Full Vascular 2023 Program

Chair: Tayyab S. Khan, MD/FRCSC

Co-Chair: Geneviève Nadeau, MD

Co-Chair: Lillian Ruiheng Chen, MD – Université de Montréal

Presenter: Michelle Chrisp, RN (she/her/hers) – Winnipeg Clinic

Presenter: Gabrielle Schmid, RD CDE (she/her/hers) – LMC Healthcare

Chair: Gail MacNeill, RN

Presenter: Mary E. Jung, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of British Columbia

Presenter: Meena Patel, RPh (she/her/hers) – LMC Healthcare

Presenter: Jonathon Fowles, PhD (he/him/his) – Acadia University

Chair: Kim Young, RD, MSH, CDE

Moderator: Kim Young, RD, MSH, CDE

Chair: Céline Huot (she/her/hers) – CHU Sainte-Justine

Chair: Céline Huot (she/her/hers) – CHU Sainte-Justine

Co-Chair: Siraj Mithoowani, MD, MHPE, FRCPC – McMaster University

Co-Chair: Tania Pannu, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Calgary

Co-Chair: Chi-Ming Chow, MDCM MSc FRCPC FCCS – St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto

Co-Chair: Jasmine Grewal, MD, FRCPC – St. Paul's Hospital

Presenter: Michelle M. Graham, MD, FRCPC, FCCS – CAIC, CanCARE

Moderator: Danielle S. Hurtubise, PhD, C-B

Chair: Harpreet S. Bajaj, MD, MPH, ECNU, FACE (he/him/his) – LMC Healthcare

Presenter: Jeremy Gilbert, MD,FRCPC – Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto

Presenter: Ilana Halperin, MD, MSc (she/her/hers) – Sunnybrook and University of Toronto

Presenter: Iliana C. Lega, MD, MSc, FRCPC (she/her/hers) – Women's College Hospital

Presenter: Barbara MacDonald, RN, MS-DEDM, CDE (she/her/hers) – IDEA Diabetes Inc.

Presenter: Brandy Wicklow, MD, MSc(epi), FRCPC – University of Manitoba

Moderator: Harpreet S. Bajaj, MD, MPH, ECNU, FACE (he/him/his) – LMC Healthcare

Moderator: Barbara MacDonald, RN, MS-DEDM, CDE (she/her/hers) – IDEA Diabetes Inc.

Presenter: Muhammad Mamdani, PharmD, MA, MPH – Unity Health Toronto / University of Toronto

Modératrice: Aude Bandini (she/her/hers) – Université de Montréal

Conférencière: Anne-Sophie Brazeau, PDt, PhD – McGill University

Conférencière: Mélanie Migneault (she/her/hers) – Universi-D

Co-Chair: Grégoire Le Gal (he/him/his) – CanVECTOR

Co-Chair: Susan R. Kahn, MD, FRCPC, MSc (she/her/hers) – McGill University

Chair: Varinder K. Randhawa, MD, PhD – CANCARE, CHFS, CCTN, CSE

Presenter: Robert Avram, MD (he/him/his) – Montreal Heart Institute

Presenter: Nicholas Grubic, MSc BScH (he/him/his) – University of Toronto

Presenter: Amy Johnston, PhD(c), MSc, MBT, CPH (she/her/hers) – University of Ottawa/University of Ottawa Heart Institute

Planning Committee Member: Katherine S. Allan, PhD – CHRS

Planning Committee Member: Hailey Banack, PhD

Planning Committee Member: Shaun G. Goodman, MD, MSc, FCCS, FESC, FACC, FAHA (he/him/his) – CHFS

Planning Committee Member: Karin H. Humphries, DSc – Centre for Improved Cardiovascular Health (ICVHealth)

Planning Committee Member: Amer M. Johri, MSc MD FRCPC (he/him/his) – CSE

Planning Committee Member: Ryan Perry, PhD – CIHR-Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health

Planning Committee Member: Shelley Zieroth, MD – St. Boniface Hospital

Co-Chair: Michael A. McDonald, MD – CHFS

Co-Chair: Carolyn Pullen (she/her/hers) – Canadian Cardiovascular Society

Presenter: Nathaniel M. Hawkins, MBChB, MD, MPH – CHFS

Presenter: Michael Khoury, MD – CPCA

Presenter: Tahir Kafil, MD, FRCPC – Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Presenter: Susanna Ogunnaike-Cooke (she/her/hers) – Public Health Agency of Canada

