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8 th McMaster University Review Course in 

March 30th – April 1st, 2016 

HAMILTON CONVENTION CENTRE by Carmen’s 

1 Summers Lane, Hamilton, ON 

TARGET AUDIENCE: 

General Internists | Subspecialists | ER Physicians | Hospitalists 

Community Physicians | Family Physicians | General Practitioners 

Interns and Residents in Training Programs for Internal Medicine and its Subspecialties 

More Information: Continuing Health Sciences Education Program 

Carol Stewart, CHSE Coordinator Angela Silla, CHSE Lead Coordinator 

Phone: 905-525-9140 ext. 20052 Phone: 905-525-9140 ext. 26327 

castewa@mcmaster.ca 

silla@mcmaster.ca 

www.mcmasterinternalmedicine.ca 

www.fhs.mcmaster.ca/conted

8 th ANNUAL McMASTER UNIVERSITY REVIEW COURSE IN INTERNAL MEDICINE 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES 

At the end of this learning activity the participants will be able to: 

1. learn practical approaches to medical problems from different disciplines of internal medicine 

encountered by hospital based medicine practitioners. 

2. learn practical approaches to medical problems from different disciplines of medicine encountered in 

ambulatory settings. 

3. appreciate the breadth of internal medicine problems faced by clinicians. 

4. learn about controversies in internal medicine. 

5. Update your knowledge in problems encountered in internal medicine. 

DIRECTOR & CHAIR 

Dr. Akbar A. Panju 

Medard DeGroote Chair in Medicine 

Professor and Associate Chair 

Department of Medicine 

McMaster University 

CO CHAIRS 

Dr. Paul M. O’Byrne 

E.J. Moran Campbell Professor 

Chair, Department of Medicine 


Dr. Ally P. H. Prebtani 

Professor 

Department of Medicine 


PLANNING COMMITTEE 

Dr. Barry Lumb 

Professor 


Dr. Ameen Patel 

Professor 


Dr. Alistair Ingram 

Professor 


Dr. Shariq Haider 

Professor 


Dr. Tricia Woo 

Associate Professor 


Dr. Christian Kraeker 

Assistant Professor 


Dr. Khalid Azzam 

Assistant Dean, CHSE 



Dr. Richard Tytus 

Associate Clinical Professor 


Dr. Mohamed Panju 



Dr. John Neary 



Dr. Donald Arnold 



Ms. Gail LaForme 

Administrative Assistant 


Ms. Sheilah Laffan 

Program Manager, CHSE 


Ms. Angela Silla 

CHSE Lead Coordinator 


DISCLOSURE OF POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST 

In keeping with accreditation guidelines, McMaster University; Continuing Health Sciences Education requires all 

speakers and planning committee members participating in this activity to disclose any involvement with industry or other 

organizations that may potentially influence the presentation of the educational materials or program being offered. 

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DAY 1: Wednesday, March 30 th , 2016 

MORNING SESSION I 

Akbar Panju, Moderator 

07:00 – 08:00 REGISTRATION & BREAKFAST 

08:00 – 08:10 Welcome and Introductions 

Paul M. O’Byrne and 

Akbar A. Panju 

08:10 – 08:30 Managing ACS in 2016 

Shamir Mehta 

08:30 – 08:50 Approach to a patient with 

palpitations 

Jeff Healey 

08:50 – 09:10 Management of heart failure in 

2016 

Robert McKelvie 

09:10 – 09:30 Valvular heart disease update 

Amin Mulji 

09:30 – 09:50 How to prevent a cardiovascular 

event 

Salim Yusuf 

09:50 – 10:10 PANEL DISCUSSION Q&A 

10:10 – 10:30 REFRESHMENT BREAK 

MORNING SESSION II 

Akbar A. Panju, Moderator 

10:30 – 10:50 Treatment of hypertension in 

diabetic kidney disease 

Euan Carlisle 

10:50 – 11:10 An approach to a patient with 

hematuria 

Robert Yang 

11:10 – 11:30 A brief primer in renal 

transplantation 

Darin Treleaven 

11:30 – 11:50 Polycystic kidney disease 

Matthew Miller 


12:10 – 01:00 LUNCH & STRETCH EXERCISE 

AFTERNOON SESSION I 

Ally P. H. Prebtani, Moderator 

01:00 – 01:20 Update on management of COPD 

Andrew McIvor 

01:20 – 01:40 What’s new in the diagnosis and 

management of pleural effusion 

Jacob Gelberg 

01:40 – 02:00 Lung cancer screening 

Yaron Shargall 

02:00 – 02:20 Managing tuberculosis: key 

messages for clinical practice 

Lori Whitehead 



AFTERNOON SESSION II 

Ally P. H. Prebtani, Moderator 

03:00 – 03:20 Hepatitis C update 

Shariq Haider 

03:20 – 03:40 Pre-exposure Prevention: can we 

eradicate HIV? 

