma – overview of Radiotherapy
Contact Person: Robin Billick, MD, Chief, Division of Dermatology, Tel. 514-340-8222 ext. 5065.
HEPATITIS C: THE OLD AND THE NEW
Nir Hilzenrat, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, McGill University
Division of Gastroenterology, Jewish General Hospital
1. To understand the liver and systemic disease of HCV
2. To review the replication mechanism of HCV
3. To discuss the new era of treatment with DAA
Contact Person: Polymnia Galiatsatos, MD, Division of Gastroenterology, Tel. 514-340-8222 x 8144.
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.
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