Planning Committee Member: Alexander Singer

Planning Committee Member: Sean Virani, MD, MSc, MPH, FRCPC, FCCS (he/him/his) – UBC

Planning Committee Member: Meredith Wright – Canadian Cardiovascular Society

Chair: Matthew Bennett, MD – CHRS

Co-Chair: Lior Bibas, MD FRCPC – Hôpital Pierre-Boucher & Institut de Cardiologie de Montréal

Co-Chair: Andrew Fagan, MD FRCSC – CANCARE, CSCS

Planning Committee Member: Andrew Caddell, MD, MSc, FRCPC – CANCARE, CCTN

Planning Committee Member: Rachel Eikelboom – McMaster University

Planning Committee Member: Adriana Luk, MD, MSc, FRCPC (she/her/hers) – University Health Network

Planning Committee Member: Erin Rayner-Hartley, MD, FRCPC – CANCARE

Planning Committee Member: Varinder K. Randhawa, MD, PhD – CANCARE, CHFS, CCTN, CSE

Planning Committee Member: Gurmeet Singh, MD, MSc, FRCSC – CANCARE & CSCS

Planning Committee Member: Therese Servito, BHSc (Honours) – Queen's University

Planning Committee Member: Sean van Diepen, MD, MSc – University of Alberta

Presenter: André Lacroix, Professor (he/him/his) – Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM)

Moderator: Heather Lochnan, MD (she/her/hers) – THE OTTAWA HOSPITAL

Presenter: Bruce Verchere, PhD

Presenter: Norman Rosenblum, MD, FRCPC

Presenter: Jon Schertzer, PhD

Co-Chair: Brandy Wicklow, MD, MSc(epi), FRCPC – University of Manitoba

Co-Chair: Robert Screaton, PhD

Co-Chair: Peter G. Guerra, MD, CM, FCCS – CHRS

Co-Chair: Christopher S. Simpson – Queen's University

Co-Chair: Harriette Van Spall, MD MPH FRCPC (Cardiology) – McMaster University

Presenter: Julia Cadrin-Tourigny, MD – CHRS

Presenter: Christopher B. Fordyce, MD (he/him/his) – University of British Columbia

Moderator: Sandra Tsui

Presenter: Chi-Ming Chow, MDCM MSc FRCPC FCCS – St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto

Presenter: Sabe De – CSE, CHFS, CCTN

Planning Committee Member: Erika Ouimet-Grennan – University of Montreal

Planning Committee Member: Iness Soltani, MD – University of Montreal

Presenter: Manal Abdelmalak, MD, MPH (she/her/hers) – Mayo Clinic

Presenter: Zobair Younossi, MD (he/him/his) – The Global NASH Council

Presenter: Giada Sebastiani, MD (she/her/hers) – McGill University Health Centre

Chair: James W. Kim, MBBCh, PgDip, MScCH(HPTE) (he/him/his) – University of Calgary

Presenter: Muhammad Mamdani, PharmD, MA, MPH – Unity Health Toronto / University of Toronto

Presenter: Jennifer Brinkhurst (she/her/hers) – Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Presenter: Sonia Anand, MD, PhD, FRCPc, FRSC (she/her/hers) – McMaster University

Chair: Stanley Nattel – Montreal Heart Institute

Co-Chair: Ali Fatehi Hassanabad, Dr – Libin Cardiovascular Institute

Presenter: Shereen Ezzat, MD, FRCP(C), FACP (he/him/his) – Princess Margaret Cancer Centre

Chair: Karen Gomez-Hernandez, MD, MSc

Co-Chair: Julia Aranyo

Co-Chair: Michelle M. Graham, MD, FRCPC, FCCS – CAIC, CanCARE

Planning Committee Member: Phyllis Billia, MD, PhD, FRCPC – CCS, CCTN, CHFS, CANCARE

Planning Committee Member: William F. McIntyre, MD FRCPC – McMaster University

Planning Committee Member: Atul Verma, MD – McGill University Health Centre

Co-Chair: Michael Goldfarb, M.D., M.Sc. – CANCARE

Co-Chair: Susan Morris, RN BN MEd CNCC(C) CCN(C) (she/her/hers) – Canadian Council of Cardiovascular Nurses

Presenter: Lior Bibas, MD FRCPC – Hôpital Pierre-Boucher & Institut de Cardiologie de Montréal

Presenter: Krystina B. Lewis, PhD, RN, CCN(C) (she/her/hers) – University of Ottawa

Presenter: Nataliya Soboleva, Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) (she/her/hers) – Jewish General Hospital

