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Taming the Vascular Disease Epidemic - From Global to Local
PROGRAM
All sessions to be held at the Health Research Innovation Centre (HRIC) - 3280 Hospital Dr NW Calgary, AB. Parking is available in lot #6 - see map.
| TIME | SPEAKER | TOPIC |
|---|---|---|
| 7:30 | Breakfast and registration | |
| 8:00 | Todd Anderson, MD | Opening |
| 8:15 | Godfrey C. Xuereb | World Health Organization platform (Geneva) |
| 8:35 | Francesco Cappuccio, MD | National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence platform (London) |
| 8:55 | Eldon R. Smith, MD | Canadian Heart Health Strategy and Action Plan platform |
| 9:15 | Panel Discussion | |
| 9:35 | BREAK | |
| 9:55 | Sonia Y. Angell, MD, MPH | Restricting Transfats – the New York City Experience |
| 10:15 | Norm Campbell, MD | Canadian approaches to the prevention and control of hypertension |
| 10:35 | Charlotte Jones, MD | Building community capacity in Alberta (AHI) |
| 10:55 | Todd Anderson, MD | Practical lipid guideline implementation – best practices by age and gender |
| 11:15 | David Hogan, MD | What's the benefit to vascular risk reduction in older patients? |
| 11:35 | G.E. (John) Coppola, MD | Working it through – an interactive case study |
| 11:55 | LUNCH | |
| 12:45 | Tim Watson, MD | Vascular Risk Reduction Clinic update |
| 13:05 | Colleen Cannon, PhD Wendy Shah, RD |
Why am I "hungry"? - Help your patients change their eating |
| 13:25 | James A. Stone, MD, PhD | Motivating / Prescription for exercise |
| 13:45 | Sandeep Aggarwal, MD. | Smoking cessation – from hospital to community |
| 14:05 | G.E. (John) Coppola, MD | Working it through – an interactive case study |
| 14:25 | BREAK | |
| 14:55 | Charlotte Jones, MD | Hypertension train-the-trainer |
| 17:30 | Todd Anderson, MD | Closing |
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. This program has been reviewed and approved by the office of Continuing Medical Education and Professional Development, University of Calgary. Participants my claim up to a maximum of 7.25 study credits.
This program meets the accreditation criteria of the College of Family Physicians of Canada and has been accredited by the Alberta Chapter for up to 7.25 Mainpro-M1 credits.
Registration
Please e-mail Candace Liedtke (cliedtke@ucalgary.ca) to register for this conference, who will provide further instructions. Do note that there is a nominal $20 registration fee, which includes all sessions, breakfast, lunch and nourishment breaks. This fee will be waived for all visitors who will have travelled to Calgary for the World Health Organization meeting being held October 18-20.
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