Annual - CEPD University of Toronto

7 th Annual
Canadian Hospital Medicine
Conference
September 25-27, 2009
Toronto Marriott Downtown Eaton Centre, 525 Bay Street, Toronto, ON Canada
Keynote Speakers
Vincent Lam, MD, CCFP
Author of Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures,
Recipient of the Scotiabank Giller Prize, 2006
Emergency Physician, Toronto East General
Hospital; Lecturer, Department of Family
and Community Medicine University of Toronto
Laurence Wellikson, MD, FHM
CEO Society of Hospital Medicine
Hospital Medicine 2009: Challenges and
Opportunities
Co-sponsored by the Department of Family and
Community Medicine University of Toronto
In partnership with
Canadian Society of Hospital Medicine
Course Directors
Ritesh Mistry, MD, CCFP
Course Director,
William Osler Health Centre
Toronto, Ontario
Ajay Kapur, MD, FRCP
Co-Course Director
St. Joseph’s Health Centre
Lecturer, University of
Toronto
Toronto, Ontario

Location:
7:30 Breakfast and Registration
8:00 Opening remarks - Dr. Vandad Yousefi
ENROLMENT IS LIMITED
8:15 Canadian Society of Hospital Medicine Update and survey results - Dr David Wilton
Hospitalist Medicine in Ontario: 2008 update - Dr. Mira Shannon-Backo and Dr. Kunuk Rhee
9:00 Hospital Medicine in the US: Lessons for Canada - Dr. Laurence Wellikson
10:00 Coffee break
September 25, 2009 – Pre-Conference
10:15 An Ontario Perspective - Mr. Tom Closson
Leadership Symposium
The Center for Faculty Development
908- 2 Queen St East, Toronto
11:15
Practical Interventions You Can Implement to Improve Patient Safety in your Hospital
- Dr. Kaveh Shojania
12:15 Lunch break
13:30 “Administrators are Evil Monsters!!” - Dr Mark Taylor
14:30 The Lean Approach- Are We Really Trimming Fat? - Dr. David Baron
15:30 Creating your own crystal ball – workload and flow modeling software - Dr Mark Evans
ENROLMENT IS LIMITED
0815 AM Breakfast and Registration
9:00 AM Morning Session; Lead Facilitators: Drs. Natalie Wong and Stephen W. Hwang
Procedures Stations: Central line / arterial line, Paracentesis,
Group A
Thoracentesis, Lumbar puncture
Group B
12:00 PM Lunch
Airway/Simulation Stations
Procedural Skills Lab
Location: Mt. Sinai Hospital, 600 University Ave. Level 2,
Room 250, Toronto
13:00 PM Afternoon Session; Lead Facilitators: Drs. Natalie Wong and Stephen W. Hwang
Group A Airway/Simulation Stations
Group B
Procedures Stations: Central line / arterial line, Paracentesis,
Thoracentesis, Lumbar puncture
16:00 Conclusion
September 26, 2009 – Satellite Symposium*
*Please RVSP at time of registration, enrollment limited, Symposium included in registration free of charge; Symposium not accredited
Breakfast Symposium
0715-0815 Advances in Antithrombotic Therapy : Is this Farewell to Warfarin? - Dr A.G. Turpie
SPEAKERS
David Baron, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine,
University of Toronto;
Chief of Medicine,
North York General Hospital
Tom Closson
President and CEO,
Ontario Hospital Association
Mark T. Evans, MD, CCFP
Assistant Clinical Professor,
University of Calgary; Quality
Improvement Leader, Calgary
Health Region; Hospitalist,
Calgary General Hospital
Mira Shannon-Backo, MD
MHSc CCFP
Chief, Section of
Hospitalist Medicine,
Ontario Medical Association
Kaveh Shojania, MD
Canada Research Chair in
Patient Safety and Quality
Improvement; Director, U of T
Centre for Patient Safety;
Associate Professor of Medicine,
University of Toronto, Sunnybrook
Health Sciences Centre
Mark Taylor, MD
Vice President, Medical and
Academic Affairs, Lakeridge
Health Corporation, Oshawa
Vandad Yousefi, MD, CCFP
Physician Lead-Quality,
Lakeridge Health Corporation
Laurence Wellikson, MD
Chief Executive Officer,
Society of Hospital Medicine
David Wilton, MD, CCFP
President, Canadian Society of
Hospital Medicine
Kunuk Rhee, MD CCFP
Medical Director, Hospitalist Medicine,
Humber River Regional Hospital
Chair, Section of Hospitalist Medicine,