Planning Committee Member: Barry Burstein, MD – CANCARE

Planning Committee Member: Carmen Daamen, RNMN CCN (C)

Planning Committee Member: Erin Rayner-Hartley, MD, FRCPC – CANCARE

Moderator: Susan Morris, RN BN MEd CNCC(C) CCN(C) (she/her/hers) – Canadian Council of Cardiovascular Nurses

Presenter: Céleste Thériault, Executive Director, NIDA (she/her/hers) – National Indigenous Diabetes Association

Chair: Marisa Cardinal

Co-Chair: Christine Pacheco, MD, MSc, FRCPC – Hôpital Pierre-Boucher, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM)

Presenter: Alexandra Bastiany, MD – Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre

Presenter: Judy Luu, MD/PhD, FRCPC – McGill University

Presenter: Sharon L. Mulvagh, MD – CSE

Planning Committee Co-Chair: Thais Coutinho, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Ottawa Heart Institute

Planning Committee Member: Amelie Paquin, MD, MSc (she/her/hers) – CSE

Co-Chair: Najah Adreak – The University of British Columbia/ BC Children Hospital

Co-Chair: Batool Barodi (she/her/hers) – Central Michigan University

Presenter: Darren H. Freed – University of Alberta

Presenter: David Horne, MD FRCSC (he/him/his) – CSCS

Presenter: Gyaandeo Maharajh

Presenter: Varsha Thakur (she/her/hers) – The Hospital for Sick Children

Presenter: Rachel Van der Laan

Co-Chair: Erika Ouimet-Grennan – University of Montreal

Co-Chair: Iness Soltani, MD – University of Montreal

Presenter: Marie-Claude Beaulieu – Université de Montréal

Presenter: Laurie-Anne Boivin Proulx – University of Ottawa Heart Institute

Presenter: Suzanne Boursalie

Presenter: Tara D'Ignazio – Université de Montréal

Presenter: Kevin Haddad – Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM)

Presenter: Ibrahim Khayyat, MD (he/him/his) – McGill university

Presenter: Jeffrey Lam – Queen's University

Presenter: Charlotte C. McEwen, MD – McMaster University

Presenter: Chang (Nancy) Wang, MD (she/her/hers) – Western University

Presenter: Kai Yi Wu, MD (he/him/his) – Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute

Modératrice: Asmaa Housni, B.Sc., RD – McGill University

Modératrice: Meryem K. Talbo, MSc. RD. (she/her/hers) – McGill University

Conférencier: Sylvain Iceta, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – IUCPQ-Université Laval

Presenter: Lois Donovan, MD FRCPC – University of Calgary

Presenter: Helen Murphy, MD, Professor – University of East Anglia

Chair: Lorraine Lipscombe, MDCM, MSc, FRCPC

Presenter: Divya J. Karsanji (she/her/hers) – The University of Ottawa

Chair: Pierre-Emmanuel Noly (he/him/his) – CCTN

Co-Chair: Isabelle Nault Nault, MD, FRCPC (she/her/hers) – Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec

Presenter: Gianluigi Bisleri, MD – St. Michael's Hospital

Presenter: Tarek Malas

Presenter: Atul Verma, MD – McGill University Health Centre

Presenter: Yassi Aghazadeh, PhD – Montreal Clinical Research Institute

Presenter: Nicole Krentz, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of British Columbia

Chair: Julie Lovshin

Presenter: Matthieu St-Jean, MD (he/him/his) – Centre hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke

Moderator: Isabelle Bourdeau (she/her/hers) – Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM)

Chair: Christine Brezden-Masley – Mount Sinai Hospital

Co-Chair: Ian D. Paterson, MDCM, FRCPC – CSE, CSCMRI, CCON

Presenter: Darryl P. Leong, MBBS, MPH, PhD – McMaster University

Presenter: Negareh Mousavi – McGill University Health Center

Presenter: Moira Rushton (she/her/hers) – The Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre

Planning Committee Chair: Dinesh Thavendiranathan, MD, FRCPC – Toronto General Hospital

Planning Committee Member: Husam M. Abdel-Qadir, MD, PhD – Women’s College Hospital, University Health Network

Planning Committee Member: Oscar Calvillo-Argüelles

Planning Committee Member: Margot K. Davis, MD, MS, FRCPC, FCCS (she/her/hers) – CHFS, CCTN, CCON

Planning Committee Member: Malak El-Rayes

Planning Committee Member: Edith Pituskin

Planning Committee Member: Coleen Power

Planning Committee Member: Fernando Rivera-Theurel, MD – University Health Network