Kevin Woodward 

03:40 – 04:00 Judicious selection of antibiotics 

Dominik Mertz 

04:00 – 04:20 Management of soft tissue infection 

Martha Fulford 


04:40 – 05:30 Debate Moderator: Akbar Panju 

Debate: In patients with suspected 

coronary artery disease, which test 

should be done? 

Speakers: 

Stress Myocardial Perfusion Imaging 

Karen Gulenchyn 

Computed Tomograph Angiography 

(CTA) 

Tej Sheth 

05:30 – 07:00 RECEPTION 

WEBSTER LOUNGE 

CONVENTION CENTRE 

*Activity subject to change 

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DAY 2: Thursday, March 31 st , 2016 


Ameen Patel, Moderator 


08:00 – 08:20 Emerging Approaches to the 

Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes 

Hertzel Gerstein 

08:20 – 08:40 Recognizing Endocrine 

Emergencies 

Zubin Punthakee 

08:40 – 09:00 Endocrine hypertension 

Ally Prebtani 

09:00 – 09:20 Approach to pituitary 

incidentaloma 

Manoela Braga 

09:20 – 09:40 Thyroid nodules 

Meera Luthra 




Khalid Azzam, Moderator 

10:20 – 10:40 Breaking bad prescribing habits: 

How to keep out of trouble? 

Anne Holbrook 

10:40 – 11:00 Medication optimization in the 

older adult 

Tricia Woo 

11:00 – 11:20 Opioids for non-cancer chronic 

pain: An approach to decision 

making, risk management and 

monitoring 

Roman Jovey 

11:20 – 11:40 Managing chronic neuropathic 

pain in patients with diabetes 

Ramesh Zacharias 



Mark Crowther, Moderator 

01:00 – 01:20 Update on gout 

Alfred Cividino 

01:20 – 01:40 Diagnostic tests in rheumatic 

diseases: What’s old, what’s 

new, and what’s useful? 

Mark Matsos 

01:40 – 02:00 Low back pain: Determining the 

cause and when to image 

Raj Carmona 

02:00 – 02:20 Should I start using point of 

care ultrasound in my clinical 

practice? Evidence and results 

Khalid Azzam 




Christian Kraeker, Moderator 

03:00 – 03:20 Prostate cancer: Screening 

and prevention, are either 

worthwhile and achievable? 

Sebastien Hotte 

03:20 – 03:40 Oncological emergencies 

Richard Tozer 

03:40 – 04:00 Vitamin D In bone health and 

beyond 

Alexandra Papaioannou 

04:00 – 04:20 Palliative care: Managing 

common symptoms at the End of 

Life Care 

Jenny Legassie 


05:00 – 06:00 ZUMBA CLASS - WEBSTER C 



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DAY 3: Friday, April 1 st , 2016 


Parveen Wasi, Moderator 

06:30 – 07:30 PILATES/YOGA CLASS (PIYO) 


08:00 – 08:20 Update in the diagnosis and 

management of DVT and PE 

Shannon Bates 

08:20 – 08:40 Stroke Update 2016 

Robert Hart 

08:40 – 09:00 Indications and complications of 

NOACS 

John Eikelboom 

09:00 – 09:20 Update on Antiepileptic Drugs 

Luis Morillo 

09:20 – 09:40 An approach to a patient with 

dizziness 

Raymond Lo 




John Neary, Moderator 

10:20 – 10:40 A practical approach to a patient 

with thrombocytopenia 

John Kelton 

10:40 – 11:00 Blood transfusion: When to 

transfuse and what are the risks? 

