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

NOVEMBER 1

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.

NOVEMBER 8 (in the Francine and Charles Larente Nurses’ Lecture Hall, Room A-109)

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)

Educational Objectives:

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.

NOVEMBER 15

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

Educational Objectives:

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

Contact Person: Dr. R. Billick, Chief, Division of Dermatology, Tel. 514-340-8272.


NOVEMBER 22

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

Educational Objectives:

1. DLBCL biology: is this clinically important?

2. Sequencing lymphoma genomes: new platforms for discovery

Contact Person: Dr. S. Caplan, Chief, Division of Hematology, Tel 340-8207.


NOVEMBER 29

ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND AT THE JGH

Jonathan Wyse, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, McGill University

Division of Gastroenterology, Jewish General Hospital

Educational Objectives:

1) Endoscopic ultrasound and pancreaticobiliary disease

2) Endoscopic ultrasound and the mediastinum

3) Endoscopic ultrasound and staging esophageal and gastric tumors

Contact Person: Dr. Nir Hilzenrat, Division of Gastroenterology, Tel. 514-340-8222 x 2994.


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.
Ces conférences scientifiques sont des activités de formation collective agréées conformément au programme de Maintien du certificat du Collège royal des médecins et chirurgiens du Canada