Planning Committee Member: Kibar Yared, MD FRCPC – Scarborough Health Network

Co-Chair: Anna Baritussio – University Hospital Padua

Co-Chair: Sharon L. Mulvagh, MD – CSE

Presenter: Anita Chan – Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute

Presenter: Tahir Kafil, MD, FRCPC – Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Presenter: Andreas Kumar, MD MSc – Northern Ontario School of Medicine

Planning Committee Member: Margot K. Davis, MD, MS, FRCPC, FCCS (she/her/hers) – CHFS, CCTN, CCON

Planning Committee Member: Tara D'Ignazio – Université de Montréal

Planning Committee Member: Robin A. Ducas, MD – University of Manitoba

Planning Committee Member: Robert JH Miller, MD (he/him/his) – Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta

Planning Committee Member: Dinesh Thavendiranathan, MD, FRCPC – Toronto General Hospital

Presenter: Howard Berger, MD (he/him/his) – St. Michael's Hospital

Presenter: Jillian Coolen, MD (she/her/hers) – IWK Health Centre

Moderator: Jillian Coolen, MD (she/her/hers) – IWK Health Centre

Chair: Luc Mertens – The Hospital for Sick Children Toronto

Presenter: Anne I. Dipchand, MD, FRCPC (she/her/hers) – The Hospital for Sick Children

Modératrice: Nadine Taleb, MD, PhD – CHUM

Conférencière: Hélène Lavoie – CHUM

Presenter: Ainsley Balkwill – Manitoba Metis Federation

Chair: Marisa Cardinal

Presenter: Leslie D. Mattes (she/her/hers) – Manitoba Metis Federation

Co-Chair: Christopher B. Fordyce, MD (he/him/his) – University of British Columbia

Co-Chair: Andreas Kramer – Departments of Critical Care Medicine & Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary

Presenter: Craig Ainsworth, MD FRCPC (he/him/his) – CANCARE

Presenter: Emilie P. Belley-Cote, MD, PhD, FRCPC – McMaster University

Presenter: Julie Kromm (she/her/hers) – Departments of Critical Care Medicine & Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary

Presenter: Mypinder Sekhon, MD PhD

Presenter: Sean van Diepen, MD, MSc – University of Alberta

Planning Committee Member: Gary Hunter – University Of Saskatchewan - , SK

Planning Committee Member: Christopher Brian Overgaard, MD, MSc., FRCPC (he/him/his) – ccs

Planning Committee Member: Damon C. Scales, MD, PhD, FRCPC

Moderator: Sandra Tsui

Co-Chair: Ben Njaa, RN, BSN, BScKin (he/him/his) – Saskatchewan Health Authority

Co-Chair: Lori Penner, RN-NP, BSN, MN – CCCN, CHFS

Presenter: Sarah Boyd, RN, BSN, MN – Saskatchewan Health Authority

Presenter: Kelly Buxton, B.S.P, ACPR, M.Sc (she/her/hers) – Saskatchewan Health Authority

Presenter: Kara Leffler, RN, BSN (she/her/hers) – CCCN

Presenter: Deyne Borgia-Ellis, BSW, RSW (she/her/hers) – Saskatchewan Health Authority/ Royal University Hospital/Cardiology

Planning Committee Member: Josh Skavlebo, RN, BSN (he/him/his) – Saskatchewan Health Authority- Royal University Hospital Cardiosciences

Co-Chair: Yuchen Dai, MD – University of Toronto

Co-Chair: Mohammed El Mehdi El Yamani, MD MSc – Université de Montréal

Co-Chair: Elizabeth Karvasarski, BSc – University of Toronto

Co-Chair: Gary Wang, MD (he/him/his) – McGill University

Presenter: Catherine Bienvenu (she/her/hers) – Montreal Heart Institute

Presenter: Christopher Labos (he/him/his) – MUHC-RI

Presenter: Stanley Nattel – Montreal Heart Institute

Presenter: Shelley Zieroth, MD – St. Boniface Hospital

Planning Committee Member: David C. Nelson

Planning Committee Member: Hamza Ouazani, MD – Université de Montréal

Presenter: Robert Avram, MD (he/him/his) – Montreal Heart Institute

Presenter: Deborah Siegal, MD, MSc, FRCPC – Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Presenter: Philip Wells, MD, FRCPC, MSc – The Ottawa Hospital