Donald Arnold 

11:00 – 11:20 Approach to monoclonal 

gammopathies: when to worry and 

when not to 

Tom Kouroukis 

11:20 – 11:40 Early detection/management of 

SIRS/Sepsis 

Mark Soth 




Shariq Haider, Moderator 

01:00 – 01:20 Changing approaches to inflammatory 

bowel disease management 

John Marshall 

01:20 – 01:40 The role of the gut microbiome in 

2016 

Premysl Bercik 

01:40 – 02:00 Interpreting abnormal liver tests 

Marco Puglia 

02:00 – 02:20 Gluten sensitivity: what’s it all 

about? 

Paul Moayyedi 




Akbar Panju, Moderator 

03:00 – 03:20 Who should be referred for 

Pre-operative assessment? 

Vikas Tandon 

03:20 – 03:40 What should be done for patients 

with elevated troponin levels after 

non-cardiac surgery? 

PJ Devereaux 

03:40 – 04:00 Should I use bridging 

anticoagulation before surgery for 

my patients on oral anticoagulants? 

James Douketis 


04:20 – 04:50 Featured Presentation: 

Past, Present, and Future of 

Evidence Based Medicine: 

A tribute to Dr. David Sackett 

Gordon Guyatt 

Concluding Remarks 

Co-Chairs 


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SPEAKERS & MODERATORS AFFILIATIONS: 

Akbar A. Panju 

Professor 

Shamir Mehta 

Professor 

Jeff Healey 


Robert McKelvie 

Professor 

Amin Mulji 


Salim Yusuf 

Professor 

Euan Carlisle 


Robert Yang 


Darin Treleaven 


Matthew Miller 


Ally P. H. Prebtani 

Professor 

Andrew McIvor 

Professor 

Jacob Gelberg 


Yaron Shargall 


Lori Whitehead 

Clinical Professor 

Shariq Haider 

Professor 

Kevin Woodward 


Dominik Mertz 


Hertzel C. Gerstein 

Professor 

Zubin Punthakee 


Manoela Braga 


Meera Luthra 


Khalid Azzam 


Anne Holbrook 

Professor 

Tricia Woo 


Ramesh Zacharias 

Assistant Clinical Professor 

Mark Crowther 

Professor 

Alfred Cividino 

Professor 

Mark Matsos 


Raj Carmona 


Christian Kraeker 


Sebastien Hotte 


Richard Tozer 


Alexandra Papaioannou 

Professor 

Jenny Legassie 


Parveen Wasi 

Professor 

Raymond Lo 

Assistant Clinical Professor 

John Neary 


John Kelton 

Professor 

Donald Arnold 


Tom Kouroukis 


Mark Soth 


John Marshall 

Professor 

Premysl Bercik 


Marco Puglia 


Paul Moayyedi 

Professor 

Vikas Tandon 


PJ Devereaux 

Professor 

James Douketis 

Professor 

Gordon Guyatt 

Distinguished Professor 

Guest Faculty: 

Roman Jovey 

Medical Director CPM 

Centers for Pain Management 

ACCREDITATION 

STATEMENTS 

McMaster University, Continuing 

Health Sciences Education Program 

(CHSE) is fully accredited by the Committee 

on Accreditation of Continuing 

Medical Education (CACME) to 

provide CFPC Mainpro and RCPSC 

Maintenance of Certification (MOC) 

study credits for Continuing Medical 

Education. 

The College of Family Physicians 

of Canada Mainpro-M1 

This program meets the accreditation 

criteria of The College of Family 

Physicians of Canada and has been 

accredited by McMaster University, 

Continuing Health Sciences Education 

Program for up to 22 Mainpro- 

M1 credits. 

The Royal College of Physicians 

& Surgeons of Canada MOC 

Section 1 

This activity 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 and approved by McMaster 

University, Continuing Health 

Sciences Education Program for up to 

22 MOC Section 1 hours. 

Through an agreement between The Royal 

College of Physicians and Surgeons 

of Canada and The American Medical 

Association, physicians may convert Royal 

College MOC credits to AMA PRA Category 

1 Credits. Information on the process to 

convert Royal College MOC credit to AMA 

credit can be found at: 

www.ama-assn.org/go/internationalcme 

Martha Fulford 


Karen Gulenchyn 


Tej Sheth 


Ameen Patel 

Professor 

Shannon Bates 


Robert Hart 

Professor 

John Eikelboom 


Luis Morillo 

Professor 

Each healthcare provider should claim only 

those hours of credit that he/she actually 

spent in the educational activity. 

