JEWISH GENERAL HOSPITAL – DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE – MONDAY MEDICAL GRAND ROUNDS
NOVEMBER 2010 – 12:30 – 1:30 PM
BLOCK AMPHITHEATRE AND FRANCINE AND CHARLES LARENTE NURSES’ LECTURE HALL ON NOVEMBER 8, 2010
QUALITY PROGRAM ANNUAL PATIENT SAFETY WEEK
PATIENT SAFETY AND ACUTE CARE MEDICINE: LESSONS FOR THE FUTURE, INSIGHTS FROM THE PAST
Denny P. Laporta MD, FRCPC
Assistant Professor of Medicine, McGill University
Member of Departments of Medicine (Division of Pulmonary) and Adult Critical Care, Jewish General Hospital
Educational Objectives:
On this 10th year anniversary of To Err is Human, the presentation is intended to:
-illustrating why the complexity of acute medical care offers innumerable opportunities for errors,
-offer concrete ideas to mitigate these errors in the areas of medical education, training, and research
References:
1. Brindley PG. Crit Care. 2010; 14(2):217. Epub 2010 Mar 9
2. Acutely ill patients in hospital. Recognition of and response to acute illness in adults in hospital. http://www.nice.org.uk/CG50
Contact Person: Dr. Joseph Portnoy, Director of Professional Services, Tel. 340-8222 ext. 5932.
RARE FORMS OF DIABETES: WHAT CAN GENETICS TEACH US ABOUT THE ENDOCRINE PANCREAS?
Constantin Polychronakos MD, FRCPC
Professor, Departments of Paediatrics and Human Genetics, Director, Division of Endocrinology , McGill University Health Centre
(Montreal Children’s Hospital)
1. To understand the diagnostic approach to neonatal diabetes and maturity-onset diabetes of the young.
2. To understand how new findings in genetics can aid in understanding the process of beta cell failure.
3. To be updated on the effort to cure diabetes by beta cell replacement
Contact Person: Dr. M. Trifiro, Chief, Division of Endocrinology, Tel. 514-340-8222 ext. 3976.
IL-17 ACTIVATES THE ENDOTHELIUM INCREASING ADHESION OF CIRCULATING TUMOUR CELLS; POTENTIAL IMPLICATION FOR METASTASIS FORMATION
Simon Rousseau PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, McGill University
Research Director, Meakins-Christie Laboratories
Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Researcher
1. To understand the coordinated actions of IL-17A in driving neutrophil recruitment into tissues
2. To understand the distinct impact of IL-17A in oncology depending on the targeted compartment
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DIFFUSE LARGE B CELL LYMPHOMA: ONE DIAGNOSIS, MANY DISEASES
Nathalie A. Johnson, MD, PhD, FRCPC
Assistant Professor of Medicine, McGill University
Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology, Jewish General Hospital
1. DLBCL biology: is this clinically important?
2. Sequencing lymphoma genomes: new platforms for discovery
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ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND AT THE JGH
Jonathan Wyse, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, McGill University
Division of Gastroenterology, Jewish General Hospital
1) Endoscopic ultrasound and pancreaticobiliary disease
2) Endoscopic ultrasound and the mediastinum
3) Endoscopic ultrasound and staging esophageal and gastric tumors
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