Co-Chair: Ross A. Davies – University of Ottawa Heart Institute

Co-Chair: Ciorsti MacIntyre

Presenter: Martin S. Green, MD, FRCPC – CHRS

Presenter: Andrew D. Krahn, MD (he/him/his) – UBC

Planning Committee Member: David Juurlink

Presenter: Thomas M. Roston MD PhD, FRCPC – Univ British Columbia

Moderator: Ciorsti MacIntyre

Moderator: Steph Hong

Co-Chair: Nelson Lu, MD – The University of British Columbia

Co-Chair: Thomas Raissi

Presenter: Matthew Bennett, MD – CHRS

Presenter: Christopher C. Cheung, MD MPH FRCPC (he/him/his) – University of Toronto

Co-Chair: Caroline M. McGuinty, MD FRCPC – CCS, CCTN

Co-Chair: Mustafa Toma, FRCPC – St. Paul's Hospital

Presenter: Kim Anderson, MD (she/her/hers) – CHFS, CCTN

Presenter: Vivek Rao, MD, PhD – University of Toronto

Presenter: Marnie Rodger – University Health Network

Presenter: Gurmeet Singh, MD, MSc, FRCSC – CANCARE & CSCS

Planning Committee Member: Phyllis Billia, MD, PhD, FRCPC – CCS, CCTN, CHFS, CANCARE

Planning Committee Member: Brian Clarke, FRCPC – St. Paul's Hospital, UBC Cardiology

Planning Committee Member: Hanna Lee

Planning Committee Member: Hadi Toeg – University of Ottawa Heart Institute

Co-Chair: Najah Adreak – The University of British Columbia/ BC Children Hospital

Co-Chair: Batool Barodi (she/her/hers) – Central Michigan University

Co-Chair: Zoya Gomes – Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine

Co-Chair: Kevin Haddad – Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM)

Co-Chair: Raumil Patel – University of Toronto

Presenter: Janine Eckstein – University of Saskatchewan

Presenter: Jessica Forcillo, MD, PhD – CSCS

Presenter: Jean-Francois Gobeil

Presenter: Saurabh Gupta, MD, MSc – McMaster University

Presenter: Iqbal H. Jaffer, MBBS PhD FRCSC (he/him/his) – Hamilton Health Sciences

Presenter: Jeannot Potvin (he/him/his) – CHUM

Chair: Phyllis Billia, MD, PhD, FRCPC – CCS, CCTN, CHFS, CANCARE

Co-Chair: Laurie-Anne Boivin Proulx – University of Ottawa Heart Institute

Co-Chair: Santokh S. Dhillon, MD FRCPC (he/him/his) – CHRS/CPCA

Presenter: Mia Bertic, MD FRCP(C) – CANCARE

Planning Committee Member: Kim Anderson, MD (she/her/hers) – CHFS, CCTN

Planning Committee Member: Marie-Claude Beaulieu – Université de Montréal

Planning Committee Member: Anique Ducharme, MD (she/her/hers) – CCS, CCTN, CHFS, CANCARE

Planning Committee Member: Anil Gupta – Trillum Health Partners

Planning Committee Member: Kevin Haddad – Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM)

Planning Committee Member: Caroline M. McGuinty, MD FRCPC – CCS, CCTN

Planning Committee Member: Gavin Oudit – CHFS

Planning Committee Member: Gurmeet Singh, MD, MSc, FRCSC – CANCARE & CSCS

Planning Committee Member: Mustafa Toma, FRCPC – St. Paul's Hospital

Planning Committee Member: Christopher W. White, MD PhD (he/him/his) – CSCS

Modérateur: Normand Boulé, PhD (he/him/his) – Université d'Alberta

Conférencière: Kaberi Dasgupta, MD, MSc (Professor of Medicine and Physician Scientist) (she/her/hers) – McGill University and Centre for Outcomes Research and Evaluation at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre

Co-Chair: Emily Hyde, MN (she/her/hers) – Winnipeg Regional Health Authority

Co-Chair: Jonathan D. Windram, BSc (Hons), MBChB, MRCP, FCCS, FESC – CACHNET

Planning Committee Member: Chi-Ming Chow, MDCM MSc FRCPC FCCS – St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto

Planning Committee Member: Jasmine Grewal, MD, FRCPC – St. Paul's Hospital

Co-Chair: Luc Mertens – The Hospital for Sick Children Toronto

Co-Chair: Marie-A. Chaix (she/her/hers) – Montreal Heart Institute

Presenter: Susan R. Kahn, MD, FRCPC, MSc (she/her/hers) – McGill University

Presenter: Grégoire Le Gal (he/him/his) – CanVECTOR

Co-Chair: Paul Oh, MD MSc FRCPC FACP FAACVPR (he/him/his) – University Health Network