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INFORMATION 

FOR MORE INFORMATION 

Angela Silla 

Phone: 905 525-9140 ext 26327 

Fax: 905 572-7099 

FOR REGISTRATION INFORMATION 

cmereg@mcmaster.ca 

PLEASE VISIT 

www.mcmasterinternalmedicine.ca 

REGISTER ONLINE 

www.fhs.mcmaster.ca/conted/register.html 

REGISTER BY MAIL 

Send your completed registration form to: 

Continuing Health Sciences Education (CHSE) 

1280 Main St. W., DBHSC, Room 5004 

Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1 

REGISTER IN PERSON 

Bring your completed registration form with 

Visa, MasterCard, AMEX or cash payment to the 

Continuing Health Sciences Education 

100 Main Street West, 5th Floor, Room 5004 

Hamilton, ON L8P 1H6 

Monday to Friday between the hours of 9:30am – 4:00pm 

FROM TORONTO 

Take Hwy 407 West or the QEW West to 

Hwy 403 Hamilton. 

Exit at Main St. East exit and follow past 

Bay St. to Summers Lane. 

The Convention Centre is on Summers Lane. 

See map for parking locations. 

FROM NIAGARA FALLS, FORT ERIE 

Take QEW West to Hamilton and exit at 

Burlington St. 

Turn left at Wellington St. North and 

right at King St. East. 

The Convention Centre is on Summers Lane just past 

MacNab St. 


FROM LONDON, WINDSOR 

Take the 401 East to the 403 East Hamilton. 

Proceed to Main St. East exit in Hamilton 

and follow it past Bay St. to Summers Lane. 

The Convention Centre is on Summers Lane. 


REGISTER BY PHONE 

Call 905 525-9140 ext 22671 

(Visa, MasterCard OR AMEX are accepted) 

REGISTER BY FAX 

Fax a completed registration form with a Visa, MasterCard or 

AMEX number to 905 572-7099 

ACCOMMODATIONS 

Sheraton Hotel 

116 King Street West, Hamilton, ON 

(905) 529-5515 or 1-800-514-7101 

Please quote the “McMaster Review Course in 

INTERNAL MEDICINE” group rate. 

*A limited number of rooms have been blocked at the program rate 

and are available on a first come first-served basis. 

CANCELLATION POLICY 

The University reserves the right to cancel a course due to 

insufficient registration or any circumstances that are beyond 

our control. Cancellations received before March 16, 2016 will 

PARKING LOCATIONS 

1. Hamilton Convention Centre 

2. Hamilton Place 

3. City Hall 

4. Sheraton Hotel 

5. Copps Coliseum 

6. Library 

7. Eaton Centre 

8. Jackson Square 

Parking 

One Way Streets 

be refunded less a 25% administrative fee. No refunds will be issued for cancellations received after this date. 

LIABILITY 

Continuing Health Sciences Education (CHSE) hereby assumes no liability for any claims, personal injury, or 

damage: 

• To any individual attending this activity. 

• That may result from the use of technologies, program, products and/or services at this activity. 

• That may arise out of, or during this activity. 

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Internal Medicine March 30 – April 1, 2016 

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CHILDREN ARE NOT PERMITTED in the live activity 

setting as it distracts from the learners. 

Registration Fees 

Physicians/Other Health Professionals: 

$650.00 - Early Bird fee before February 15, 2016 

$695.00 - After February 15, 2016 

$240.00 - One Day Rate 

Nurses, Residents, Interns and Students: 

$300.00 Full Program 

SPECIAL DIETARY REQUIREMENTS 

For those with special dietary needs some 

accommodation may be available: 

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*Pre-registration will be available at the 

Sheraton Hamilton Hotel (2 nd Floor) on: 

Tuesday, March 29, 2016 - 5:00pm - 8:00pm 

CONFIRMATION OF REGISTRATION 

A written acknowledgement of your registration 

will be sent via email to registrants prior to 

the activity. Receipts will be provided in your 

registrant package upon arrival at the activity. 

Freedom Of Information And Protection Of Privacy Act 

The information on this form is collected under the authority of the McMaster University Act, 1976. The information will be used for administrative purposes, 

including: your registration in the course; preparation of course materials for your use and to notify you of other courses or pertinent information. Financial information 

will be used to process applicable fees and will be retained for future reference. This information is protected and is being collected pursuant to section 39(2) and 

section 42 of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act of Ontario (RSO 1990). Questions regarding the collection or use of this personal information 

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