Ontario Medical Association
Natalie Wong, BSc, MD, FRCPC
Director of Resident Education, Critical
Care Evaluation Director, Critical Care
University of Toronto St. Michael’s
Hospital Dept. of Critical Care and
Internal Medicine Assistant Professor,
University of Toronto
Stephen W. Hwang, MD, MPH
Director, Division of General Internal
Medicine, University of Toronto
Research Scientist, Centre for Research
on Inner City Health, the Keenan
Research Centre in the Li Ka Shing
Knowledge Institute at St. Michael’s
Hospital Associate Professor,
University of Toronto
Dr A.G. Turpie
Professor of Medicine
McMaster University
Hamilton, ON

7:30 Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 Welcome - Dr. Ritesh Mistry
8:40 Rationale Approach to ACS - Dr. Anil Gupta
Acute Hepatitis & Liver Failure - Dr. Bashir Sachedina
10:00 Refreshment Break with Exhibitors
10:30 Patient Safety - Dr. Ed Etchells
Acid Base Review - Dr. Kamel S. Kamel
Atypical Acute Strokes - Dr. Michael Angel
12:30 Hospital Medicine 2009: Opportunities and Challenges Lunch
with Keynote Speaker - Laurence Wellikson
18:00 Gala Dinner with Dr. Vincent Lam
19:15 CSHM Awards Presentation
September 26, 2009
Each session will include twenty minutes for discussion and questions from the audience
13:45 Workshop (registrant to choose one Workshop)
1. Perioperative Care - Steve Shadowitz
2. CT Scan Interpretation - Dr. Peter D. Ballyk
3. Resistant Hypertension - Dr. Sheldon Tobe
4. SIRS Management - Dr. Sandeep Kohli
5. Dementia and Delirium - Dr. Romi Juneja
6. Stop the Clot: VTE and the Key role of the
Hospitalist - Dr. William Geerts
14:50 Workshop Topics Repeated from 1345 hours
(registrant to choose one Workshop)
15:50 Refreshment Break with Exhibitors
16:15 Workshop Topics Repeated from 1345 hours
(registrant to choose one Workshop)
17:15 CSHM Meeting – Open to All - Dr. David Wilton
7:30 Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 ST Elevation - Dr. Ajay Kapur
Acute Drug Reactions - Dr. Neal Shear
9:50 Refreshment Break with Exhibitors
10:20 Nutrition in Acutely Hospitalized Patients - Ms. Anna Ierullo
Risk Management - Dr. Kathryn Reducka
Pulmonary Hypertension - Dr. Granton
12:20 Lunch with Exhibitors
September 27, 2009
Each session will include twenty minutes for discussion and questions from the audience
13:45 Workshop (registrant to choose one Workshop)
7. Wound Management for Hospitalists - Dr. Vincent Maida
8. Arrhythmias - Dr. Anil Gupta
9. De-escalation of Difficult Situations - Dr. Rishi Ghosh ICU
& Mr. Blair Henry
10. Clinical Decision Making - Dr. Daniel Panisko
11. IV Contrast Reactions - Dr. Jas Sachdeva
12. Transfusion Medicine - Dr. Pendergrast
14:50 Workshop Topics Repeated from 1345 hours
(registran t to choose one Workshop)
15:50 Refreshment Break with Exhibitors
15:50 Closing Remarks - Dr. Ritesh Mistry
SPEAKERS
Michael Angel, MD FRCPC
Neurology, Toronto Western Hospital
Clinical Assistant, Lecturer, University
of Toronto
Peter D. Ballyk, MD, PhD, FRCPC
Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology
St. Joseph’s Health Centre
Ed Etchells
Division of General Internal Medicine
Medical Director, Information Services
Director, Patient Safety Improvement
Research, Centre for Health Services
Science Associate Professor, University
of Toronto
William Geertes, MD, FRCPC
Respirology, Thrombosis
Sunnybrook Hospital, Professor
University of Toronto
Rishi Ghosh MD FRCPC
Department of Critical Care Medicine
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Clinical Associate, University of Toronto
Anil Gupta, MD, FRCPC
Cardiology, Trilium Health Centre
John Granton, MD FRCPC
Programme Director, Critical Care
Medicine Director, Pulmonary
Hypertension Programme
University of Toronto
Blair Henry
Blair Henry, MTS
Ethicist, Sunnybrook Health Sciences
Joint Centre for Bioethics, University of
Toronto
Anna Ierullo, B.A. Sc, R.D.