Presenter: Claudia Bucci – University of Toronto, ON

Presenter: Jacob Crawshaw – McMaster University

Presenter: Timothy O'Shea (he/him/his) – McMaster University

Presenter: Alison Phillips – Iowa State University

Presenter: JD Schwalm, MD, MSc, FRCPC – McMaster University

Presenter: Diana Sherifali, RN PhD CDE – McMaster University

Presenter: Neville Suskin, MBChB, MSc, FRCPC – Cardiac Rehabilitation and Secondary Prevention Program, St. Joseph's Hospital London ON

Co-Chair: Laurent Macle, MD, FRCPC, FHRS – Institut de Cardiologie de Montréal

Co-Chair: Jaimie Manlucu, MD – CHRS

Presenter: Clarence Khoo (he/him/his) – Cardiac Sciences Manitoba

Presenter: Ciorsti MacIntyre

Presenter: Lena Rivard, MD, MSc, FRCP (she/her/hers) – Institut de Cardiologie de Montréal

Planning Committee Member: Jaimie Manlucu, MD – CHRS

Chair: Zachary Liederman

Conférencière: Aude Bandini (she/her/hers) – Université de Montréal

Conférencière: Anne-Sophie Brazeau, PDt, PhD – McGill University

Conférencière: Linxi Mytkolli (she/her/hers) – Connect1d, Diabetes Action Canada

Co-modérateur: Peter A. Senior, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Alberta Diabetes Institute

Co-modérateur: Kaberi Dasgupta, MD, MSc (Professor of Medicine and Physician Scientist) (she/her/hers) – McGill University and Centre for Outcomes Research and Evaluation at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre

Co-Chair: Varsha Thakur (she/her/hers) – The Hospital for Sick Children

Co-Chair: Virginie Beausejour Ladouceur – The Hospital for Sick Children

Co-Chair: Sharon L. Mulvagh, MD – CSE

Co-Chair: Igal A. Sebag, MD, FRCPC, FACC, FASE (he/him/his) – Canadian Society of Echocardiography

Presenter: Karima Addetia, MD – University Of Chicago

Presenter: Alice S. Chang, MD – Trillium Health Partners

Presenter: Andrew Czarnecki, MD, MSc, FRCPC – CAIC

Planning Committee Member: Shaheeda Ahmed, MD, FRCPC, FACC – CSE

Planning Committee Member: Aws Almufleh, MBBS, MPH, FRCPC – Kingston Health Sciences Centre

Planning Committee Member: Robin A. Ducas, MD – University of Manitoba

Planning Committee Member: Thi Kim Hanh Nguyen (she/her/hers) – University of Ottawa Heart Institute

Planning Committee Member: Steven Promislow, MD, FRCPC – CSE, CNCT

Planning Committee Member: Steven Sra

Planning Committee Member: Kenneth Szeto, CRCS

Planning Committee Member: Kibar Yared, MD FRCPC – Scarborough Health Network

Co-Chair: Kaberi Dasgupta, MD, MSc (Professor of Medicine and Physician Scientist) (she/her/hers) – McGill University and Centre for Outcomes Research and Evaluation at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre

Co-Chair: Peter A. Senior, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Alberta Diabetes Institute

Presenter: Aude Bandini (she/her/hers) – Université de Montréal

Presenter: Anne-Sophie Brazeau, PDt, PhD – McGill University

Presenter: Linxi Mytkolli (she/her/hers) – Connect1d, Diabetes Action Canada

Co-Chair: Takhliq Amir, BHSc – McMaster University

Co-Chair: Charlotte C. McEwen, MD – McMaster University

Judge: Iqbal H. Jaffer, MBBS PhD FRCSC (he/him/his) – Hamilton Health Sciences

Judge: Abigail White, MD – University Of Alberta

Presenter: Melanie G. Cree, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Colorado Anschutz/Children's Hospital Colorado

Moderator: Naomi Severin, MD, FRCPC (she/her/hers) – CSEM

Co-Chair: Yuchen Dai, MD – University of Toronto

Co-Chair: Dana Krim

Co-Chair: Stephanie Nguyen (she/her/hers) – McMaster University

Co-Chair: Hamza Ouazani, MD – Université de Montréal

Presenter: Laurie-Anne Boivin Proulx – University of Ottawa Heart Institute

Presenter: Jessica Forcillo, MD, PhD – CSCS

Presenter: Michelle M. Graham, MD, FRCPC, FCCS – CAIC, CanCARE

Planning Committee Member: Melissa Fay Lepage-Ratte

Planning Committee Member: Paul Mundra

Presenter: Susan R. Kahn, MD, FRCPC, MSc (she/her/hers) – McGill University

Presenter: Grégoire Le Gal (he/him/his) – CanVECTOR

Presenter: David J. Campbell, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Calgary

Chair: Alexander Abitbol, MDCM, FRCPC – LMC Healthcare

Presenter: Harpreet S. Bajaj, MD, MPH, ECNU, FACE (he/him/his) – LMC Healthcare

Presenter: Jeremy Gilbert, MD,FRCPC – Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto

Presenter: Shelley Zieroth, MD – St. Boniface Hospital

Presenter: Jean Grégoire, MD, FRCP(c), FCCS, FACC – Institut de cardiologie de Montréal and Université de Montréal

Planning Committee Member: Ronald M. Goldenberg, MD, FRCPC, FACE (he/him/his) – LMC Diabetes & Endocrinology

Chair: Sonia Anand, MD, PhD, FRCPc, FRSC (she/her/hers) – McMaster University

Co-Chair: Anne Fournier, MD – CHU mère-enfant Ste-Justine

Co-Chair: Jean-Marc Côté – Chu de Québec

Co-Chair: Carolina Escudero – Stollery Children's Hospital

Moderator: Jean-Marc Côté – Chu de Québec

Co-Chair: Kim A. Connelly, MBBS, PhD (he/him/his) – St.Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto

Co-Chair: Santokh S. Dhillon, MD FRCPC (he/him/his) – CHRS/CPCA

Co-Chair: Najah Adreak – The University of British Columbia/ BC Children Hospital

Co-Chair: Joel Bierer, MD – Dalhousie University

Co-Chair: Dominique de Waard, MD – Dalhousie University

Presenter: David Drullinsky, MD, FRCSC (he/him/his) – Western University

Presenter: Andrew Fagan, MD FRCSC – CANCARE, CSCS

Presenter: Carly L. Lodewyks, MD, MSc – Minneapolis Heart Institute

Presenter: Dave Nagpal, MD – LHSC / UWO, TGLN, CANCARE, CCTN, CCS

Presenter: Pierre-Emmanuel Noly (he/him/his) – CCTN

Presenter: Vivek Rao, MD, PhD – University of Toronto

Presenter: Philippe Tremblay – Spectrum Health

Presenter: Christopher W. White, MD PhD (he/him/his) – CSCS

Chair: Nathaniel Moulson, MD – University of British Columbia

Presenter: Lynette Kosar, BSP, MSc (she/her/hers) – Saskatchewan Health Authority, CCPN, NAHC

Co-Chair: Phyllis Billia, MD, PhD, FRCPC – CCS, CCTN, CHFS, CANCARE

Co-Chair: Caroline M. McGuinty, MD FRCPC – CCS, CCTN

Presenter: Kim Anderson, MD (she/her/hers) – CHFS, CCTN

Presenter: Kim A. Connelly, MBBS, PhD (he/him/his) – St.Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto

Presenter: Jacob A. Udell, MD, MPH – Women's College Hospital

Co-Chair: Carolina Escudero – Stollery Children's Hospital

Co-Chair: Jean-Marc Côté – Chu de Québec

Co-Chair: Anne Fournier, MD – CHU mère-enfant Ste-Justine

Moderator: Carolina Escudero – Stollery Children's Hospital

Co-Chair: Joel Bierer, MD – Dalhousie University

Co-Chair: Dominique de Waard, MD – Dalhousie University

Presenter: Philippe Demers (he/him/his) – Montreal Heart Institute

Presenter: Christine Herman, MD – CSCS

Presenter: David Horne, MD FRCSC (he/him/his) – CSCS

Presenter: Iqbal H. Jaffer, MBBS PhD FRCSC (he/him/his) – Hamilton Health Sciences

Presenter: Scott McClure, MD, SM (he/him/his) – CSCS

Presenter: Michael Moon (he/him/his) – University of Alberta

Presenter: Maral Ouzounian

Planning Committee Member: Najah Adreak – The University of British Columbia/ BC Children Hospital

Chair: Sonia Anand, MD, PhD, FRCPc, FRSC (she/her/hers) – McMaster University

Panelist: Dariush Mozaffarian – Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy, Tufts University