Nutrition Support Dietitian
Critical Care and Medicine Program
St. Joseph’s Health Centre
Romi Juneja, MD CCFP
Hospitalist, William Osler Health
Centre
Kamel S. Kamel, MD, FRCPC
Head, Dvision of Nephrology
St. Michael’s Hospital
Professor, University of Toronto
Sandeep Kohli, MD FRCPC
Critical Care Medicine
Halton Health Services
Vincent Maida, MD, MSc(cand), BSc,
FCFP, ABHPM
Division of Palliative Care
Assistant Professor, University of
Toronto, Clinical Assistant Professor,
McMaster University
Daniel Panisko, MD, FRCPC
General Internal Medicine
Toronto Western Hospital
Associate Professor,
University of Toronto
Jacob Pendergrast
Department of Laboratory Medicine
and Pathobiology, Lecturer,
University of Toronto
Jas Sachdeva, MD, FRCPC
Nephrology, William Osler Health Centre
Bashir Sachedina, MD, FRCPC
Gastroenterology
William Osler Health Centre
Steven Shadowitz, MD, FRCPC
Head, Division of Internal Medicine
Sunnybrook Hospital, Assistant
Professor, University of Toronto
Neal Shear MD, FRCPC
Chief of Dermatology
Sunnybrook Hospital
Professor, University of Toronto
Sheldon Tobe, MD FRCPC
Nephrology, Sunnybrook Hospital
Associate Professor
University of Toronto
GUEST SPEAKERS
Kathryn Reducka, MD, CMPA
Physician Risk Manager
The Canadian Medical Protective
Association (CMPA)
David Wilton, MD CCFP, FHM
Hospitalist President,
Canadian Society of Hospital Medicine
KEY NOTE SPEAKERS
Vincent Lam, MD, CCFP
Emergency Physician, Toronto East
General Hosptial Lecturer,
Department of Family and Community
Medicine,University of Toronto
Laurence Wellikson, MD FHM
CEO Society of Hospital Medicine

Registration
To register and pay by VISA, MasterCard or
American Express online, please visit:
http://www.cme.utoronto.ca/hospitalmedicine/
Registration by Fax or Mail, please contact the CEPD Office.
Do not make travel arrangements until registration
confirmation is received by e-mail.
Early registration cut of date: August 1, 2009
Fees
(Gala Dinner not included)
Physicians and Other Health Professional,
Early Fee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $499 CAD
Physicians and Other Health Professional,
Late Fee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $599 CAD
On Site Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $649 CAD
Postgraduate Residents and Fellows
(with proof of status) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$249 CAD
Procedural Skills Lab, Physicians and
Other Health Professionals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $269 CAD
Leadership Symposium, Physicians and
Other Health Professionals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$189 CAD
Gala Dinner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . $75 CAD
Cancellation
Refunds will not be issued for cancellations received after
September 18, 2009.
A processing fee of $80 will be retained on all cancellations.
The University of Toronto reserves the right to cancel events.
Registrants will be notified at the earliest possible date in the
event of a cancellation. Tuition fees for events cancelled by the
University will be refunded; however the University will not
be liable for any loss, damages or other expenses that such
cancellations may cause.
For Information
Accreditation
This program meets the accreditation criteria of The College of
Family Physicians of Canada and has been accredited for up to
19 Mainpro-M1 credits.
This event is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1)
as defined by the Maintenance of Certification program of The
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, approved
by the University of Toronto (19 credits)
The Office of Continuing Education and Professional Development,
Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, designates
this educational activity for a maximum of 19 Category 1 credits
toward The American Medical Association Physician’s Recognition
Award. Each physician should claim only those credits
that s/he actually spent in the activity.
As a result of a reciprocal agreement between the EACCME
and the AMA, European registrants may claim AMA PRA
Category 1 as equivalent.
Accommodation
A limited block of rooms is being held at the Toronto Marriott
Eaton Centre Hotel, 525 Bay Street, Toronto at the conference
rate of $189 CAD single/double occupancy plus taxes.
Reservation cut-off date: August 28, 2009
Book early to avoid disappointment!
To reserve at the Toronto Marriott Eaton Centre Hotel quote
the group name: National Hospitalists Conference.
Telephone: 416.597.2200
Toll-free: 1.800.905.0667
Supporters
We gratefully acknowledge our Supporters:
(Confirmed Supporters at time of printing)
PLATINUM
Electronic Syllabus
To ensure and reduce the environmental impact of our
meeting, all participants will be provided with an electronic
syllabus accompanying the program.
Office of Continuing Education & Professional Development
Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
500 University Avenue, Suite 650
Toronto, Ontario M5G 1V7
Tel: 416.978.2719
Toll free: 1.888.512.8173
Fax: 416.946.7028
Email: info-FCM0903@cmetoronto.ca
Website:www.cme.utoronto.ca/hospitalmedicine/
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