Panelist: Alika Lafontaine

Presenter: Santokh S. Dhillon, MD FRCPC (he/him/his) – CHRS/CPCA

Co-Chair: Jean-Marc Côté – Chu de Québec

Co-Chair: Carolina Escudero – Stollery Children's Hospital

Co-Chair: Anne Fournier, MD – CHU mère-enfant Ste-Justine

Moderator: Carolina Escudero – Stollery Children's Hospital

Presenter: Kim Anderson, MD (she/her/hers) – CHFS, CCTN

Presenter: Jacob A. Udell, MD, MPH – Women's College Hospital

Presenter: Steve Mundle (he/him/his) – NB Heart Centre

Chair: Donna May Kimmaliardjuk – Cleveland Clinic

Co-Chair: Anthony Sandre (he/him/his) – McMaster University

Co-Chair: Stan Van Uum, MD, PhD, FRCPC (he/him/his) – Canadian Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism

Moderator: Anthony Sandre (he/him/his) – McMaster University

Co-Chair: Jonel Miklea (he/him/his) – McMaster University

Co-Chair: Tracy Vaillancourt

Presenter: Shazhan Amed (she/her/hers) – UBC and BC Children's Hospital

Presenter: Gita Wahi (she/her/hers) – McMaster University

Presenter: Yoni Freedhoff (he/him/his) – Bariatric Medical Institute

Planning Committee Member: Jonel Miklea (he/him/his) – McMaster University

Planning Committee Member: Tracy Vaillancourt

Chair: Sonia Anand, MD, PhD, FRCPc, FRSC (she/her/hers) – McMaster University

Co-Chair: Patrice Lindsay, RN, PhD, FWSO – Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada

Co-Chair: Gord Gubitz (he/him/his) – Nova Scotia Health

Chair: Sanjeev Sockalingam – Obesity Canada & University of Toronto

Planning Committee Member: Melanie Henderson, MD, FRCP, PhD - MDRC – CHU Sainte-Justine

Planning Committee Member: Nicole Pearce

Planning Committee Member: Ximena Ramos Salas (she/her/hers) – Replica Communications

Planning Committee Member: Sanjeev Sockalingam – Obesity Canada & University of Toronto

Planning Committee Member: Mary Forhan – University of Toronto

Chair: Louise Moist – LHSC

Co-Chair: Michelle Keir, MD, FRCPC (she/her/hers) – Libin Cardiovascular Institute, University of Calgary

Co-Chair: Thomas F. Lindsay, MDCM FRCS (he/him/his) – University Health Network/ University of Toronto

Co-Chair: Scott McClure, MD, SM (he/him/his) – CSCS

Presenter: Robert Berry, MD, FRCPC – QE II HSC, Halifax, NS

Presenter: Jennifer C. Chung, MD, MSc – University of Toronto

Planning Committee Member: Kenton Rommens, MD FRCSC – University of Calgary

Moderator: Steph Hong

Moderator: Sandra Tsui

Co-Chair: Atif Kabir

Co-Chair: Hamza Mechchate (he/him/his) – University of Montreal

Presenter: Karen Ho – Dalhousie University

Moderator: Karen Ho – Dalhousie University

Co-Chair: Julia Segal

Co-Chair: Liz Scanlon

Co-Chair: Holly Smith – University of Calgary

Co-Chair: Emmanuel Moss, MD – Division of Cardiac Surgery, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University

Chair: Jeremy Gilbert, MD,FRCPC – Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto

Co-Chair: Marie-Pier Arsenault, MD, MSc, FRCPC, DRCPSC (she/her/hers) – Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Université de Montréal

Co-Chair: Anne-Sophie Brazeau, PDt, PhD – McGill University

Planning Committee Member: Sonia Anand, MD, PhD, FRCPc, FRSC (she/her/hers) – McMaster University

Chair: Matthew Bennett, MD – CHRS

Co-Chair: Isabelle Nault Nault, MD, FRCPC (she/her/hers) – Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec

Planning Committee Member: Chi-Ming Chow, MDCM MSc FRCPC FCCS – St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto

Planning Committee Member: Richard C. Cook, MD, MSc, FRCSC – CSCS

Planning Committee Member: Jason Gencher (he/him/his) – UBC

Planning Committee Member: Lisa Gue

Planning Committee Member: Lauren Jenkinson

Planning Committee Member: Seana Nelson (she/her/hers) – Western University

Planning Committee Member: Paul Oh, MD MSc FRCPC FACP FAACVPR (he/him/his) – University Health Network

Planning Committee Member: Stephen Wilton, MD – University of Calgary